Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-01-31

should. Go to her at once.
She did 60, and was shown into the
parlor by the maid without giving
her name, merely requesting the girl
to tell her mistress lady desired to
see her.
There came into the room slight
graceful girlish creature with beauti-
full violet-blue eyes, and hair SO soft,
lustrous brown that was crirnped
slightly from the parting, ana gath
cred into thick Grecian knot at the
back of the classic little head.
She wore a wrapper of gray serge,
with pockets, collar and buttons of
brown silk.
There was a dainty linen collar and
u bright blue ribbon bow at the neck
and linen cuffs at the small round
wrists.
There were no earrings or jewelry
of any kind, and Mrs. Ruslngton s
Judgment gave a thrill Of Approval
even under the protest from pride
as the girhshly-vo~man creature
came forward with an easy gracious
ness that never could have been &C
qnired.
4 am glad You have come, lay off
your cloak and NAT, please, and we
vi 90 into the nursery. | have all
my dress, making done there now, 30
that can keep an eye to baby you
know.
Mrs. Rusiington liked the voice
very much, and hardly the pecuIiar
ty of address.
In the nursery, Mrs. Washington -?
| certainl y would be very glad to see
The baby
'You will see plenty Of her. Mrs.
Ernest laughed, before | am done
vita you. Oh, did you bring the
poIonaise pattern, Mrs.--t!!ere | toid
my husband | never could remember
the dressmakers name he said be
would seEd-Mrs- oh, yes-Airs.
Abercrombie You did bring the
polonaise pattern ?
Mrs Ruslin8ton, senior, understood
it all in a flash.
Her laughterin,law whom she had
Iin.lly conlescen,.ed to visit, mistook
her Tor ,he d:easmaker.
sIrS. Washington Junior, was only
aatonished TO zee such a dl5nided we'll
dressed lady come to help her make
tap her bIacl; silk, and, while Mamie
was absent a moment in response to a
littlc nesting cry from the baby Hell
en-, grandma Helen suddenly began to
ENJOY Ike situation, and when Mamie
came bac.:, sai,.
4 have forgotten the pattern, Mrs.
Ruslinston, but | think we can make
the skirt first, and leave the polon.
naisc until Tomorrow
And Mrs. Helen Berwyn Rushing
ton, or Mrs. Ross Ruslinston, as her
cards read, actually cut out and bast-
ed the breadtLs in her despised
daughter.in-law $ black silk.
She contrived the trimming, and
made such stylish suggestions that
Mamie congratulated herself on her
acquisition.
And the while, there was not a
lock, word, a gesture Of the young
wife's that escaped the eye Of the left
handed masqueraler. She watched
the tender, womanly way she cared
for her little one the sensible, eco
nomcal mode Of her housekeeping ar
rangements the plain, palatable
lunch ; the dignity of the young
mistress to her one servant, her intel
ligent industrlousness and her sewing
while baby slept her patience, her
amiabiIity, and her beautiful uncon-
s2ious alteration Of her husband that
betrayed itself at every turn.
1t was not three clock Of that
memorable day before Mrs. Ross Rus
lington had thoroughly made up her
mind that her sons wife was far su-
perior to Genevieve Wallace, and that
Ernest had shown his accustomed
foresight, Judgment and taste in choos-
ing between the two.
'If | only can get her to talk to
me, she thought, as she made side
plating thoroughly enjoying the ex-
citement of the occasion.
A while after she purposely intro