New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-27

returned to his native city the captain Of as
fine a craft as hOated in the harbOr. His
great desire was to see his aunt Jane, to
make reparatiOn for the hasty words that
parted them, and then to "put to sea with
clear conscience, "he said; but, alas when he
arrived at1the we'll rememberedsmansi0n the
crane scarf at the bell-knOb told him he was
too late to crave her forgiveness. The for
tune she had left him he felt he did not de-
serve. 1t seemed to have brought ieaden
weight to his heart, crushing out all happy
thoughts and aspirations.
81 would rather founder at sea than live
in this dungeon" said he to the old house.
keeper ..If you don't like to stay here
alone, lock up the old shell; as for me, I'm
off to the Ployer.'
Sauntering in a careless manner along
one of the principal streets, his eye fell
upon some black bOrdercd handkerchiefs in
shop window and going in to purchase
some he was brought face to face with Do
rothea Drake. Shaking her warmly by the
hand, he dropped, without invitation. into
| the scat she had just vacated, saving, Il
made a lucky blunder for once, Dora. 1
call You by the schoolgirl namer you see.
for it recalls old times.
! richest men of Hubbuble, Harry re-
marked Dorothea, as she put up his parcel
of handkerchiefs.
"Confound the money; l don't want it:
You see. the old lady and quarreled, and
put off to sea without as much as saying
by your leave And l was coming home
with the sole purpose of making it all
right, when she must up and die, anu
leave me with load forever on my con-
science
eff there was anything to forgive, you
were long ago forgiven" said DOrothea, III
subdued tone.
Ibid you see her often!'' asked Harry,
eagerly, ,, ,,,o,, va Il, moot s,. w..
always talking Of you, expecting you back
and grieving at your absence"
Then Captain Hart fell to questioning
DOrOthea. and by degrees her own troubles
and pcrplexities were made apparent. The
transactions of Jones l. Co., her ruined
business, her aspirations, applications and
rebuffs, together with the hopes she enter
tanned of benetiting her sex by her example.
were descanted on in such manner that
the gentleman was made to see the state Of
things in its proper light; and the conclusion
of the matter was that DOrothea was to
have capital to put up seven-stOry build
ing if she liked The captain was to furnish
her with India and China goods at price
that would enable her to undersell Jones &
Co.; and for all this he was to take a
mortgage on the body, SO that if she failed
to pay him in greenbacks he should not be
loser" he said.
ooh, this is indeed fortune too great
for an insignificant creature like me- she
said.
"Sonsene, you're trump. Dorothea, and
YOU deserve success, whetheryOu obtain it
or not; my heart is already made lighter
with the thought that my aunt's money
will do somebody good"
The next day the firm Of Drake & Hart
<1,s,x Id
satisfactory manner. And Immediately
thereafter there was an auction sale of the
goods and chattels of DOrothea Drake.
Jones & Co.. across the way, made merry
at the finishing up of the little milliner, as
they called her; but when the little frame
building she had formerly occupied and its
neighbOr disappeared, and blocks OF gran
ite began to accumulate on the sidewalk,
they wondered, and reports began to circu-
late, and sly hints were thrown out by the
papers, that a dry goods establishment was
being built that would rival anything in the
city. AL wondered, but none knew whose
hand furnished the capital for the elegant
building, which soon lowered above all
others. and bore the sign of Drake & Co.
Nor was Miss Drake idle. While the
building was being reared, in an immense
work room hundreds of girls were employed
in making up large assortment of ladies'
weekly from Paris. Tiny bonnets of Paris
ian fame, and dainty little round hats OF
London notoricty, together with the India
| shawls, muslins and Chinese goods that had
already been received from Captain Hart,
| gave her an opportunity to make such dis
play of choice goods on her day of opening
as had never before been seen in that city.
| 1t was day of triumph for the little
| milliner. The store was literally packed
No L, 1arv- ,I,s,
Officiated at the counters where Partisan
goods were displayed were obliged to call
| in the aid Of gouchc Americans and thus it
| was in the Chinese department, where, in
| gown and queue, two cclestials presided.
| Miss Drake, herself rushed to the rescue
| Of the dark-hued sepoys who were stationed
where the India goods were displayed,
| fOrthe ladies seemed about to crush
one another in their anxiety to obtain the
most desirable Of these choice and expensive
| articles.
| On this day the store of Jones g. Co. was
scarcely entered by a customer worth visit
| ing on; and to increase their chagrin, Sally
! Sparks, the superintendent of the work
room, and Bell Robbins, the best cutter and
filter, gave warning that night.
''GOing to he married!" asked an imper
tinent clerk.
"We are engaged at Miss brakes was the
cool reply.
DUSTY times ahead" said one of the fun
to the others, when the store was at last
closed and the Joneses retired to theil
lodgings with gloomy forebOdings.
| 1t was with wondering eyes that Miss
| Drake beheld the proceeds of her first days
| sales in her new store; indeed, her success
kept sleep from her eyes nearly the whole
night. She was up betimes on the following
morning, and as she glanced over the
| o1, had <s.sn1,t q
flaming card of Jones & Co. met her eye.
fortunately for ourselves and the pub
lie, we are not driven to the necessity O
arraying street lOafers in foreign costumes
| to inveigle customers into purchasing baG
representations of India and Chinese goods
"Genuine articles of foreign and home
manufacture will be found, as usual. in
great variety, on our counters, and only
Americans will be employed il our estab
lishment. JONES & CO..
"The ladies of Hubbubble know good
India shawl when they see it, and real poin
lace, too, reckon said Miss Drake, as she
selected some Of the finest patterns for thu
window, and gave the finishing touch to {
magnificent morning robe which one OF thu
girls was preparing tor display.
There seemed to be magic in her fingers
Whatever she touched she improved, ant
her assistants soon learned that bonnets
fashioned by the tasty prOprietress were il
greater demand by the Hubbubbians thar
the cOstliest of Paris impOrtatiOns.
1t was she who fashioned those neat prints
into delicate morning robes, which comfor
requires, and SO great grew the demand fo
these inexpensive articles that new assist
ants were daily added to the already larg'
corps employed in the dress department.
A busy year was this first year to Doro
thea, yet it was the happiest she had eve
experienced, and with a heart thankful TO
her success. she resolved that not one hu
Ln;, rhlA,lld Of ol. afHh isI