Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-09-25

Sing, Muse, the story q EEustuA hno Marieti
Briefly, Muse, extol ~ eellenf NorA char
Of that business ySusas AZ Rstns - snpioy.j
ed In large andtashionabIe emporium" for |
the sale Of mems underwear.
He was familiar with scarfs, hosiery, hand |
kerchiefs, and zephyr und.rgarments. lie was
accom- lished IN his line. He know the exact !
complexion-better than that be knew what
was fashionable. To him the '1secrets Of the
meas lring tape were familiar, he knew the
exact number Of inches which the breast OF the
finely -toruasd swell revealed beiek his padding,
and-was nobly ,retcent. "A
He knew where the knock-knees and bow
legs ys5s hs. wild horses could not tsaf Ia,
Glimpsss of another and more gayer world,
Of another sphere OF greater 4 usefulness
and display beyond his counter, were revealed
| In the persons Of the fashionable young men
l who patronized him. His bosom may have
swslled with an infnite longing. Why should
he not connect himself with that bright aud
Ibsantiiui world, and mayhap marry an heiressp
Perhaps no one knew be ter than he tie hollow
ness OF that superficial ornament which attracts
the fair. - z H-fr 80 80
So he regularly spent his month of vacation in
the giddy halls ofSaratoga, or The fascinating
vortex of Newport. He looked well. His lin
l II
1 cravats incompatible.
Il was one Of those places that the peerless
; Marie dawned upon him. Beautiful, young,
stylish and ingenuous-th was withsl fas-
chatting air Of mystery about her. She was
| chaperoned by a lady, who, aven the unsophis.
ticated Augustus could perceive, held her posi-
ton more by her money than by her graces.-
r But Marie was all that Augustus could wish
They became acquainted in the usual matter-of
n fact way; there was no heroic episode;mxd bull
and runaway horses were infreqnent on the cor
ridors Of the great hotel where they fiirted; be
y yond preserving the integrity Of her skirt from
the fatal fall OF an orange Ice, Augustus abso
4 lutey did nothing.
SO the dayswt n.1y with little expression to ma
& the monotonous idiotic smile they shed upol
the happy pair. The lady talked lightly Q
st name, whereof Augustus had heard incidental
| with awe over his counter. Sacred precincts
-, which Augustus had often directed packages G
:. A zephyrs were alluded to with fascinating 1:
~ miliarity.
~ In that fatal moment Augustus hesitate,
"A could he reveal his own con nection with n
:" Emporium 10 the aristocratc fair one? Augu
al tus fell Let not the reader believe he forged
eN check or embezzled from his employer. II
alluded to himself as capitalist and spoke cas-
nd ally Of the money market. There was no el
gagement. an
dy When they parted at the end of his vacatit
1t was with that sweet, vague significance til
rill closes usual watering place .firtatons. 1t W
for the season only, and the shutters of comm,
It's sense were to be put over the windows Of Sc
timent for the rest OF tlls year. They trust'
II, that they would meet aenin. And they did
It was a week or two after his return. q
all Augustus soul was rot yet In his vocation.
-" Already the heavier woolens were coming
for the fall trade, and Augustus smiled, alb
sardonically, at the change which overtazes
~, fashions and things, as he stood nj his famil
oWI 1 Int ON VT to,,d MO ,r,
for custoin-made shirts obliged him to visit @
sti- of the many seamstresses employed by the Q
| porium.
,ke AS Augustus turned down the narrow str
of remote, unfashonble locality, and rang
ling bell Of modest tenement, his mind revert
to the past and he glanced nervously up a
for down the street, lest Marie, from passing C
riage should detect him with the oininous
eel under his arm.
arty lie was relieved when the opening door
| abed him TO enter. But as he did so the b
light die yslipped from bis ncrveless fingers.
there seated at sewing machine, with her q
the the pate and her slim foot on the tres
| sat Mary Jones--the Marie of his dreams.
'slst Artistic taste would indicate that for true
erafy effect we should stop here. But this
tina 4 severely practical statement Of fact. Bri,
then, let us go on 10 say that Augustus, un
IN | good deal Of harmless weakness, carried
honest heart.
vho Fur your little snoh, after all, Is more APT
possess that organ than a cad o prlg.
ara gustus and Mary were engaged-and perf
in-efance Of poetic justice, may yet be ha