Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-06

Dut ROulun SOInetnlng else 10 Oette
to-day? The young ladies usual,
dress good deal here. especially th
first Sabbath Of appearing, and an
afraid you will not find it pleasant t.
be so plainly attired."
Clara blushed, but she vas a brave
hearted girl. and had the good sense t.
know that deception could aysil moth
ing. So she said frankly:
"The truth is 1 have but thre,
dresses in the world, and they are ex
actly alike"
Miss Pleasant looked at her amomen
as if she thought she must be quiz
zing; but perceiving the bushes anG
confusion of her roommate, burst ou
laughing.
"Why, Clara! 1t is SO comical.- =
You must excuse me dear. if l d,
laugh little. How does it happen
that you dress SO plainly?'
"Weil, my father is very odd ii
some things. II is his will that WI
shall all dress in prints
Miss Pleasant went to the closet, and
taking out a plain. but very presenta-
BILE black silk, said:
''Please wear this dear Clara
Don't think but | shall love you Just
as well in calico, but many of the girls
won't, and YOU are so sensitive you
will be wounded. can well do with
out the dress the whole term, and nc
one will know but what il is yours.
Clara hesitated. She had always de-
sired silk dress. She had been
thinking all the morning of the ridi-
cule of her schoolmates. Should she
accept this offered kindness, or would
it be better TO wear her own clothes
and appear as she really was?
She did not hesitate long. but put
ting her arms around Miss Pleasant S
neck, kissed her with trembling lips,
then said, in quiet. firm way:
"Thank you, thank you thousand
times. 1t does not seem best. Ny
father would not approve of it, nor do
|. If you love ne that IS enough"
Miss Pleasant patted Clara's cheek
gently murmuring:
'You are right, Clara, and you are
handsomer in your calico than the
richest of them in all their silks and
fnery."
Nothing moreSas said. The girls
went down to the Assembly room
when the bell rang, and found the peo
pie standing in groups, waiting the sp,
pearanca OF the assistant teacher to
lead them to church.
Look! will you?" whispered Miss
Gay to the girl next to her, "if that
girl isn't going to church in that old
Calico
1t was not long before she became
known as the young lady in calico
Old Mr.. Vennet, the wealthiest and
most influential gentleman of the town.
having had his attention directed to
her peculiar dress, discovered that her
father had been q dear and intimate
friend in college He was self-made
himself and he and Judge Clinton had
walked hand to glove in the thorny
ways of poverty.
Mr. Vennet, at the first opportunity,
sent a narrine5a Ia hiring Misc r'1a"tSa
to dine with his family and told her
many strange stories of which Judge
Clinton was the hero, and was evident
ly very proud Of his pretty daughter.
Afterwards he from time to time
sent boquets from his rare oxotics and
such abundance of fruit, besides taking
her to ride occasionally with his family,
that the young ladies in the Institute
were almost in a state of envy. Final
", as if to drive the young ladies TO
distraction, the Vennets gave party
to which the wealthiest and most in
fuential families in the country were
alone invited. Even the principal Of
the Institute was overlooked.
To this reception Miss Clara was
borne in her calico dress by the liver
led servants Old Mr.. Lingard was so
proud of her pluck and so delighted
that she did not appear in the tulle and
silks, that he devoted himself to her
much of the evening, and introduced
her to his friends with many flattering
expressions of admiration. She was
finally taken to supper by young Mr..
Vennet, who evidently thought more
of cheerful, pleasant conversation, than
all the satins, laces, pearls and dia-
monds in the drawing room.
As might be expected Miss Clinton
from that evening was quite q BELLE
No one could slight young lady to
whom the Vennets had been so atten
tive. Besides there was something
quite novel in having beautiful young
creature from the country, and who
had rich father, and wore calico be-
cause she was not poor. The young
ladies petted her because they had
nothing to be jealous of; the old ladies
patro nized her as an example for their
daughters; the young men respected
her for her pretty ways, independence
of character, and her ready wit; and
the old men put their thumbs into the
arms of their vests, and grayely an
nounced that ''she was quite an origi-
nal and exemplary young lady, and
they wished there were more Ike her.
Indeed, the only wonder was that
Judge Clinton's calico dresses didn't
prove his daughters ruin.
The long school session was to close
with public examination, upon which
occasion all the young ladies were to
wear white, with satin sashes, and a
rosette on the left shoulder. The
principal had an eye to effect. and
would admit nothing that would dis
turb harmony.
Miss Clinton's calico gown was We
toed at once. ';It would be very well,
perhaps, for Mr.. vennet's party, but
It was not proper for an examination"
So Judge Clinton received very po-
lite note from that formidable lady, re-
ouesting him in frigid and unmistake-