Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-07

not the meaning Of the word mercy.
And If they put mo in prison. my old
grandmother Will siarvc,,"
They shall not put you i'll prison
-ail philivpa. How much was the
lrr-, worth p
A deal Of money. mademoi-ellc
\ hundred dollars" walled Elise. !
rhilipra Humphri"s rnt her hand
into her pocket. where the hundred
dollar bill that Uncle Dale nal given
her lay inside the folds Of tiny
blue velvet portmonnai".
There's the money. SAID she:
give il t. the odiods old harpy. and |
don't cry any more; for youreyes are
swclled twice their usual size al |
ready"
Elise looked incredulously at the |
little brown slip of paper.
But. ma lemoisello, You are surely |
not in earnest" she said. "lou
cannot he,
YES. am, said phihppa, shaking
back the jctty rings oi hair from her
solemn black eyes. Take that
money. pay Mrs. 81. George. aid
don't talk any more aboHt It
We'll, Philippa." said Mrs. Dale.
when her niece came back again.
have YOU decided upon your charac-
ter yet t."
Yes" said Philippe. quietly. Il
/ will he Cinderella.
! "Whoi" said Mrs Dale. with her
hand behind her ear.
Don't you remember. Aunt Iheo!
! The little brown skinned girl who
stayed at home when her sisters went
to the princes ball7'
What a very odd choice. said
Mrs. Dale.
is it?" said Philippa well, l
always lid like to be different from
other people, Aunt Theo."
The masquerade ball was brilliant
success.
"Undine." in silver green Grape
was as lovely as a dream. "Sappho'
was tall. pale, and delightfully."- classic;
but there was one drop lacking in the
cup Of feminine happiness. Dir. Nor
timer. for whose benefit half the
ladies' of Niagara Falls had dressed
that evening, was not there.
80 provoking CT Philippa," said
Aunt Theo. ITO go and throw away
that money!
My dear said Mr. Dale, "a good
deed is never thrown away. And
really that Cinderella idea of the little
girls wasn't so bad Ha, ha, ha! she
did stay at home when her sisters
went to the ball"
She will never learn WISDOM" said
Mrs. Dale, with some asperity. Its
30 strange she doesn't care about such
things"
But, as it happened, Philippa did
care about such things. And at that
identical moment she was standing
on one of the star lighted verandas
, without, with pink Shetland shawl
around her shoulders. peeping sur
, rcptitiously through the window at
the gay walters.
Miss Philippa."
; She started guilty.
"Oh. Mr.. Mortimer! | am not do
' ing any wrong. am II"
He smiled as he drew her arm
through his.
But why are You not dancing in
, side?"
II preferred not to night"
Little Philippa,' said Mr.. Morti-
mer. standing still under the shadow
, of dropping elm, you are equivo-
eating now. Ard, as it happens, l
, know the truth"
Il don't understand YOU" said
Philippa.
MY valet is in love with Elise
Dupre. She has told him all about
your deed of kindly charity, and he
has told me-"
"Yes," said Philippa, in low tone,
my uncle gave me money for a dress
but l preferred helping Elise to go
ing to the ball"
"You told your aunt you were go
ing as Cinderella"
"How do you know? But that isn't
strictly true" laughed Philippa. Il
was to be Cinderella. And so I amp
Then, Philippa, if you are Gin
derella, will you let me be the
prince?"
MIR. Mortimery'
Sweetest, have been looking for
just such pure, noble hearted girl"
said Mortimer "And now that /
have found her, shall not willingly
let her CO."
DO you mean"
Il mean, love, that want you for
my wife"
Mr.. Dale could hardly credit his
own ears the next day when Hugo
Mortimer formally requested of him
the hand of his youngest niece in
marriage. Mrs. Dale lifted her
hands and eyes to the ceiling
ITO think that it should be Phil
ippa, after allr' said she.
As for "Undine" and "Sappho,"
they swallowed their modification,
and congratulated the little brown
gypsy as cordially as possible.
after ALL" remarked shrewd
Uncle Dale. "Philippa invested her
hundred dollars the best of any Of
your
mo, that's so-you can't allus tell
what boy'll make" replied the old
farmer, az he leaned back in his seat.
There's my Henry, for instance"
What OF him?"
Biggest fool you ever saw"
''Is that sol"
why up to the other day it seemed
to me as If he didn't know huff to
open n barn door straight, and I've
had serious thoughts of sending him
to the fool asylum"
But what has happened7"
THE boy has developed. Just
when we all thought him fool he
was thinking out scheme which
will roll us in wealth. You can't
guess what it is"
No"
well, we're going to raise forty
thousand coWcumbers for the New