The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-24
DAISY'S FIRST WINTER.


tell the truth, 1 hardly thought Uncle
Richard would dare to expose you to a
winter of city dissipation"
"Oh, you know you promised papa
We should be very quiet, as is suitable
for minister's daughter. so he felt no
fear"
Two girls were seated together in n
room, which might have been designed
by an artist, so perfect it was in all its
luxurious details. They were cousins
one a wealthy city bankers only child,
the other the daughter of country
| minister. Amy was vivacious bru-
nette, whose every motion was so quick
as to remind one forcibly of brilliant
humming bird. Daisy was sweet rose
bud of girl, with sensitive mobile
lips and deep gray eyes. 1t was her
first winter in New York, and the first
time she had ever been away from home.
"Now, Daisy" continued Amy, "you
have been quiet for three days, and to-
morrow I'm going to take you out.
Show me your party dresses"
Daisy flushed little as she rose, for
she knew the almost limitless extent OF
Amy's wardrobe.
Amy's politeness was severely taxed as
she looked at the three prettily-fash
ioned costumes which were Daisy's
party dresses. 1t amused her to think
of going through season of city gayety
with only three white dresses /; but she
only said
"They arc lovely, Daisy-just lovely |
and when they are soiled will supply
you; we are of the same height"
Daisy's flush deepened as she rather
proudly said:
81 didn't expect to go to many par
ties, Amy and when they are soiled
shan't go to any more"
Further speech was impossible, for
Amy seized her in her strong young
arms, and, gently shaking her, ex.
claimed
"Daisy Allen, take thatl I mean
you shall make winter of it. What il
uncle is minister? Make up your
mind to do everything and anything,
and if you thwart me, woe be to you"
Daisy was only eighteen, and full OF
life and fun, and once having cast
scruples aside, she entered heartily into
all Amy's projects for their amusement.
But Amy could not overrule her
cousin, when, the following evening, she
found her determined to wear white
dress to a German" they were to at
tend So she had to content herself,
when her offer of ravishing "ciel-blue"
silk was refused, with looping and dot
ting here and there the simple dress
with pure white rosebuds. She herself
was attired in cream silk and black lace.
Daisy had formed great anticipations
of pleasure, as what young girl fresh
from quiet home would not; and they
were abundantly gratifed. She did not
do injustice to Amy's boudoir lessons in
waltzing, and the graceful white-robed
girl was the most conspicuous of the
many bellies who saw with envy their
compilations fade beside her fresh lowell
ness.
Vis-a-vis to Daisy in a 'Lanciers" was
o gentleman, whose eyes had a mesmeric
influence, in that they made hers droop.
She watched him in the pausas of the
dance, and tried to make out the dark,
stern face. Was it stern because he did
not approve of the glittering scene in
which he mixed, or simply Indifferent?
Such were Daisy's thoughts. But he
was soon forgotten when Amy intro
duced to her an Apollo in modern garb,
and took an opportunity to whisper in
her ear:
"Prince Charley, Daisyl"
He Immediately claimed her hand for
the next dance.
Mr.. lie Roy, or ''Prince Charley as
he was called, was the greatest catch OF
the season. His parents were dead, and
he the inheritor of their reputed vast
possessions.
Handsome scarcely describedl him,
and as Daisy felt the spell of his hril-
liant conversation, as we'll as admired
his beauty, she acknowledged Amy was
right in all she had said in his praise.
The acquaintance begun that night
developed very fast.
Amy's parents, pleased to crafty Their
daughter, soon threw open their house
for magnificent entertainment.
Daisy's pride euccumhsd to the strong
desire to be beautiful and charming, ant
she yielded to Amy's coaxing and con
sented to wear one of her cousins cos
tunes. DIR. Allen would not have re
cognized his little daughter as sh,
glided through the brilliantly-lightet
roorns on Mr.. Le Roy's arm. Her dres
was of silk, the color of the palest peta
of the musk-rose, with film of poin
lace falling in soft folds down to the on,
of the sweeping train. Her hair wa
powdered, and cluster of pale pinl
buds. lust the color of the dress. nestle,
in the soft puifs just below the litti
car.
Charles LIE Roy, whose taste in sucl
matters was considered faultless, pro
nounced her the most beautiful of al
the beauties he had seen. He scarcel
left her side, and many were the signif
cant looks as one and another notices
/ his attentions. He had Hitherto bee
particular to single no one lady for at