Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-11-07

tue Ifetty hat, WIN It's Wuilc PAunico, nS |
had bought for Mary, and how shabby her
old silks would look beneath IT. and grum-
bling in his heart because Of his poverty.
Presently he was passing Stewards the lin
in, very marvel of loveliness caught his
eyc--a silk, blue as the bosom of a May sky,
and lustrous as light itself. lie fancied Ma
ry wearing it, with her curls down, and her
blue eyes all aglow, and his heart fairly stood
still. He stepped in, and the obliging young
man behind the counter had it before him in
an instant.
''.Just see, sir, it will stand alone; and
such color-only one more in our shop like
it, and that went off to-day. Shall fold it
up, sir?'
'sBut the price?' fallered Dick; ''what Of
that p
"Oh, a mere trinc Only seven guineas
and half"
Dicks eyes dilated, but he was not the
man to back out ofa thing when once in;
so he bought the silk, and went homo with
an almost empty pocket. Mary unfolded it
with eager hands, and when she caught sight
of its beaming lustre, she screamed, and
laughed, and clapped her hands like child;
and then fell to hugging and kissing her hus-
band, till the great silly fellow was ready TO
cry with joy. But the instant his back was
turned, her face sobcred.
"Oh !" she burst out, ''poor, good Dick
what docs make him so foolish? l shan't
wear it half u dozen times this season, so
little do go out--and to think of the money,
oh, dear. We shall be ruined, nuless can
devise some plan of retrenchment here's
nurses wages, and the rent-oh, dcar!"
But the dress was made up and trimmed
very deliberately, in obedience to Dicks
fancy and on the coming Sabbath Mary
was to wear it to church. On Tuesday after
noon Dick sat at the open window of his
room in the County Bank, in which he and
Lawrence Lane were brother clerks. 1t was
warm and sunny-the air sweet with the
odor of roses and lilies; and leading on his
round his head, the young husband fell into
a dream Of the past anil the happy days OF
his courtshlp. Then his eyes grew soft and
almost fearful, as his thoughts came back to
'ho p'sy, happy NUS WIG "i,.' Twins o"oo
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