The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-03-09
THE HAT WITH THE HAREBELLs.


"Just your style, exactly! I intend
cd it for blonde ! Those tiny hare
bells are precisely tho color of your eyes
You will take it"
'"Not now, Mrs. Chapeau but vii
let you know tomorrow. It 10 very
beautiful. How mush did you say?"
"Forty dollars. But, as you ere an
old customer, you shall have it for thirty
6ve."
As Avis Weldon turned to leave the
shop, she encountered the dark, hand
some eyes of Charles Summers, one oi
the most favored of her many admirers
and who had evidently been politely
waiting for the close of her business with
the millincr.
Bushes accompanied her smile of re.
cognition, as he apologized for his pres
ence in the shop. He had come on a
commission, he said, for his sister, who
occupied many of her hours by fashion
ing little articles Of use and beauty aud
giving them to her friends.
Ashade of disappointment was on his
face, as he opened the door for Avis, and
he said, mentally, "Just like the rest,
after all. Thinking Of dress-dress on.
ly. And I had hoped 80 much better
things of her; and thought, sometimes
but pshaw J" aud he cut short his SO.
liloquy aud stubbornly resisted the temp
tation to accompany Avis home.
"Thirty five dollars, in times like
these, for thing like that p he said, as
he walked away. "How much good the
amount would do some poor woman,
whose husband is away, fighting our bat.
ties J" And, at dinner, his sister won-
dered what had made "Charley," 40 she
said, $50 cross" ~. .,
Avis Weldon was the housekceper of
her father-her mother being dead. At
dinner, Mr.. Weldon said,
"WelI, Avis, how does your allowance
hold out" And he smiled, pleasantly,
upon the fair girl Of whom he was justly
proud.
II shall have plenty, papa, if DON t
indulge 10 little extravagance, a thing,
which, just now, am tempted to do.''
"Anything reasonable, Avis; / have
only you. What do you want p
IA hat at Mrs. Chapeau's. And such
a love Of a one. But it is too high.
priced"
"Uow mneh 10 :. Pr ~-------.---.-----------
.'Thirty five dollars"
The fasher placed forty dollars In her
hand without a word.
Avis jumped up and kissed him, and
then az he rose ta uo said
"Any news from the army 10 day z"
Eyes another skirmish before Peters
burg"
"That is where Mary's husband is. I
hope he is not hurt. Poor thing, she is
nearly distracted because she does not
hear from him"
Mr. Weldon went back to his Office,
aud Avis turned to 60 to her own room.
On the landing she met the usually brisk
chamber.m maid, her eyes red from weep-
ing.
"Any news from Dick yet, Mary ?"
ayes, Miss" she sobbed. "He is
lying in the hospital with one arm gone
irtircly, and a bullet hole through his
foot. And now, to think l cannot even
60 to see him ! And he dying for q
kind word, maybe"
"But why can't you 60 to him? !
will keep your place for you"
The poor wife shook her head, and,
covering her face with her apron, eobbed
as if her heart would break. Avis wait
ed moment, and then said, "You have
the means, Mary, certainly?"
"No, and that is what is killing me
iutirely. When I drew my last quarter,
gave it to my brother, who had place
as coachman, to put in the Safety Fund,
along wild some money of his own. ]
went to him, to-day; but twas DO use
He can't git it back till after notice
Aud poor Dick may die there, alone, and
l nivir see him"
"How much would it cost to go te
him ?"
"Thirty dollars; there ..and back again. y
Avis put her hand in her pocket and
drew forth the roll of bills she had JUS
received.
"There are forty dollars, Mary !" sh.
said "Go to your husband, and if you
need more, write to me.
The poor creature, with many thanks
hurried off to prepare herself for hel
journey /; and Avis went up stairs, giving
giving up the bonnet, with q sigh bul
not repsnsiug of what she had done.
That afternoon, a. Charles Summer.
was leaving the house, his coachmar
oamVHp to him, hat in hand, "May
speaKs~ith you, for jist the minit?" b,
said.
eyes, Thomas; what is it?"
"Well, ye see, sir, Dick is 10 tn
army. He is me sisters husband. Ant
kind creeter she is, too. Well, in tha
last skrimmage, he had his arm shot OF
iu.irely; and the poor thing, that's MI
sister Mary, 10 crazy to 60 and sec him
She lives to Mr.. Weldon's; and whe,
they paid her last quarter, she gave it t
mo to put in the Safety. Fund with mine
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