Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-15

OHpSSO W US HlttlItCu OClOIC udllhSglt-
ing, she writes"
"%Delightful commission to propose to
Mrs. Warren,'' Dick Went on. s'She
will have moro tinery OF her Owl than
she can manage"
NV ny, l don't know" Mrs. Dean
said, doubtfully, examining the lace
draPerics. "she comes over so often
she don't need to buy out the shops
every time. The lace doesn't look as
we'll as | thought it would, and Pm
afraid Ada will open her eyes over the
bill OF it. But ii she S not satisfied, after
all tie trouble I've taken
ooh, but people never are" Mr..
Dean said. consolingly. "They al
ways think you might have done better
by ttem. At least" falling back on
lmpart al evidence, GIVE heard you say
so. ! eve tried to buy clothes for
another fellow. Men doa't demand
such sacrifices 20 Friendships
"And | wish women did not" Mrs.
Dean murmured, as she went into the
next DON to take off the dress. II
only hope Elinor will appreciate the
fact that it was done half on her ac-
count, to keep the peace between her
and her best nci@hbor. OF course they
would have thought it dreadful if | had
refused, and they will have no dea of
what I've gone through in the bust
ness
"Nly dear" Mr.. Dean said, VIXEN,
after folding all the tlounces and ilutings
away with infinite care, she came back,
= lust as a matter OF curiosity, will Ada
Hurd really pay any less for that dress
than ii she had bought it at home? She
means to pay the duty. i snppose:?"
"Why, a. to that" Mrs. Lean an
swered. he~sitatingly, ''of curse she
Will pay if she must. But if she docs
well, in that case, the gain will not
balance my cab fare in getting the
gown. But L hope Mrs. Warren can
get it through; she knows exactly how
to manage"
Mr.. Dean put his hands behind his
head, and looked at his wife quizzical-
ly. "You women have queer con-
Sciences" he said.
why, Dick, the Custom-house isn't
for things like these: it's for what the
~shop-keepers bring over to sell. Of
course, if the duties wcrcn t so abomina-
bly, high, [ might feel differently. SIN
ty per cent. is too outrageous. And l
don't believe in protection, anyway.
I'm q free-trader. Now, Dick, you
needn't look $685."
81 was only wondering, my DEAR
he answered., "what possible connec-
ton there was between your. private
opinions and the law of the land. Fem
mime logic is beyond me. AS a stupid
brute of a man, l should say that in The
interest Of a pretty dress and friend
ships sacred cause Mrs. Warren was
to be asked to per jure herself. | sup
pose she will do it. What sacrifices
women will make for each other,.'
''Mrs. Warren will have nothing to
do with it, Mrs. Dean cried, indie-
nantly. "Hcr husband will mako the
declaration for her trunks, and
he won't know anything about it.
Why, Dick, only last year Mrs. Marsh
and she's a minister's wife took
home things for all the parish; and Mrs.
Graham duplicated all her dresses for
Ter sister at home, and Mrs. Avon had
fifteen trunks ard thousands of dollars
in presents. Don't YOU remember her
on the steamer the last time we went
home? She said she should give the
inspector her keys and a guinea, and
ask him to be careful in taking the
out, and she didn't expect
owned to having forty yards
Of silk in the piece in one trunk. |
don't know how she got on; l was too
busy over my w TO see; but ! ALWAYS
have said that the next time | went
over I'd try the effect Of q fee on the
who went through my things. DO
you remember how he threw my dresses
about. and how | found one of nv
broken aftcrwardp things like
make one hate the Custom-house.n
''And make smuggling a sacred
duty. l suppose" laughed Dick.
'It's not much to get a dress
through, Mrs. can went on, CON
v.ncing herself, if not her husband.
Mrs. smith took owe some ones
a few years ago, and never
Till a gentleman "a nc to claim the
little box at Sandy Hook what was in
side OF it. That was asking Il good
deal of Il stranger, l think. But YOU
see the management is so perfectly
There was that steamer chair
11lIIIC. lCIu UClilIo tlU IlfClDOtl, dIlu
sent on by the next boat q week
After [ had signed the paper
it was two Years old and had
been abroad before, and paid the 40
fee, then the old thing came on
to me With two dollars duty la kpd on.
and it only cost three 10 begin with.
and was all used up. And that nice
English girl-you remember her-who
had had a dress given her in Liverpool,
and partly made it on the ship. she was
poor to pay the duty they asked
iust because she couldn't swear she had
it-and SO she lost her dress. no.
indeed, you may say what you please,
Dick: there's nothing SO d~readfully
wrong in tircumventiuga custom-house
managed like that
And it was really with a sense of viz
tuous honesty that Mrs. Dean called a
later on Mrs. Warren to ask
her to take charge Of the dress.
$50 sorry, my dear!!' Mrs. Warren
said; ''but l really haven room for my
own things. I've sent for e profess
packer, and I've no doubt | shall
have to buy another trunk, but even
then | couldn't do it."
1t wa only September, and Mrs.
Dean had Il large circle of acquaint-