Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-05-07
CINDERELLA.

Mrs. Dale, putting the tips of hel
ringed fingers meditatively togeth
err. "Jeannette is a charming girl
with most taking way with her
I'm sure there can be no doubt
about her marrying satisfactorily,
And Marian's music is an excellent
card to play. But when one comes
to Philippa-"
"An odd, queer, little gypsy, isn't
she 2" said Mr.. Dale. "Decidedly
impracticable, | should think"
Neither pretty, accomplished
nor womanly!" sighed Mrs. Dale,
gloomily.
Mrs. Darrell Dale had no children
of her own, and she knew the
social position which any middle
aged matron gains when she is sur
rounded by pretty girls. So Mrs.
Darrell Dale had invited her broth
er's daughters from Hemlock Hol-
low, in the Catskill Mountains, to
spend the summer at Niagara Falls
with her.
81 dare say" said she, confiden-
TALLY, to her sister-in-law, the farm
er's wife, "they'll all marry well be-
fore the season is over; and in any
event, the experience will be worth
a deal to them"
And honest Mrs. HUMPHREYS
took all her ten years savings out
of the Hemlock Hollow Bank, to
equip the three girls suitable for
summer campaign.
Jeanette took to waltzing and
the German as naturally as if she
had been born TO them; Marian
slipped as gracefully into a musical
and literary groove but poor little
Philippa seemed to fit nowhere.
She was shy and silent in the ball
room, stuck unaccountably mute
when she ought to be tall1ative and
seemed to prefer the woods, be-
side the great cataract, when all
the world flocled to the ballroom
of the Clifton House or the Inter-
national.
because, Aunt Theo,' said
honest Philippe, 81 never know
what to say to the gentlemen when
they ask me to dance"
"But my dear child" said Mrs.
Dale, "that's not the way into soci-
ety."
Ell don't think l care so very
much about society, Aunt Theo," ,
said heretical Philippa.
"Then you'll never get married i,
in this world" said Aunt Theo, in
an accent of dispair.
But even Philippa was aroused
into interest when the cards came :
out for the grand fancy masquerade
ball at the international Hotel, and +,
Mr.. Dale gave each of his nieces -
lundred-dollar bill, to enable them
10 appear suitably for the occasion. "
81 shall personate 'Undine,'" said =
Jeanette thinking how we'll she
would look in sea-green Grape, IL
crystal fringes and water-lilies. &
"And l shall be 'Sappho,'" cried -"
mt Marian. p
"Capital," said Mrs. Dale. "And IL
ou, Philippa9" ~
81 don't know yet" said Philip !"
a, contracting her black eyebrows. y"
Mr.. Mortimer says ought to go as
s gypsy" ID
"Then, my DEAR" said Mrs. Dale,
be gypsy, by all means. If a
lortimer is good enough to ex- I'll
ress an opinion, it shouldn't be
eglected." g
And both Marian and Jeanette "A
'oked little jealous, for the Hon. VI
[ugo Mortimer, from Montreal, ia
as the lion at Niagara Falls just ne
len, and his gracious notice was
nough to insure the lucky recipi- sa
ut front place in the ranks of i
shion. gu
"When did he say that, Puss p
'manded Jeanette, jerking out cal
e ribbon Of her sash. thf
"Oh, yesterday, when we were sta
er on Goat Island" vel
"Did he walk with you!" Sh
ga little way" ers
81 hope you made yourself agree the
lie 7" suggested Marian tnrtly.
81 don't know whether did or {
IT," said Philippa. "And now,
mt Tbeo, if you will give me dol
at bundle of work, I'll take it to I
Use Dupre. There will be just thr
ne before tea for me TO walk