Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-04

would be enough for long sacque,
and then-last consideration of q
prudent mind-it would maze over
admirably.
Then the silk-f this WAS 10 be
handsc me suit-Mrs. Jupe had
said that silks were to be got at
almost any price now. And not to
be mean or buy poor quality. Mrs.
Fay had fixed her price at 81 so q
yard.
But scrap at So just matched
her cloth. And, as most OF the M
piles ranged at prices even higher,
with an impetuosity which chsrac-
terized the movements of the small
woman who mildly ruled the Fay
family, che decided upon this. Seven
yards-no, eight was we'll to
have piece left, and there should
be bonnet to match. Eight it must
be. She sent her order in haste, and
then waited the result in excitement
which held 10 it more aud more of
repentance as the days went by.
Early in the afternoon of the third
an express wagon, man and an
enormous bookappeared at her door.
She ran to open it. She took the
precious parcel which bore be: name
and plfced il carefully within the
sanclities Of the parlor, while the
man was fun bling for the bill.
Thirty. four dollars, ma'am.'
She bad the exact amount in her
hand. She had had the exact
amount within reach for the last
two days.
Write your name just thers.' And
Mrs. Fay wrote her name where
the purple and black finger pointed
grimly-in characters q good deal
like the trembling ones with which
she had written. Yes, dear john
two years before, 10 reply to Ger.
tain letter which need not be further
mentioned here.
And dollar for the express
I-thought it was so cents
"Both ways. ma'am, you know,
G. o. D." No, she did not know;
not at the moment certainly; but
she slipped 5O.cent piece slyly
back into her pocket and paid him
the dollar he demanded.
She did not open the parcel
at once. She sat down to do a
sum in mental arithmetic. Thirty.
five dollars from $50 left SIS; and
there were Innings and trimmings,
the dressmaker and Susan James to
be provided for. And Aunt Maria's
cloak She had entirely forgotten
the cloakl There was no impotence
in the fingers that united the string
as she prepared to inspect the new
dress. She had lost her enthusiasm
over it already.
Horror Of horrorsl Gould that
be her silk ? as broad ray of SUM-
light struck upon it. 1t was by no
means Of the same shade as the
dress. Could the dealers have made
mistake :? But no; she compared
scrap of the sample which she had
chosen and bit of which she had
withheld. 1t was the same. Was
it possible that it could appear 80
different when seen in the piece?
But there was no help for it now ;
and with that reflection the last ray
of pleasure 10 her new purchase
vanished from her mind. Not even
Johns commentator could enliven
he-. Why, you're as pretty as a
picture ! said he, the same night,
when she had twisted tho soft wool
en- stuff about her figure and stood
waiting under the gaslight for mis-
inspection The silk she had pru
IDENTIFY and thankfully banished
from sight. The dull maroon hue
had frightened to rich crimson
under the light.
and did the money hold out?'
'Y-ee.' But the reply came faint
ly, and Mrs. Jupe running in the
next morning, found her friend por-
ing over the supplement to u fash-
ion paper. her smooth forehead
drawn into two dreadful wrinkles,
while she studied with despairing
eyes this:sheet of lines and angles,
bicycles and insane psralIellograms,
hopelessly confused and inextricably
entaugled.
They are patterns = said Mrs.
Fay, a. though she would have aid.
ed, Gould you ever believe it p Il
thought perhaps l might cut my
dress myself
Goodness, child Did you ever
do such thing?'
No; but people do
they don't begin with hand.
some suit, however. DO you want
to spoil ito ruin the whole dress,
besides wasting the material and
the money you have spent for it?"
The last was an argument, and
Mrs. Fay laid by her sheet of hero
glyphics with sigh, and prepared
to listen to reason, as Mrs. Jupe
called it, by arranging to take the
latter's dressmaker off her hands
for one day, which Mrs. Jupe desired
to spend out of town. Perhaps she
would make up for this expense by
cutting off three of Susan James
days.
The day and dressmaker came.
cit is good heavy piece of silk"
said the latter, testing it between
thumb and forefipger.
1t was. 1t weighed like lead
upon Mrs. Fay's mind. The dress.
maker laid it against the wooden
goods, opened her lips, then closed
them again, prudentlv; but Mrs.
Fay saw the movement. No, it did
not match. Had not Mrs. Jupe al.
ready remarked it? And was not
the maroon turned to purple by the
proximity OF the silk, as any one
could see?
81 should have thought that you
would have bought American silk.
They usually offer it at Morton 4
Briefs to make up with these heavy
goods. 1t wears 30 much better
and costs less, you know, by a good
deal; being 80 much wider, too, it