Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-01-30
Lyla Rushtcn's Gloves.


buttoned kids. She ALWAYS wore
them! No, l mistake! She wore
four, five, and even six buttoned
on grard occasions, but three but
toned daily. A handsome shoe
and handsome gloves were almost
essential to Lyla Rushton's happi
ness.
Lyla was Get me whisper it with
fear and trembling, lest some fair
reader toss her head contemptu-
ousiy,) compositor. She lived
in a nice house. nicely furnished,
on a nice street, with her father
and mother. L" be candid, Lyla 4
father did not own the house be
was a clerk i'll large wholesale
store, had salary sufficiently
large to enable him to hire pleas
ant residence and support a family
comfortably, But his eldest child,
the aforementioned Lyla, was an
independent little maiden, who was
not at all contented after she left
school to settle down to The aim
less life of many Girls-to dress,
and shop, and read novels, and
visit, and receive visits. She re-
solved that she would be no fur
ther expense, nor was she contend
ed to idly fold her hands ard wait
for some condescending man to
assume the bills necessarily in
Cured iu a young lady's support
she would do something.
What shall it be? She could
not write a book she had not the
patience to teach a school, she did
not like sewing; she would no
stand for twelve hours behind a
counter for a mere pittance F.; but
she had a cousin who was an edit
or of country paper. She had
visited for several summers at his
house and spent many hours in
his Office, and being lively, curl
Gus little body, had made herself
mistress of many of its secrets.
Now she wrote to Mrs. Cousin
Tom, May | pay you a short
visit ?" To Mr.. Cousin Tom, "May
| perfect myself in typesetting?"
Mr.. and Mrs. Cousin Tom gave
one answer to the two questions.
"You may with great pleasure
to u.s."
Lyla was down at Rockford two
months, and returned, a perfect
mistress of her profession. to ac
cept lucrative position in the
city, and wear a new pair of three
buttoned kids per month.
And one seeing Miss Rushton
walking down the Avenue and
Broadway of morning in her
neat, stylish suit, with the prettiest
of fitting shoes and dainty gloves,
would recognize in the pretty
blonde a thorough lady nor dream
shat many hours ri her day we.e
spent in the dirt and gfimness Of
printing office.
One autumn afternoon two gem
tlemen passed out from large
building occupied by the officers
of the DAILY Blank" AS the ell
der Of the two, fine looking, in
tellectual faced man, stepped foot
on the sidewalk, be stopped to lift
a pair of pearl-colofed, three but
toned kids.
"Some lady has lnsr these pretty
articles" he said. spreading the
dimiuutive gloves five and quar-
te,) upon his palm. 81 say, Am
brose, what shall [ do with them ?"
Waiter Ambrose. the son OF one
of New York's weaithiest mer-
chants, laughed gayly.
"Why, Durwood, you veritahle
woman hate, | verify believe you
despise the fair sex too much to
keep their smallest belongings
about you. Now | propose you
keep one of those dainty gloves,
and | the other, and see who shall
find fitting owner for them"
Durwood Morrell smiled sun
shiny smile, and said, languidIy,-
I'll agree 10 that but is it scarcely
necessary TO add that you will be
the one to find the pretty-handed
feminine"
''It must be pretty hand" said
Ambrose, looking at the diminu'
tive glove, then tucking it il his
vest pocket.
Yes, hand that can drum on
the piano, work in Berlin wools,
and display dian ond souvenirs OF
conquest-nothing else, said Dur
wood, cynically.
"Well, old boy, what wonld you
have a woman do?"
'SomethiDg useful
"Nonsense Most women can do
something useful"
Yes, hut I admire a woman
who makes her whole life useful
Shortly after the above conver-
satiou, Walter Ambrose was riding
uptown in stage, when it stop
ped for lady to enter. Walter
politely held open the door, aud
just as the stage started, perceived
that she had dropped glove from
her mnff He Sprapo ont Securad