The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-01
MRS. STAPLES SILK DRESS
A Thanksgiving Story.

table and took her place oehIno 'le
coffee pot. mo signs OF 1t vet an" mere
it is almosS Thanksgiving.
Don't Iret, t'aI''"'' S"'u u, -,
c:nI' 40 I' mVam oon 40 without # ifit
Icy 81 ,,n,t von29
mD a,a,,aso 7 want to wear tina
i, - oI a~aain@, demanded Mrs.
C Cton 1os iitIIe irT,tabIv. "Pve worn it
I1, ~hanTsrivin dav for three wears,
". H. oba,t tirad Of seeing myself in
- AMI T don't want Giles to be ashamed
hocaro his sweetheart"
90 veil like ~ not the dressT I've
4a,o - a,iI NJ ~tsnIes sootL-
ueLe 0' o 'rn,o; n oIrg . hrid,n before YOU
a"S% TTonnoL"
-" w. aa~,ant O fm;d hpsitatipc
1l-"a.IaJ ~ tho kitcban door. and
Hn'0| c.o"Ioa 49, F.on, hor scat IN an
"lS. t'"t's9 .a ,T11 -IooLin, woman.
o"I' G,ir f,no anna -. she wa
WV" =. aaa, monrn,ny which had
V'e'scu - o ~ craSLnoss and carried
- Eorarms bundle There were lines
49, Coaa and Tho maIancbo.
- " I-., Luour o,oo ,laan-
~ IooN .tS.. ~ St,,Ios o.
enou
$50 you've came al IaS'' thought YOU'D
forgotten me; marc sci my Aoa'' ."
wearing that dress IhanksstVing Gay,
80, Mrs staples, crleu LVIIe MIS-
Brown, looking ready 10 ours' Ihlo
tears. II dont know WHAT You say 70
me. he skirt OF the dress IS zone OUT
the basque
"Well, what OF the basque asked
Mrs. Staples sharply as the dress
maker heSi'H.eG' $50, ., ~,
1-I-sPoliGu IL, '"'te'eu WIS;
brown but Ihought perhaps ou nao
some more HaIef'al, Anu l cou'o n"Ae
another II you "ouIu let me
For a moment Mrs. staples said noun
ing. Her indignation was too great Tor
words. When she at length found her
tongue, however, she delivered the poor
culprit such a lecture as she had never
heard before.
Il know deserve scoidlng' Mrs. Sta
pies" sobbed Mrs. Brown. But my
little Kuth mas oeeh SICK, ana "ha' "ltn
nursing her, ana losing Sieep' ahd see,
ing To the houseWorK' got SO cohruseu
that cut the basque ali wrong never
made such a mistake before ana II you
can give me only TWO yards more l can
manage to get another basque u IN
time Tor you 10 wear the DAY AFTER To-
morrow"
There's no more materlalto De mad"
answered Mrs. staples Il TOOK the iast
yard IN Dickenson's store. NO, the
dress is ruined. L might as well nave
thrown my money IN n street as spent
II on stun Tor you TO spoil. L ought 70
have known better than TO nave trusted
YOU with the silk-common ought
90 have told me you'd ruin it."
II neve ruined one BEFORE" pleade d
Mvo proup stiII w-ean;no
'sAnd pTl see {, it that Won never ruin
ono,ba- !. ~ v;tlama onvw,v Tt,s mo
~ Wy
DUTY uotet people KNOW thaC aren't
what you profess to be, and know about
as mnch Of dress making as yeur baby
docs
-
mfs. DrO"h said no more out puling
ner ven over her lace to conceal the
traces Of tears on her cheeks, left The
kitchen with a slow and weary stem
ub;la Ms stonlos vent bocL - he,
"n Ssap,oo "ons o"oA : noi
seat al the taDie' 100 angry 10 touch the
breakfast she had put upon her plate be.
fore Mrs. Browns entrance.
Tbe little widow had conn to Barton
onlv tbren woaLo hofo,a a,d b,r;no !
ouiy snie "e9As Deiote' anu hiring
bic sign to the effect that she wouia do
dress making on reasonable terms.
NJ c.onlas ,ho,,.h Iii ~ - 49,.
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Moftu ? goous, was always ready TO econ