Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-06-06

monds, and splendid toilets were the
marvel OF the place how, by some
accident, the old grandmother had can.
trived to upset kerosene lamp upon
it.
1T is ruined, OF course" said Elise,
clasping her hands; and l cannot pay
for it, so I am to be arrested for the
money it is worth"
"She must he an old hag!' said
Philippa, impulsively.
"She is a cold, hard woman, made
moiselle," sighed Elise, "who knows
not the meaning of the word mercy.
And if they put me in prison, my old
grandmother will starve y
"They shall not put you in prison J"
said Philippa. How much was the
dress worth?"
"A deal of money. mademoiselle. A
hundred dollars!" walled Elise.
Philippa HUMPHREYS put her hand
into her pocket, where the hundred
dollar bill that Uncle Dale had given
her lay in the folds of tiny blue vel.
vet portmonnie.
There's the money, said she; give
it to the odious old harpy. and don't
cry any more; for your eyes are swelled
twice their usual size already"
Elise looked incredulously at the lit
tie brown clip OF paper.
But, mademOiselle, you are surely
not in earnest said she. "You cannot
be!''
/" Yes, l am" said Philippa, shaking
back the jetty rings of hair from her
| solemn black ey es. "Take that money,
pay Mrs. st. George, and don't talk any
more about it,"
"Well, Philippa," said Mrs. Dale,
when her niece came back again, shave
you decided upon your character yet ?"
Yes" said Philippe, quietly. -
will he Cinderella!'
WHO ?" said Mrs. Dale, with her
hand behind her ear.
Don't you remember, Aunt Theo :?
The little brown-skinned girl who
stayed ut home when her sisters went
to the princes ball?"
What very odd choice !" said Mrs.
Dale.
lis it?" said Philippe, "well, 1
always did like to lie different from
other people, Aunt Theo."
Tue masquerade ball was brilliant
success.
Undine," in silver-green Grape was
lovely as a dream. Sappho" was tall,
pale, and delightfully."- classic; but there
was one drop lacking in the cup of fem
mime happiness. Mr.. Mortimer, for
whose benefit half the ladies of Niagara
Fa Is had dressed that evening, was not
there.
So provoking of Philippa," said
Aunt Theo, "togo and throw away that
money |"
my dear" said Mr.. Dale, "a good
deed is never thrown away. And really
that Cinderella idea of the little girls
wasn't so bad. Ha, ha, ha she did
stay ut home when her sisters went to
the ball"
"She will never learn WISDOM" said
Mrs. Dale, with some asperity. cts
SO strange she don't care about such
things"
But, as it happened, Philippa did
care about such things. And at th~t
identical moment she was standing on
vuo vf tho ata--lightAd verandas with
out, with pink Shetland shawl around
her shoulders, peeping surreptitiously
through the window at the gay walters.
miss Philippe r.
She started guilty.
ooh, Mr.. Mortimer ! I am not do
ing any wrong, am II"
He smiled as he drew her arm through
his.
but why are you not dancing in
side ?"
III preferred not tonight"
"Little Philippa," said Mr.. Morti-
mer, standing still under the shadow of
dropping elm, "you are equivocating
now. And. as it happens, l know the
truth" .
81 don't understand you," said
Philippe.
"My valet is in love with Elise Du.
pre-. She has told him all about your
deed of kindly charity, and he has told
me-"
,"Yes," said Philippa, in a low tone,
I" my uncle gave me money for dress;
but preferred helping Elise to going
to the ball"
You told your aunt you were going
| "How do you know? But that isn't
strictly true" laughed Philippe. Il
was to he Cinderella. And so I ami"
"Then, Philippe, if you are Cinder.
ella, will you let me be the prince 2"
Mr.. Mortimer T.
"Sweetest, have been looking fol
just such pure, noble.hearted girl.
said Mortimer. "Aud now that nave
found her, I shall not willingly let hel
CO."
Do you mean" D."
81 mean. love, that want you TO,
) my wife"
4 $3.50
Mr.. Dale could hardly credit his OWE
ears the next day when Hugo Morti
mer formally requested of him the
hand OF his youngest niece in marriage
Mrs. Dale lifted her hands and eyes tC
the ceiling. 80
ITO think that it should be Philip.
pa, after air. said she.
As tor Undine" and "Sappho,
they swallowed their modification. and
congratulated the little brown gypsy a.
cordially as possible.
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