Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-11-04
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Aunt Allen did not interfere. for she saw
no occasion to. 1t was all right. III her
unworldly eyes. She knew Stephen
Mather was good enough for anybody, as
she had often declared, and both she and
Eupheraia thought John Bayard's daugh-
ter would have money enough for both.
Phema. however, made Aunt Allen VOW
TO keep this secret; it pleased her might
lily to hear her lover spin his webs for the
future, calculate his income, discuss ways
and means, and praise the neat and sim
pie style Of her wardrobe
1.-The delightful goose - she Mortified
Aunt Allen by saying one day, when
Stephen was scarce out Of the gate. He
thinks | am paragon Of economy. He
doesn't dream that Dobcon charged me
twenty-five dollars apiece for making
these lawn gowns and that every scrap Of
lace on them is real thread
I'm sure he DON'T" sighed Aunt Al
len, shocked herself at this revelation !;
but Phema only laughed, clapped her
little dimpled hands together, and Waited
out into the kitchen, where she ut once
teased and pleased Hannah. the iactolum
OF the house, by trying 10 learn all sorts
OF cooking. And she succeeded astonish-
ingly. Common sense, a clear head and
deft fingers are as successful in the kitchen
as everywhere else. Her mother shifted
much (mentally. of course,) at this new
freak. when Phema boosted of it in her
letters
''She is very peculiar she said. with
thin sigh, to her special friend. Mrs. Sluy-
ter. ITO think Of her learning to cook
az an amusement But that j, Just
pHar,,.f- o., To- aIuuafbirsr ttSftAIt
else would think Of -
Mademolselle did not find it neediul yet
to report her love affair to her mother
She knew very well what that astu'c Lady
would think Of it. and she wanted t. en-
Joy the strange sweetness ~ long a. she
might, before she aroused to the battle
which was inevitable.
At last, however, her call came Mrs.
Bayard was ready to 20 to Newport, Tor it
was the middle Of August, and Il fort
nights sca.air might be permitted even TO
q mourner.
Euphema's elaborate preparations
were all made in the city, under the
mothers eye, while she was drinking in
bliss and pure air at Desborough and
her wardrobe was curious exposition OF
the delicate shades into which grief can
be carried as an element of costume Ii
would have suited her disposition better
had it been bridal.
But, with the vein of cool sense that en-
dowed her, although neither she nor
Stephen had any more doubt of their mn-
tual passion than Romeo and Juliet she
would not consent to an open engagement
till some months of absence had tested
their sincerity and coustancy.
For three months no letters were to pass
between them. At the end of that time
he was to write her, if still he held to his
purpose and if she too was constant,
then she would tell her mother and the
thing should be declared.
SO she went to Newport, and made her
expected sensation there. For can there
be "a lovlicr thing than a beautiful young
girl. with glancing eyes and shadnwy
curls, and smiling, mischievouS lips, all
illustrated by a complexion Of soft rose
blush and pearl arrayed in films OF white st
lace or cleaning gauzes, her only iewelry
strings of pure pearls, garlands of spot |
less roses-her only flower, and the dark,
delicate head. uniformed save by It's heavy. |
shining coils and rings People went
fairly mad about her beauty. her grace
and her exquisite dresses. and the very
best match of the season grovcllcd ut her
feet. in the ugly person of Pierre SIuyter,
the Millionaire of the country.
Continued Tomorrow
Stylish.-A seal skin jacket is no doubt,
very stylish, but is a perfect trap for catch