The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-10-17

dressed woman who could not describe
IL Alright, probably another victim to the
fur cape mania.
They we're going TO a lecture q few
evenings nitorward.
Suppose / wear that cape, father"
said Julia.
"Put IL on, dear, and let me see IT,"
Julia ran mp stairs, and soon camo
down with the rich fur cape over her
.......... ......
as it q handsome one2' asked the
scholar.
ooh, very"
"Ls it not too handsome for you to
wear2 You know, Julia, that l am not
rich. You do not know that l am in
debt, and it therefore would not be
proper for you to wear an expensive ar
ticle."
People will think that it is pres
emit" .
even that I should not like. We
should dress according to our circum-
stances"
"a great many people, no richer than
we are, wear fur capes."
81 know that there are many foolish
people who are conscious of having no
higher claim to respectability I should
be sorry to have my daughter fall back
upon that ground. 1 am very sure,
Julia, that no one whose good opinion
is Of any value would think better of
you for dressing expensively. This
striving to initiate others is not con.
sistent with true dignity and self.re-
spect."
"But what are we to do with IL, if I
do not wear it? It will save buying a
cloak for several winters. See, father,
does it not look well2 It fits me exactly.
Some good fairy sent it to me, l have no
doubt"
eyes, it is very pretty, but I am very
sorry that we have not found the owner.
You are sure that it is a suitable one for
you to wear2"
Suitablel 1t suited her wishes exact
ly--her highest wishes 1t was hand
somer than any of the other girls Now
she would not be ashamed to call on
Anna Willard. But she did not say
this.
"Oh yes, father, it is exactly what I
want" she said.
If you could have seen her the next
day! But you have seen hundreds with
just that self-satisfed air, begging ad-
miratiou of all the passers-by. "Look
at me, l am dressed as we'll as anybody. '
She could hardly walk far enough, Sc
desirous was she to crafty everybody
with the sight of so much elegance
She scrutinized all the furs in the street
with intense interest. She had the sat
isfaction of hearing one lady say to an.
other, "Tbafs a handsome cape" She
met Sophia Burley, aud her cape, which
last week was an object of envy, now
looked so shabby. She saw two or three
handsomer than her own, and began tC
murmur at Fortune for not sending heI
the best while she was about it.
She met Catherine Perry, who ez
claimed, What a splendid capel Tha
to be sure is worth waiting for. Bu
where are your cuffs and muff? No
body wears a cape alone.
Julia had thought of that, for he
hands and arms felt the loss Of their us
ual protectors, which we're not deeme,
worthy companions of the new maguif
cence.
On her way home she went into
shop and it seemed to her that she wa
treated with more attention than usual
After making most of her purchase
she passed to another part Of the estab
lishment and SAT down, waiting with a
air of patient condescension, while
young woman behind the counter re
ceived and returned the cordial greetin
of plainly dressed lady in deep mourn
ing. This naughty air was not natura
to Julia. At another time it woul
have given her real pleasure to witnes
such a meeting But to-day she wa
the slave of the cape, and here were tw
persons who did not acknowledge It
prc,emincnt claims. She rose disdain
fully to leave the shop.
Pardon me" said the shop-womar
I''I will attend to you-at once" "
ono matter" said Julia coldly. "
am in haste and will not interrupt you.
This was said with All air of superior
ty which she thought emineutly suite
the wearer of a sable cape
She returned homo, feeling a goo
deal exalted in the scale of being,
The next day she put on her hand
soonest dress and tho beloved capes whic
kept both body and spirits 50 comforta
. Bile, and paid her visit to Miss Willarc
She was shown into parlor, whose costl
elegance she painfully oontrasted wit
her own simple and more tasteful homJ
ut is well that l have this cupe" sf
. thought. GLOW I should have felt
, come in my old viotorine."
Presently a lady in black entered an
j approached her. To her great surpri.
she recognized in Miss Willard the lad
whom she had met in the shop on Il
previous day. Miss Willard also recol
/ nized Julia.
3 81 owe you an apology" said she ''fc
5 so interfering with your shopping ye
terday,"
. Julia begged her not to mention it,
81 had heard that my old friend, Mi
. Sawtello was there and Yent to sec he
I We we're both Affected at seeing eat
7 other. 1t was hardly the place for o.
@ frst meeting after this long separatio
q which had brought such changes to
S both. 1t was not strange that she, fc
$ got her duties"
$ Julia replied that if she could ha