The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-06-24

! waited on her whom she married ii
Old Simons twelvemonth ago.
They say that her rooms arespalatial ,,e
And allin such wonderdlstylS y VA
Quite change to man with million
From a thousand year and Tom
Lyle.
By the way, Colonel Harrison tells me
Poor Tom is Q wreck Of himself; y
Has drank ever since she was married.
There's my blue MORE antique on
the shelf, ga" .."..',. y,
With the eream-colored satin, made
Watteau, " ..
You need not unfold it, Lisette, W. .,,
We see how it's made please to find
me r,rtu.y
That yellow-hued Honiton set. 2
You remember that queer old aunt
Hester,
Who stayed here last winter awhile,>
And preached to me so about Flera
And sympathiEed. so with Tom Lyle ?
The lace (like herself) is old fashion
ed, ..,m!i ~bfJ 't'J3a
But fit for the praise ofa king;
She sent it-confess that you think
that
Right good in the clever old thing
I've wonderful founce and a bertha
From MADAME, MA MERE that's to be ,
Real point--such an xquisite patterns
The sweetest you ever did see; Iini
And aset OF magnificent diamonds, '4,i
AS pure ss cluster of tears;
The gift Of his precious old'fatherA@ a u
They've been in the family for years
And there are my new set OF opals, J.
think them fortune alone;
Each gem holds a living light that
quiVers .
Like soul that's inprisonedin stone;
And there are my rose-colored canoes,
Dent you see? by the pearls-tjust
this side; --,---....--.--.-,...-.~..--.......--
| promise their match to whoever,
'Amongr5qd%i BE the ext gide.
NY linen is packed-but it's lovely
An tucRs and Insertion and 'lace;;"
II one wants an elegant trotsssau
In Paris, at Worth's is the place,
Those dresses you see il the 'aFh0dr ~
(Thirteen1 have been sestcely "un
/ done; az" '"s "
You'll hardly believe when / tell you
/ neverhave tried otta onels a S.t
OF course, l have Shoes, gloves and
liz bnnnetsU) ,oFoti gIH.In ans
To match every Separate suit;
AS sample, Lisette, lkill'you bring me
The cream-ooloredt igold-buttoned
baot?A .sgllti> He- JagsH t'l
The glove with fverowsof silk stitch.
ing, ar.l ..ttaH ..l.I n,
The bonnetwith goldoolOled pltme,
The rose to the rights too lovely+
"A jewel of.beauty and bloom
The wonderful dress ofall dresses,
The robelef to-mowo W, youu knOWii4
So perfectly stylishiand splendmlhA
I've promised nlRslA not to shAEr@5 II
Claude says Twill be sobewildeSingA
He'll rgetto3TemembeE the eringi Ili'
Come, ,Alices ofWhat-are youthinkingI
Of "the lover who loved me glas
spring. eaal9r 30 n,a b
BAIL Foldiup my dresses, Lisetteg iAa
! And don't let my jewel5caae,fall ~ 4
It's well, Alice, some one remembers
never think fhim at all! !g 1ir
Dear me, how time flies | must hurry
Claude said he was coming at eight
Lisette, take them on through the par
lors 81teT
I, And mamma will show them tn
i plate. R pfl
Excuse me for not going with you;
| Good night. There, thank God
they are gonel ag III,
And / am alone in my chamber .si
n Doors locked and the close curtains
drawn;
Alone with my laces and Jewels gat
A sobbing, a miserable thing;
Alone with the thoughts thatpossessn,
OF that lover who loved me, last
Spring. ofs aa 81
Godilnows that / believed that VA
loYedme .,aH obsA .lefsqu
AS We sat on the stepsinthe dark
With one milky star hung sboYe inS
A faint, little, glimmering spark
/ remember the white, oleander. I etI
i Ut dropped q loose bloom on my
brow;) N
remember the IDS that you utter
A ed-- rii4 !
y ] know that they mean nothing now