Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-01-15

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"Gov. Winslow's, miss, said the driver,
| at the same time touching his hat def
erentially to Miss Winslow, and hand
ing her a note.
Mabel read the note, and, with quiet
smile, passed it to Nita. 1t ran as follows:
NY DEAR MEB-Mr Edmund Brocklesbie ex-
poets young lady from Ely, Miss Wheeler, to
spend the vacation at his house, and, as he has
no carriage to send for her, proposed her riding
up with you. 1t will doubtless be much pleasanter
for her than coming up in hack.
Your aft. FATHER.
Nita blushed scarlet She was too
confused to think clearly, or she might
have decided to take hack. But the
driver hoped off his box, and, at a
signal from Miss Winslow, helped poor
Nita in.
AS soon as she recovered her COM
posure little she addressed herself to
the hitherto despised schoolmate with
the greatest affability. But there was a
spice of mischief about Miss Meb She
leaned back now on the velvet cushions,
assuming Nita's favorite air of dignified
reserve. 1t was her turn now, and Nita
was greatly relieved swhen the carriage
stopped
"This is Mr. Brocklesbies, Miss
Wheeler" remarked Miss Winslow, and
the freezing politeness of manner with
which she accepted Nita's thanks was a
capital piece of acting, to say the least
AS the carriage door closed behind her
Nita was sure she heard a soft laugh
So vexed and chagrined was she that she
completely disappointed herself in her
hope of making a favorable " first i'm
preston" upon Mrs. Brocklesbie.
"Mr. Brocklesbie would have hired a
carriage to meet you," said that lady at
the tea-table that evening, "but Gov.
Winslow thought it would be pleasanter
for you to ride up with his daughter.
School girls are always fond of each
others society"
"Ts she his daughter, then?" asked
Nita.
Certainly. You didn't learn it from
her, l dare say. She is very modest.
She hae received an unusually fine hoo2e
training. Her mother Is a lady who
cares very little for STYLE but both
socially and Intellectually she is very
superior woman"
The following day Mrs. Brocklesbie
took Nita to walk, and they passed the
Governors residence. 1t was an elegant
establishment, the house and grounds in
the style of a French villa, with foun-
tains statuary and terraced lawns.
"The Governor is wealthy, and he and
Mrs. Winslow have excellent taste," said
Mrs. Brocklesbie. "The interior of the
house is perfect You, doubtless, will
be invited to spend day or two there.
Meb is very cOnsiderate and not in the
least aristocratic."
Nina didn't feel so confident of the in
vitation.
Three days after, Mrs Brocklesbie,
who had been calling upon some of her
friends, came home with something in
teresting on her mind. Senator Lovell's
son is here from Washington and is Gov.
Winslow's guest. Mrs. Winslow is to
give him party next week, and you, of
course, will be invited. Have you any
thing with you suitable for evening
| wear?"
Nita had nothing, and her purse was
not so heavy that she could afford to
tighten it upon presumption. But she
could offer Mrs. Brocklesbie no excuse,
and the following day she went out and
| purchased white muslin gloves and a
sash. consoling herself with the refec-
ton that they would do for commence
| ment.
"By therway,m said Mrs Brocklesbie,
on her way home from the dressmaker's
81 wonder that Meb hasn't called upon
| vou vet. 1t must be she doesn't know
| YOU are still here. She'll see you at
| church tomorrow, however"
| To; church Nita went, but with heavi-
| ness of heart With the Winslow family
sat the same young gentleman she had
seen in the cars.
1 "That young man with the Winslows
is Lowell 1t is said he is engaged to
Meb," whispered Mrs. Brocklesbie dur
ing the singing.
Services closed, and Mrs. Brocklesbie
detained Nita in her pew until the Wins
| lows came down the aisle. To Nita's
| smile ana bow DIeD returned cool nod,
| and passed without a word. Nita could
have cried with modification. Mrs.
Brocklesbie was quick at conclusions.
| She instantly inferred that Nita was not,
| at the college, considered "a nice girl.
At the eleventh hour Nita did, indeed,
receive an invitation to the party; and,
| though she accepted and did her best to
| conciliate her schoolmate, 1t was of no
| avail. Meb had, when first at school,
been pleased with Nita's piquant ways,
but her eyes had been fully opened to
the girls shallow character, and she did
nOt-wiSh to make "a fr1enu OF ner. De
sides, she felt that her unl ladylike con-
duct deserved rebuke, $3.50 a3+1
Nita soon discovered that Mrs. Brock
lesbie, had conceived a prejudice against
her, and she welcomed the day for her
return to school.
az declare" said she to Nell Chap
man, g one never knows who any one is!
Who would have thought that Mabel
.Winslow9 jwast} "a Governors daughter?
And there's Nell Thornton, whom we've
made so much Other father is just q
shoemaker" =
Aa I've known that. these ages. Who
cares?" responded Judge Chapman's
daughter.
/ FNita's mortifying mistake did not
make her democrat" at once, but she
was at least careful afterward to con
| ceal her silly notions about the caste and
sssetn OF. her associates. True men and
women estimate people by their mora
and mental qualities, not by their ap
parent position in society Youths Com
pGaaion.