The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-09-02

Juliet road the notice:
"WANTED.-A smart active wo.
man, who possesses undcDiablc
good taste, as q partner in n well.
known millinery cstablishmont.--
A months trial required, and if
she be found suitable, her capaci
tics will DO considered an cquiva.
lent for capital, and she will b,
taken into partnership, with one
third Of tho profits by way Of ~.
mnneration. Call on Mrs. La Rue.
ll8 S---strect."
1t was rather peculiar advcr
tiscment, but thon Juliet had
, heard Of such things. She under.
| stood well enough that Mrs. La
Ruo intended that tho taste and
business capacity Of the person
required should be such that hor
attachment TO the establishment
would bo equivalent to onc.third
Of the income.
"a smart, active woman" said
Juliet, though fully, quoting from
tho advertisement. "Undcniable
good TASTE" | wonder if I can
claim as much. Anyway, I mean
to MAKE application for tho place.
The worst she can say is no.
I'd like to know if Mrs. La Rue
will object to mo on accountof my
shoes. Dress goes u great way
with somo people. And there is q
darn in tho side breadth of my
dross, but | can manage to keep
that out Of sight under my shawl.
Juliet got up, smoothcd back
her hair, and held somo cold wator
to her eyes; thon she put on her
little round straw hat, with it's
black trimmings and tho bunch Of
forgct.me-nots, just the color Of
her oyes; and her carefully kept
stella shawl, with the salmon and
blue border.
The little hat was wonderfully
becoming, and Juliet Wayne was
fresh and pretty as u daisy, not
withstanding her wet feet and tho
cold in her head.
She had one Of those clear COM
ploxions that nothing ever mars
or Injuries, flushed with pink
in the checks and lips, and her
blue eyes were tho sweetest eyes
you ever looked into; clear, calm
and truthful, and not afraid to
meet your most searching gaze.--
Then her hair was light brown,
and it had way breaking all up
iuto ripplos and curls, especially
on wet days ; and by the time she
had reached S-strect, it would
have made hair dresser mad with
envy, to soc how delectably it had
cnrled and twisted over her white
temples.
No. 118 was a largo, marble
front building, with plate glass
windows, and broad archoI door
way, over which hung tho sign, in
great gilt lcttors: "G. La. Rue,
Millinery"
Considerably impressed by tho
splondor Of the establishment,
Julie: stepped inside tho door, be-
ginning to feel very much like n
criminal, rs she glanced down the
long room and saw the half dozen
elegantly dressed girls who wero
attending on the customers. TO
ono Of them Juliet managed to
say:
81 wish to sec Mrs. La Rue"
eco down the passage to the
left-first right hand door," said
tho girl, glancing at Juliot's dress,
and fixing hor sharp eyes exactly
on that darn, which Juliet had
forgotten to keep covered with her
shawl.
Juliet blushod and turned away
quickly. She read the girls
thoughts correctly enough, she
was wondering whata person with
dress like that, could want with
Mrs. La Rue.
Mrs. La Rue was m elderly
lady, with keen, shrowd face,
and a thoroughly business air. She
was seated in tho midst of lace
and ribbons, and selecting for q
girl in tho back shop to make up
for customers.
"You advortisod," began Juliet.
"O--ah ! And you want the
position, do you?" running hor
eye over Juliet in q flash. "The
advertisement did not sny we
wanted a girl not out Of hor
tocns."
III bog your pardon, madam. I
am twenty.four."
"You arc, oh? Woll what can
you do ?"
IL am willing to show you"
"Whoro havo you worked? ?"
"For Madame Lo Baron"
"And sho has married and closed