Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-09
From Harper's Bazaar.
4 BIT OF LACE.

=" It's a perfectly exquisite piece Of
lace, papa" p-~.s
II dare say, Flor" -
But I wa1it you to look at it,
shouldn't know any more about it
if ] did"
We'll, then, / want you to buy it.
Buy it! What for?"
"Why, for me-"
Pay five hundred dollars for hand
kerchief for your"
Yes, indeed. All other girls have
them, although certainly this is little,
the least little, nicer than theirs. I do
not know why Lucy should have a
handsomer ham kerchief than I Just
because she's married. Anybody else
would say it was enough to be married,
and so let me have the handkerchief.
Married women have everything-love,
lace and diamonds. Now, papa, just
take out your pecket-book. 1t was a
coaxmg voice.
Do you suppose I carry $500 bills in
my pocket-bookg' az l.'7h a"o 5s.@
at makes no odds. Your check
book, then. I hayesetnay heart on it,
it's such a, beauty. If you only look at
it-look at that wreath of flowers, all so
dehcately shaded; here the. close work
IN the light, you see, there the open
work in the shade, SO perfect you can
quite fancy the colors; and all done in
this one thread. See, papa, there's
dewdrop, that round hole IN the MESH"
Nonsense, Flo; can't see anything
Of the kind there
"That's because your eye isn't edu-
SC. Fop T
other peoples IL ces till [ could almost
work them. That's a good man! L
knew you would. You always do.
One, two, three!" And then there
was a shower of kisses and tinkling
laughter. And that was the conversa-
ton Of a millionaire and his daughter
that Laleian Malvin heard over the
transom Of the next room to his In the
otelFKhere he staid over night year
Or two ago, seeing neither people nor
handkerchief, and aghast at the thought
of a handkerchief -costing $500, which
was Ione-third of the mortgage on his
little place that he was trying to pay
OFT, heart and soul-a Conversation that
now REQUIRED to him In moment of
real az ny, as the housemaid stood
before him holding little limp rag in
he hand that she had just snatched
outzl4 the .washtub, and that last night
Was bit of dainty lace that Miss Rosa
MERCER had called her handkerchief.
and had given him to hold during the
galop. Good heavens, how was he ever
going to restore it ---------a.-----s-a.z4--
He was young lawyer, just entering
upon. what IN time would probably be
fine practice, but which was now rather
empirical. He had started in the race
for wealth and honor with good legal
ability, good name, and good morals,
and with no other impedime nts than a
little patrimony in the shape of mod
est dwelling in the suburbs, which he
had been obliged to mortgage for the
means to get part Of his education
and his profession, which mortgage he
was striving to pay off, that he might
begin the future clear Of the world.
He was handsome fellow, this Lucian
Malvln, an ambitious one too, in some
degree, and very nearly as proud as
Lucifer. He used to feel many a panp
In the association with those so much
Weather than himself to which GER
tain circumstances had subjected him.
He had an important case accidently
thrown into his hands, and had acquit-
ted himself SO well that the wealthy
client took him up and would not let
him down; and when Lucian remon-
strated that it was out of his power to
keep up such association, and was NOR
tifying to his pride besides, the client
had assured him it was not pride, but
vanity, that was mortified, and that the
way to be- as wealthy as those he met
was to keep their company and get
their cases; and he had thought, on the
whole, that perhaps ~ friend was
night, and that, if he Began to yield
with an ignoble motive, he had never
theless become very fond of the ways
Of people to whom wealth had given
every opportunity of culture and grace.
and who knew how to treat life ike q
work of art. Moreover, it was not a
little that he was petted by various of
these good people. Certain motherly
ladies made him at home with them.
and won his confidence and affection
notably Mrs. Barnetta. Parents with