The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-12-23
SELECTED STORY.
WINNING A NEW DRESS,

least three dollars yard" Its
just exquisite !"
"Of course" laughed Tom : Il
! can forcsce what all this cntilu-
siasm is leading to. My little
household divinity has an idea in
her head that she would look we'll
in lavender silk"
Il did not say anything Of tho
kind" said Mrs. Vernon, but Tom
knew by the way she said it that
he had guessed pretty near tho
truth.
"And the way in which she got
it makes it all tho moro enjoyable
she says" went on Mrs. Vernon.
"You know Leith's always telling
how easy it is to get tho start ola
woman in n joke, or anything Of
that kind. It seems Mrs. Leith
uot the start Of him in some way,
and he felt 80 cheap over it that
he promised to get her the prctti-
est dress in regard to it. That's
the way she earned her lavender
silk"
"Poor Lcith!" laughed Tom
81 don't pity him, though. He
ought to be able to hold his own
with woman. Ia like to see
woman get the start Of mcI'
cpl tell you what I'll do" said
Mrs. Vernon, with q merry twin
kle in her eye, and a view to bust
ness. III agree to get the start Of
you in some way ifyoull get me
a lavender silk"
"Agrecd !' responded Tom.-
"But Pm afraid you won't have
your new dress very soon, my
dear"
"Sec if I DON'T" said Mrs. Yer
non, wisely. at isn't such hard
thing to get the start Of you mon
as Won think it is. We could do
it any day if we cared to try"
"Oh !" laughed Tom, giving her
a kiss as he spoke, eve are not
conccitcd at all; are wc!"
Not the least" answered his
pretty wife; ':you wait and see
how the case stands by and by"
"Wcll, III watt" answered Tom,
rushing round distractcdly IN
search Of his hat. "Where the
dickens ?-I hear the train COM
ing, and I've only three minutes
to &C: to the depot in. Ola, here
it is, goodbye, Kittio, and rcmcm-
Der, l predict that you will lose
your new silk dress" and with
another kiss he was off.
"Rathcr q poor show for COM
FORT" thought Tom Vernon, two
OR three days after, as he entered
d crowded car and looked about
him for vacant seat.
Every scat was occupied. The
poor fellow thought he had got TO
make the best oft and take q
standing ride homcward, when a
young lady, at least he considered
she was q young lady from her
style ofdress, but couldn't be certain
of anything, because hcr face was
hidden under a brown veil, beckon
ed him toward her, and offered
him half her scat.
Tom was always very susccpti
bic. The fair sex had kept hi:
heart in i continual dutter before
he married. Now, he felt sure
that there wasn't D woman like
kittie in the world, and yet be
couldn't overcome his susceptible
ity. a pair Of bright eyes bc
witchcd him for the time being
A smile from the pretty face wa
too much for him to resist.
Therefore, when this veiled lady
offered him 4 seat beside her, Tom
with face that was very expires
sivo Of the pleasure with which
he accepted the offer, came for
ward and sat down, wondcrin!
who it could be behind the brown
veil. Some Young lady who knew
him by sight, be was pretty sure
because there was something il
the trim little figure that seemed
rather familiar to him.
The train started with q jerk
and the young lady was ncarl.
twitcbcd off the seat. Tom help
cd her to become settled, and il
some way his band got entang'e'
with hors, and he didn't try t.
disentangle it. The young lady
didn't seem to have any very Sc
rious objections to the situation
for she permitted Toms fingers t.
cling to her own daintily gloVct
one under cover of her shawl.
Tom said something once 0
twice, but the lady didn't seem IN
clined to talk much.
1t was perhaps a halfhour'
ride from the city to the place
where Tom got off. A halfhou
doesn't seem very long for Tom t