Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-14

'"iANn u""h tIhchs or you We mixed II
up with you lailals. can believe in am
thing sooner than that which you eug.
gest."
"Nell, time will show"
Mrs Random was widow. living with
her brother, Mr.. Largstraih, a single
gentleman, who kept bis own establish
ment, and supported his sister and hei
children In no nlEgardly fashion
Rrbeeea Gtrrish was the only surviving
member Of family that had ''seeu better
days" as her customers put II rarity
because II seemed more genteel to have
Their dresses made by a geutlewomsn Ia
whom the romance of misfortune clung
kehecca's Prardfathers had ridden In
their carriage. had supplied their table
with the fat Of the land, bad stocked theii
cellar with rare old wines. Her grand
mothers had sbOne IN stifi hrocadcs and
iarthingales, had their waiting. maids
ana their jewels and laces, had Slept
beneath eider-dOwn and siikeh cancpies
hut they had left 10 poor little Rsbecca
only "a sweet, attractive sort of grace, >
Il native refinement ard intelligence, thai
seem the birthright Of those people who's,
ancestors have been gentlemen and ladiel
Tor generations, no matter what thei
]
possessed Of an education that wOult
have served her well enough If lt had heei
her fortune to sit In a drawing room ant
handy airy nolhngs, but which cOuntet
tor little in the great struggle for ex
istence.
In those famous Old days the Lang
siraths and G.riishes had been intimate
friends, on an equal footing Of wealtl
I Ion. N.,.N IL. a.. T. a. /.
one had fallen into decadenre, while tbl
other still maintained fair show O
prosperity. So when Rebecca Gerrisl
had decided TO learn a dress maker
trade, aud 90 out by the day to earn
livelihood, remembering the legends o
the family greatness, aud not above
respect for good blood, Mrs Random hal
been among the first to give Rebeccl
patronage.
No doubt II gave Mrs. Random a parl
TO regard iebecca with ever 20 little dis
uust-it is always a disappointment l.
find our friends falling short of onr ideal
aud then, too. IL showed Mrs. Rande m
what she was slow to believe, that eve
good blood may have its backslidings
and furthermore, Rebecca made the bps
a. in town, at the lowest prices. had
unique fancy for trimming, which sh
was pleased to call the poetry of dress
makingi and thus II would require
great sacrifice in her employer to give be
up.
But Mrs. Random was not one to TAX
the blame of any accident upon herself
there was any proxy at hand besides
she was by nature suspicious, and whe
her mind had once received an idea
closed FIRMLY upon it, like bivalve upO
an intruding substance and II woul
have required an angel from Heaven I
d!sahuse her mind of prejudice. More
over, who knows II she hsd not observe
the growing interest of Mr.. Langstrat
. In the little dress-maker who spent f
many hours beneath his roof, undt
whose hand rygoods blossOmed in,
such pei feet toll ties, which he could ne
but admire There was no earthly OF
lection to Rebecca heiself-every inch
lady, and Us sweet ss new rose. 81
what would Mrs. Giundy say should
Laugstrath ally himself to working cir
There were new people in Elmford soclel
who knew not Joseph, but whose opniu
was Of value TO Mrs. Random. And the
there is a class of women who dislike I
see themselves supplanted even in Il
affections of a brother, Or in the manag
ment Of a pleasant home. Mrs. RandO
knew by instinct that the part Of secon
fiddle at En- Place would prove utter
discordiut 10 her feelings. Yet not f
the world, nor for all the kingdom
}, thereof, would she have charged sue
a thing as this TO Rubecca's account
circumstances had not put II Out of Il
question for mind constituted like he
I a sN..a al. at. 1.
not seemed to prove Il, Mrs. RandO
would have been the last person to "
fully imagine such scandal. She Il
not discharge Rebrrca a. once fiom b
EMPLOY mrui, but she watched her, al
was conscious Laugs,rath wat, he'd Il
TOO, with d mtrrahle, HAT schii
anxiety. But the bill did not put in
appearance, though they left no stoi
uuturnrd. Langstfath ordered the cf
y ret In the sewipg-roOm to be taken VI
Is a rat had been known TO carry oil val
II ables to HE ntst But there was no rt
u hole to be fOsnd, and no bill either.
"It's rot the money! said he.
# would give all | have to fud that III
a dollar bil :" Mrs. Random hardly echo
a the sentiment Rrbecca had lately a
,e peared at church in blue silk that wou
. stand alone. She had not been in {
r. habit Of indulging In such luxutiesj S
could III atlJrd them.
IN "Did YOU see Rebecca to-day ." Mr
/, Ran tom asked her brother.
i, "Cenainly"-a little morosely, as If
"a thought il hard enough upon him to
IN Obliged 10 perceive another proof of h
m unworthness, without bearing evidtn
m to ii.
n "Strarge she has never bought hers
49, a silk before. She once tod me that =
o' never should while she had to work
y, ~ her liying.n
~ ~ swim gold and you may wear it,"
sas returned, putting a bold face on II.
80 "Oh, certainly; but that blue silk mi
~ have cost three dollars a yard, if II ccs
=, cent.
-, "Then fifty dollars coUldH't hu
~ bought IT," he REPLIED but he was
ffnm easv. What a difference It wol
90 have made to him could he have kno
,u that the silk dress was present from
~ friend in a distant county who had !
," gone into mourning
T., oval finn will sbov - sand NJ
n RarGom R"t time seemed I'm no hu
20, sbow When Mis- Gerrisb came
nj ihe house Mis-. Random observed ii
lh 1u in1 sng"Ipath "Ju SiS not dnd il So convent
tn as in had once seemed 10 drop into Inn
III m m make , an errand into ibe sewing roc
u, ,o wair home with her IN her lodglnps
~ ~ ,wi'irbt. and snend tbe evening. IN
~ ~ bad feen a lime when he had invited
IN to M corc,',ts mud l,cinres. Ind given
~" iii,is lf.enssles and consult 4 her IA
Ha win regard to tbe hanging of pictures,
.as any imn,ovements in Ibe bonse. as
81, a,bon trcb things concerned. Now NJ
W RanJom saw win son,e pitv and IN
80. ~ ~ - -, 4.