The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-05-06
A SEWING-GIRL.

CHOW, girls, this won't dor' sait
Madame Mollni, pouncing iu upon tn
Elk pale sowing girls, like wolf into
flock of lamLs. mo it will never d,
in the world Idon't pay you all exor
bitant wages to sit with your hand
folded like fine ladies'. Miss Sedgowick
we arc waiting for that lavender sill
polonaise. Lucy Llsle, why do you no
go Oh with those buttonholes? Mis-.
Fox, you will be 80 good as to chang,
your seat from the window to tho mid
die OF tho room at oncel"
"But, Madame 1 can't SEQ there to Ia,
on these fine bias foldsl" pleaded Mis-.
Fox.
"You mean you can't see the carts ant
carriages i'll the street, and the type set
ters at the windows oppositel" retortet
Maoame Molini, whose true nomencla
ture was 'Mulens, and who had been {
Mllilner's apprentice, in the goodly city
of Cork, before she set up on Sixth ave
nue. rs French naodiste.
Lucy Lisle caught up her work.
IL stopped lust minute Madame
with that bad stltol in my side" she
said and began to stitch away with
eager haste.
eff you're sick, "said Madame, severe
1s- : dootoa. ea s@tteE afDfs az hSme g and send
your tnie is mine, bought and paid fori"
While Miss Sedgewiok, in self-defonse
urged that she had not enough silk
gimp to trim tho polonaise and was wait
ing for moro.
"Not enough" shrilly repeated mad
ame-'not enonghl I measured thai
trimming myself, and T known there j.
enough. You may just rip that off again
and sew it on higher up, and moro eco
nomically: and shall deduct this morn
ing's lost time from your wages Whats
that, Flora Fay-the mode colored sill
dress2 Finished? And where are til,
two and half yards which were left?"
Il folded them up with the dress, ma
dame, ,snid Flora Fay m innocent, blue
eyed young girl recently from the coun
try, vino stood, in nh unconsoiousl,
graceful pttitudc, before tho fat and flor
id dressmaker.
'Ihcn you were goose for You
pains, shortly retorted Madame Molini
rs she unfastened the parcel, nbstractet
tho piece of glistening uncut silk, anC
whisked it away upon the shelf. "Twt
yards and half isn't much, but it il
better than nothing"
Flora Fay opened her innocent blu,
eyes wide.
"What Is she going to do with it?'
she asked Miss Fox, in whisper. q.
madame rnstled off to scold the errant
boy for putting too much coal on the
gratcfrc.
Don't you know little silly?'laughee
Miss Fox. 1T is what she cabbages =
"C"bbages?"repcatcd Flora, in amaze
ment. II don't understand YOU
"You will when you SEQ the mode sill
made UP into q sleeveless basque 70
madame said tho other, trimmed will
the gimp that was left from Mrs. Au
brey's dinner.dress, and the pearl firing,
from Mrs. Ossatt's white damasso bal
costume"
"But you don't mcan," said til
breathless Flora 'that madame takes til
silk that is loft from tho customers
dresses?"
"Goosie" cried Miss Fox, "don'
talk nonsonso any longer. 1t is whn
every fashionable dressmaker docs, m
-
''Thcre's tho reception.room boil,
shrilly called madame. Miss Fay, al
swer it at onccl"
Harry Drake was standing in til
room, all glistening with satin drupery
gilded mouldings and huge mirrors
when Flora came hillary Drake, tn
young sea-cnptaim who boarded at tn
same quiet and inexpensive house wher
Flora was allowed hall bedroom at
reasonable rate, on account of Mrs. Dodd
having once boarded summer at til
old Fay farmhouse up among tho Bcrl
shire hills, and still ,tnining kind re
collection of Mrs. Fay s kindness durln
IN illness which overlook hor there.
"Oh, Miss Fay, is it your" said Harry
"Do you work here? Upon my WORD
you seem to DO in very comfortabl
quarters"
'Bnt don't stay here all tho while,
said Flora, noting how his glance wan
dered from gliding to fresco, Axminis