Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-11-01

that the rest all joined, and then be-
gan to clatter as freely as Of old.
4 speak for the opal silk, Clara, for
papa has promised me Worth dress,
and | was green with envy when this
came, cried Nellie, secretly wishing
she wore caps, that she might buy the
whole dozen.
You would be green with disgust
if l let you have it, for no brunette
could wear that most trying of colors,
and | was rash to order it. You are
very good, dear Nell, but | won't let
you sacrifice yourself to friendship in
that heroic style, answered Clara with
a grateful kiss.
But the others are blue and lilac,
both more trying than any with a
shade of pink in it. If you won't let
me have this you must invent me the
most becoming thing ever seen, for the
most effective dress | had last winter
was the gold colored one with the
wreath of laburnams, persisted Nell
lie, bound to help in some way.
1 bespsak something sweet for the
New Years day. You know my style,
said another young lady, privately re-
solving to buy the opal dress when the
rest had gone.
Consider yourself engaged to get
up my bridesmaids costume, for |
never shall forget what a lovely effect
those pale green dresses produced at
Ailices wedding. She looked like a
lilly among its leaves, some one said,
and you suggested them, | remember
added third damsel, with the dlgni-
ty of a bride e-elect.
So it went on, each doing what she
could to help, not with coincidence,
but appreciation, and the substantial,
and that is SO easy to accept when
gliled by kind words and CHEEKY sym
pathy,
A hard winter but successful one,
and when spring came, and all her
patrons were fitted out for mountains,
seaside or springs, Clara folded her
weary hands with content. But Mrs.
Barlow saw with anxiety how pale the
girls cheeks had grown, how wistfully
she eyed the green grass in the park,
and how soon the smile died on the
lips that tried to say cheerlully-
No, mamma, | dare not spend in a
summer trip the little sum | have laid
by for the hard times that may come.
| shall do very well, but cant help
remembering the happy voyage we
meant to take this year, and how much
good it would do you.
Watching the unselfsh life of her
daughter had taught Mrs Barlow to
forget her own regrets, inspired her
with desire to do her part and made
her ashamed Of her past incidence.
Happening to mention her mater
nal anxietes to Mrs. Tower, that good
lady suggested a plan by which the
seemingly impossible became fact,
and Mrs. Barlow had the pleasure OF
surprising Clara with "a new idea, as
the gir! Tad once surprised her.
Come dear, bestir yourself, for we
must sail in ten days to pass the sum
mer in or near Paris. I've got COM
missions enough to pay our way, and
we can unite business and pleasure in
the most charming manner.
Clara could only clasp her hands
and listen, as her mother untoldei her
plan, telling low she was to get
Maud's trouseau, all Mrs. Towers
:, winter costumes and long list OF
smaller commissions from friends and
patrons who had learned to trust and
value the taste and judgment Of the
young mOd}Sfe.
So Clara had her summer trip, and
came home bright and blooming in the
early autumn, ready to take up hel
pretty trade again, quite uncopsclou:
that, while trying to make others beau
tiful, 9he was making her own life
very lovely one.
Some half-dozen Scotchmen passed
through here this week on their way
: from Mckenzie s river, which is l,3OC
:, miles to the northwest from Duluth
and which runs into the Arctic ocean
They went to that barren country
some ten years ago, from the north O
Scotland, by ship, direct to Hudson
: Bay, and until they get to Fishers
Landing, on the st. Paul and Pacific
railroad, on their return, they hao
never seen a railroad. They kne"