Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-03-16

CRATE flre. .....
Don you know. little sil|v?"whis-
pered Miss Foxe, laughing. ITS what
she cabbages +
"Cahbages?' repeated Flora IN
smaze,nent. II don't understand you.
you will, when you see the mole
silk made ny into a sleeveless basque
for madame, SAID toe other, "trinme'i
with the gimp that was left from Mrs
Aubrey's dinner aress, and the pearl
fringe from Mrs. Ossetls white dam
asse'' ball costume"
BAT you don't mean" said breath,
less Flora, that madame takes the silk
that is let from the customers dress
es."
"Goosie T. cried Miss Fox, don't
talk nonsence any longer. It's what
every fashionable dressm.ker does
and"
There's the reception-room bell,
sLrilly called madame. Miss Fay
answer it at once "
Harry Drake was standing in the
pretty room. all glistning with sstiu
d,apery, gilded me euldings and huge
mirrors, waeu Flor" came in--Harry
Drake, the young sea captain who
boarded at the 4ame quiet inexpensive
house whore Flora WAS alIoweda \ hall
bed room at a reasonable rate, on nc.
count OF Mrs. Dolds having once
boarded summer At the old Fay farm
house up among the Berkshire hills,
and still retaining u kind recollection
Of Mrs. Fay's kindness during an Ill
ness which overlook her there.
"Oh, Miss Fay, is it you?' said Har
ry. "Do you work here? Upon my
word, you seem to bs in very comic.
able quarters
But | don't stay here all the
whle,' said Flora, noting how his
glance wandered from gliding to fire.,
SEQ, Administer carpet to brozed chan.
delier. II sew in a little dark room,
where there is a sitting smell of coal
gas, and no carpet on the floor.
"I've come for dress" said Cap
tain Drake, plung;ng hsadlong into
his subject, after tae fashion Of men
in general-"my sisters dress. She
IL to be married next week and some
of her friends coaxed her to have her
dress made here. Miss Fortvscne -
sL. only my half sister, you know,
ii, answer to dorAs look of question
ing surrr.se; but she 3 very NICE, and
is going to marry well, | hope.
Its the mode ,olored dress, said
Flora, with frightening eyes. Il
helped to trim 1t myself. Yes, it's
all ready"
And presently madame came snil-
ing in, with a bill, aud the dress
folded neatly IN white pasteboard
box, and Captain Drake departed
with q dim idea that NJ >dane MoJinl
perfectly understood the ant of high
charges.
Miss Fortescue herself came the
next day. She was young lady not
lacking in quiet resolution. She
knew her rights aud was prepared te
defend them.
Where is the material | sent
said she to Miss Fox, who was in at
tendance at the reception roo n. 1T
is not all made up into the dress. |
had purchased enough for a new wals'
aud sleeves and 1t Is not here.
You must be mistaken" said Miss
Fox, with an aspect Of polite 'mpassi
bility. "Tbe bias pntfs and folds cu'
up the material shockingly and
But at this moment little Flora
Fay. who was packing some tullt
capes and fichus into band-hox, a.
the back Of the room, rose and came
forward, with deepening color.
There are two yards and half o
the mode-colored silk, Miss Fox" she
iuterrupted-"don't you remember
on the shelf in the back room
Miss Fox colored and bit her lip.
Madame Molini, with ominously
darkened face, twitched the tw
wards and q half OF silk off the shelf
folded it into a paper, and handed it
10 Miss Fortescne, muttering some
thing OF "a mistake made by one O
her young women" and the young
lady departed little dubious as tc
whether or not the fashionable dress
maker had intended to cheat her.