The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-06-01

she had fondly hoped to buy for her sicl
brother from the proceeds OF those delicatt
ornaments.
just as you please" observed Nina
coldly. only purchase them out Of char
ity to you.
Anna silently placed the ornaments OF
the table beside Miss Pelham, and held out
a thin hand, that g0uH tremble a little, il
spite of her effort at sclf-cont"al, for the
money Nina drew out her small silver
! pOrtemonnaie, and extracted therefrom t
crump!ed bank BILL which she coolly handed
| to Miss Wharton. And they parted-Anna
| in her scanty much-worn garments, anC
| aching heart, to face the cutting wind, anc
Nina to lounge, in cashmere and satin, be-
| fore the genial fire.
What exquisite corals! could not buy
them for hundred dollarsl" was Nina's
exclamation the moment she was left alone.
Really, | think | am the luckiest little
creature in the world Only five dollars !
But then she was obliged to sell them, and
that, of course, makes all the difference il
| the world y
And now / must go and order that new
bonnet" soliloquized Nina, clasping the
bracelets on her pretty round arms, and con
tempating them admiringly, for DIR. Carrie
ton hasinvited me to drive out with him to-
morrow. How fortunate it was he<aidn'
happen to call while Anna was hereN He
used to be rather an admirer of her S before
the family dropped out Of society, and we
no idea of losing my handsome beau to any
pale-faced, dowdy girl y
The fashionable milliner's rooms were
filed with the creme q Ia creme Of the shop
ping community that afternoon as Miss
Pelham swept in, her camels hair shawl
bringing faint odor OF camphor wood i'll
the rustic of its rich folds. and her heavy,
brocaded dress trailing full half yard ON
the floor She fluttered from table to stand,
glancing at the various attractions, and dis
pensing gracious word here and there, un-
til at length she came to stand-still, fasci-
mated by an elegant chapeaH, which had
been produced from its bandbox for her
special delectation.
cob what a beauty! Do tell me the
price Madame" she calculated, with spark
ling eyes
"A trHe--a mere trihe," said the milli-
ncr patting the strings with soft little
hands, around the taper fingers Of which
fashionable ladies were daily wound - by
the score. Thirty five dollars is ALL "
''Thirty-fve dollarsl ! hardly dare to
pay so much for bonnet, Madame, said
Nina. Papa scolds about my extravaganza
already, and makes such dreadful faces over
the bills that are sent in to him.
But such lovely bonnet, Mademoiselle
Pelham sllch sweet gem of taste :"
The willy Madame ID Heriot held up the
III tt'ie G',tter M ulse.sSo ai' 'ulileI ~ 2iiG 9n
GI "lit ~ 'l'e oiet sg ;t ;ilSl % oo soIle haed iet
W.; ,r;4h va rl9 ~''osG Hi,,eo l ] ,a"TI.a III
los mL, ,i'Iy II polmo o.b ''to tant it,n -Ao
p'"i"f, - WI "aI SiioH Nua ~ t, .o,'p. "ny WI
n,''I pI." ,,n% i;iV ,a;t Ct.'i,oJ ~ honanlf
Tbn eo,n "%"y III I bo W yhsJo nf
1 ,st sq'IS bonn III ,on, a'q Ic,nlI" a" ~''p pe
ham,. urecd the silve,-yoiced wod;wc.
ssnnd see those mossy m,ds under the gras-
sesi Th;rty-fvc dollars is nothinp--ahso-
lute'v nothinn-for sucb hat os that =
ii n,ust have IT," said Nina, decidedly
"Scnd if home at once, Madame, If nana
chooses to sroId + cgn't helm # ..
. And as she entered tbe waitino carriaoe
she mnttered TO herself.
II really cam Afford to huv an cxnens;ve
bonnet lust now. for | economized 50 much
about those bracelets y
The brief collomy between the belle and
the mlliner had had two auditors of whose
presence Nina Pelham was totally uncon-
scious DR. Carleton and his sister we're
waiting in an adjoining ante-roam for Some
triAing alteration to he made in Miss Carle-
TONS sober brown velvet ch0Dcau She
turnad to hcr brother with an arch glance as
the camels hair shawl and rich brocade
rustled down the stairs
80, Ned, she said, rather maliciously,
as sisters are wont to speak Of ladies' whom
their brothers specially admire, "you will
persist in admiring that Miss Pelham See
what you'll be called upon to endure in the
way Of mlllner's bills when she becomes
Mrs. Carleton. !"
"She is SO voung and ingenious" said
Carleton. in a tone of extenuation. "The
man who is fortunate enough to secure her
heart can form her character in almost any
mould. ="
Miss Carleton made little erimace.
MAY" said Carleton, laughing. "that is
barlIya fair question, Alice. under the cir
cumstances. However. | am not unwilling
to confess that I admire herr
admire. repeated Alice Carleton, doubt
fnlly, --
T:Yes, odmi;ye.' y said Carleton. miietly,-
:: never saw but one person whom | really
/ thought / could love, as a man should love
the woman who is to share his life, and she
-. Here your bonnet, Alice all right
at last. Come-l m in a hurry"
As you always are, f" said Alice, laugh
ing. "Your wife, whomsoever she may be-
will have sore need of the divine gift of pa
| ticnce!" "
ga man ouobt to he in q I,urrv when for.
tv patients or SO are still down on his list.
and The sun scarcely an hour above the hor-.
izon +" said DR. Carleton. philosophicaIly.
as he lifted his sister into the sleigh.
Nina Pelham WAS never in better spirits.
and had never looked lovelier than at the
moment she entered DIR. Carleton's trim