Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-05
EV ENING STAR.
HOW SHE WON THE FURs.

| Indl you, 100 W1at mas made nv
! poor sides Gche with laughter, as they have
/ not done for many a day. You remember that
pretty little Mrs L.. whom You met here ono
/ day last summer Did | or did not tell Won
/ what n perfect witch she is, and how she con.
| triyes to twist her husband and everybody else
| around her finger, almost without an effort !;
| Well she came dancing in, yesterday morn
| ing, wearing the most superb set OF saoles
| they must have cost q little fortune. No one
| but myself would have sean them, for the
! BRIGHT face above them was radiant with
beauty and gladness. and would have rivited
the gaze Of the coldest synic in creation. Bu
l have been prosecuting T. for 6 set o. er
mines, and of course my eye fell at once upon
the sables, and / exclaimed
"You extravagant creature. Where did
| you get them?'
Extrayagant2" said she. Not bit Of
It, Where did 1 get them My husband, Of
course. See what beauties they are, They
must have cost an immensity-poor fellow '
| But then he had to do 1T >
. Because you fascinated himl" said [.
"No, indeed | won them on the Gle .tion.
"On the election How? You haven't,
certainly, been betting on Buchanan"
"NOtI L wouldn't have bet pin on him.
though they say he has gained the day. III
! tell you ali about it bat first let me get of
this thing from my neck-your parlor's lik"
an oven"
SO saying, she pitched her CAPE at the cat,
and laughing TO SEQ how the creatures bach
rose az tie insult, began thus -
You know how George and l nave fought
about this electiOn-he Tor Fillmore and L .O5
Fremont and how many times he has tIed &c
! silence me by saying that women knew moth
| ing of pDliticS'-which, by tee way, don't, in
the least, believe. Do look at the cat ~
a. Never mind the cat SO on with your sto
ry."
Yes certn;niy. Where was II q. yes
| Well, as | said, we did everything but dev our
each other. 1t was such modification 10
me to have him vote for one who would 'StOor
| to conquer as Fillmore has done. So one day
| ! said Well, L shan't let you vote; l shall
keep you al home lie laughed heartily, aud
replied:
"'That's more than you can do, my dear
''' VIII you give nc leave to try p
80 Yes, and more. III promise yOu Sc:
Of cables, il L don t cast my vote ior Fillmore,
| en- tho fourth Of November
80 Honestly and truly!
9 He promsed-.yes That was two weeks
before the election. Just look at the cat -
here, pus:, puss." 1t was plain that she never
would get through with her story while the
cat remained in the room, so [ picked up
pussy without saying word, and put her out
That means go On, L suppose" laughed
Sophie Well, as | said before, this was too
| weeks before the fourth, and from that tine
[ didn't open my lips 10 George upon the sub
| ject. The next day the s came to make u
| a visit, and our time was 50 completely Occu-
pied with catering for their amusement, that
| the election was scarcely alluded to; and as
for my bet, why it seemed quite forgotten
Eat yOu may be sure that my brain was busy
| enough, revolving ways and means TO win III
| Sables l whispered the secret to the T.'s,
who entered into my feelings entirely. And
| 10 wonder, for one of them has no furs at all,
| and the other carries a muf, which she de-
| clares is seven generations old. We concluded
| TO invite company for Monday evening, and
SO, on the morning of THAT day we drove
| around among our syupathzing-tba is our
FremOnt-friendS and neig oors, and gather
CO no as many as VIC could get at convenient
iy. In the evening we mustered twenty, our
selves included, all on tip toe to dance till
morning, if necessary to the success OF our
plans. George, who dearly loves merry-ma-
king, was delighted q the prospect Of romp,
the election, when it would serve as a cele-
bratiOn of the approaching Fillmore victory"
Here l interrupted Sophie, TO tell her how
ridiculous such an id,a was, and L sdded that
l thought her husband knew better. She few
at me in a minute.
There, now, don't laugh al my husband
that's my privilege alone, madam
Bat, to make long story and long
night as short aa possible, we danced till four
o'clock in tho morning, when / told George IL
he wanted to be Ia tom early he had better
retire. lie took the hint, and before many
| minutes sleeping like top. / crept M
| t0 his room, and quietly closed the shutters
outside, and succeeded in drawing down the
curtains till it was dark as Erebus. Believe
it or not, as you please, the creature slept till
| four in the sfternOonL We kept the house as
quiet as possible, and about five o'clock | had
| The table Sc. as if for breakfast and went up
| to call him. He yawned and asked the time.
| Quite late / said; and added, 20 come
down soon, Cor the girls and / are hungry ;
| Ere long be made his appearance in the
breakfast rOon, boWlng good morning 70 al
| rOund-we, meantime. trying our beet 70 !ock
as demurG as SO many nuns l poured out
his coffee, which he was quite witty over, de-
| claring as he handel his cup TO have il re-
| pleniShed, that it was Fillmore c0fcs to q
| certainty upon which we screamed with
| laughter, glad Of any excuse % give vent to
| cur pent.up amusement Ii grew darker and
! darker, till finally we could scarcely see
| George rose, and, walking 10 the window, said
| he thought We should have severe storm.
| Then he called Us to look what a strange
! light there was in the west Now, / had
never thought Of the suG, and if l had, |
| couldn't have kept it from setting, you know 4,
| so marveled, and wondered, and suggested
somebody's barn On fire, or some other body 5
hay stack x anything that would keep him
| lettering and gazing TO pass away time. We
watched the light till it faded away, and just
as George turned away from the window, say
ing he had never known so dark day, little
Harry came bounding in. lie ran TO his father,
and put up his lips for kiss, saying
| ''Dood night, papa 49,,
| "'Dood morning, you mean, little fellcw,
said George, laughing.
mo, no, dood night, persisted tho child /;
nursy, put Harry to bed
| GA light broke in upon my husbands brain.
He turned, and seizing me by both hands,
| said:
els Is true, Sophie p
''' You've seen the sunset 1 replied snow
| you owe mo q set Of sables
| You never saw a man SO utterly discom-
ited as George. 1t was quite too late for him
to attempt to reach town before the closing o:
the polls. 1 felt SO sorry for his disappOIns-