The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-02-15

OF which fashionable ladies wer,
daily y"woundnby the score. Thirty
five dollars is ALL ..r. 49,.
! 5'Thirty-five dollars | hardly dare
to pay so much for a, bonnet. Mad
ane} said Nina, Papa scolds abou
my e1trayagenoe, A. already, anC
makes such dreadful faces over the
bills that are sent to him.
But such alovely bonnet, Mad
ampiselle Pelham! such a sweet
gem, ,of taste?' aa..,r.
| The willy Madame D'Heriot hel(
upithe article under discussion, and
turned it one way and another sc
, that the sunshine fell full Oh the de-
licate; white velvet, shadowed will
creamy-pointr lace and foam-like
plpmes.5 1t was enough to tempt
any woman, living, and Nina felt
heToecoHomical resolutions ebbing
away in spite of herself.
a7The roses in front are just the
shade of pink most becoming to
Madamoiselle Pelham urged the
silger,yoiced ModiSte; 'and see those
,mQssy. buds under the grasses Thir-
ty1he, dollars is nothing-absolute-
ly ngthing-for such "a hat as that
a Il Hmlist have it, said Nina decid-
edly, Send it home at once, Mad
ameo If papa chooses to scold, |
can't helpit. ,...~ .F.. ..
AID as she entered the waiting
carriage, she muttered to herself:
aiFeally can oflord TO buy an ex-
pensiye bonnet just row, for / econ
omized so much about those brace
let's
The breifl leolloquy between the
belle and the miiliner had two aud
itors of whose presence Nina Pei
hamwas totally Unconscious. DR..
Carleton andIhiso sister were watt
ing in an adjoining ante7room for
some tritling, alteration TO he made
in Miss Oarleton's sober brown vel
vet chapaeu,i She turned to her
brother with an arch glance as the
camePs' hair shawl and rich brocade
rustled down the stairs. '...>
$50, Ned, she said rather malici-
ously, as sisters are wont to speak
ofladiesswhom their brother admire.
'NolnMM,p M,persistl iina afhnirine that
Miss Pelham See what you'll be
called upon to endure in the way>of
milliner's bills when she becomes
Mrs. Charles Carleton r
She is so young and ingenuous,'
said Carleton, in a tone of extenua-
ton. The man who is fortunate
enough to secure her Aeart can form
her character in almost any mold
Miss Carletonmadea little grimace.
, And do you really love that girl,
..'- a'
. Nay, said Carleton, laughing ;
that is hardly fair question. Alice,
under the circumstances. However
| am not unwilling to confess that
do admire her. '..
Admire ? repeated Alice Carle-
on, doubtfully.
'Yes, admire,' said Carleton,
luietly. Inever saw but one person
whom Ireally thought could love
Is man should love the woman
Who is to share his life, and.
Here's your bonnet, Alice, all right
,tlast. Come, Pam in hurry
'As,you always are said Alice,
aughing. Your wife, whomsoever
ihe may be, will have sore need of
he divine gift of patiencep
"A man ought to be in a hurry
when forty patients or so are still
lown on his list, and the sun scarce
y an hour above the horizon + said
Dr. Carleton, philosophically, as he
lifted his sister into the sleigh.
Nina Pelham was never in better
pirits, and had never looked love-
er then at the moment she entered
Dr.. .Carleton's trim little sleigh, in
he dazzling winter noon the next
lay. The exquisite plumes of the
lew French hat tloated like a soft
loud above the pink roses that
larmonized so perfectly with the
amt flush on her cheeks: and
hough the embroidered drapery of
Ter arms the coral bracelets gleam-
ID like rosy serpents. Herlips were
III smiles, her eyes all liquie bright
less; and although she noticed That
)r. Carleton was unusually silent
IS he arranged the leopard skin.
obes of the sleigh around her, she
hattered on, full ofEevity and girl
sh vivacity. 2s''#
why, where are we going?' she
reclaimed, as the. spirited horses
uddenly turned into an unpretend-
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