The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-04-10


Tor it-so 1 am to be arrested ior the
money it is worth"
"She must be an old bag p said Phi
Hpps, impulsively.
She is q cold, hard woman, MAIDEN.
oiselle," sighed Elise, "Who knows not
the meaning of the word mercy And
II they put me in prison, my old grand
mother will starve."
They shall not put you in prison I -
said Phslippa. How much Was the
dress worth 7''
A deal of money, mademoiselle. A
hUr dred dollars 70 walled Elise.
Fhilippa Humphries put her hand in
TO her p cket, where the hundred dollar
bill that Uncle Dale had given her lay
inside the folds of q tiny blue velvet
pOrtemOnnaie
There's the money" said she. Give
it to The Odious old harry, and don't
CRY any more, for your eyes are swellt
to twice their size already
Elise looked iucredulously at the little
brown slip OF paper
But, mademoiselle, you are surely
not in earnest ~ said she. You can
not b. -
Yes, I sm," said Philipps, shaking
back the jetty rings of hair from heI
solemn, black eyes. 90 Take that money,
pay Mrs. TT. George and don't talk any
more about ii"
Well, Philippa," said Mrs. Dale,
when her niece csme back again, have
you decided upon your character yet 90
Yes said Philippa, quietly. 81
will be Cinderella |"
Wbo?" said Mrs. Dale, with her
hand behind her ear.
Don't you remember, Aunt Theo
The little brown-skinned girl who stayed
at home when her sisters went to the
princes ball."
What very odd choice =" said Mrs.
Dale.
SIS it9" said Philippa. Well, 1
always did like to be diaerent from other
people, Aunt Theo."
The masquerade ball was a brilliant
success. Undine," in silver-green
Grape and white water-lilies, was as
! lovely as a dream. SapphO" was tall,
and pale, and delightfully."- classic; but
there was one drop lacking in the cup OF
feminine happiness. Mr. Mortimer, for
whose benefit half the bellies OF Niagara
Falls had dressed that evening, was not
there
$50 provoking of Philippa," said Aunt
Theo, q to go and throw away thst
money I"
"My DEAR" said Mr.. Dale, " a good
deed is never thrown away. And really
that Cinderella idea of the little girls
wasn't 30 bad. Ha, ha, ha she did
stay at home when her sisters went to
the ball"
She will never learn WISDOM" said
Mrs. Dale, with some ssperity. "It's SO
strange she don't care about such
things"
But, as it happened, Philippa did care
about such things. And at that identi
Cal moment she wss standing on one Oi
the starlighted verandahs without, with
pink Shetland shawl around her shOul,
ders, pe,plng surTePtitiOusly through
the window at the walters.
Miss PhiliPpa -
She started 9uiltily.
"Oh, Mr.. Mortimer am not doing
wrong. am l 2"
He smiled as he drew her arm through
his.
But why are you not dancing in-
side ?''
"I-I preferred not tonight"
Little Philipps," said Mr.. Morti-
mer, standing still under the shadow Of
UAOpPinS ClHI; yOd aAC S4ulNOOaGilt {
now and, as it happens, l know the
Truth P'
81 don't understand yOu," said Phil
"My valet is in love with Elise Du-
pre-. She his told him all about your
iced OF kindly charity and he has told
me
g Yes" said PbiHipps, in a low tone
Ny uncle gave me money for a dress
but preferred helping Elise to going tC
the ball"
You told your aunt you were going
as Cinderella
{" How do you know? But that ism
-tnctly true" laughed Pbilippa. {"
was to be Cinderella. And 80 am I"
"Then, Philippa, if you are Cinder
ella, will you let me be the Prince ?"
Mr.. Mortimer !"
| Sweetest, have been looking all my
lite Tor just such g pure, noble-hearteC
girl, !" said Mortimer, land now that
have found her, l shall not willingly lc'
her 60"
"Do you mean"
81 mean, love, that I want you fol
my vie"
Mr.. Dale could hardly credit his owr
ears, the next day, when Hugo Morti
mer formally requested of him the HAND
of his youngest niece in marriage, anC
Mrs Dale lifted her hands and eyes t,
the ceiling.
"To think that it should be Philippe
after all i'' said she.
As or "Undine" and h" Ssppho," the,
swallowed their modification and con
graduated the little brown gypsy IS cor
daily as possible.
After all, )" said sbrewd Uncle Dale
" Philippa invested her hundred dollar
the best OF any of you ~
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