The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-19
A GRANDMoTHER's PET.

DeHeYe the arrangements are I'll cOmpIeto'
Boned turkeys, chicken salad, plenty of
pates de .foies gTds, and sherry wine, win be
all that any one can require, with coffee
for the Prohibitionists, and plenty of hand
some cake !"
Dear, dear /" said the interested neigh
Dor, whose slender finances could afford
only pound-calSe and lemonade, :" that viii
be very nice And l suppose the young
ladies will be elegantly dressed" ft
4" Sophy is to wear emerala silk, with
natural ferns" answered the proud mother.
Green is so becoming to Sophy. There
are few city girls with SO clear a complex
ion And Rosamond has selected heliotrope
color, with Grandma Ridgewood's dear old
fashioned amethysts and violets at her
belt.
La. !" said Mrs. Mix, what pictures
they'll be, to be sure I"
"But, mamma, +" said Mamie, the sixteen
year-old baby" of the family, who was at
home from Madame Studiwells Boarding
School for the holidays 'what am l to
wear ?"
Nonsense, child, :" said Mrs. Ridgewood.
You are not to come into the drawing.
room at all 70 kkA A8
al" cried Mamie. Not to come into
the drawing room All, mamma-and
have been thinking of it SO much, and
counting the days until New Years! And
I'll be quite quiet, mamma, please, and
never speak until am spoken to-and l
can wear my plaid silk-dress it's little
old-fashioned, to be sure, but it is very nice,
md"
Anna, be STILL said Mrs. Ridgewco cd,
peremptorily. Didn't you hear me say
TINT you We're not to come into the drawing
room at all ?n
"But.I will, said Mamie, turning very
red, while her soft, hazel eyes flushed unac,
customed lightnings. :" Why shouldn't /?
Papa said, before he went to Florida, /
should have new dress, for New Years.
day, and receive company with tho other
girls |"
" Your papa knows nothing at NIL abou,
society" said Mrs. Ridgcwood 3" am the
one to decide such matters MS this. Gentle.
men are always frightened away from n
house where there is swarm of daughters.
Sophy and Rosy as the eldcst--it is your
business, Anna, to remain in the back.
ground until one or both are married"
but won't remain in the background"
said Mamie, bursting into tears II will
come in to see the company. Tam as much the
young lady of tho house as Sophy or Rosa
mond."
Gamma, how dare you speak to me in that
way" said Mrs. Ridgewood, Indignantly.
Leave the room at once. Go to your own
apartment, and do not venture to leave ii
without my permission. You will dine on
bread and water as punishment for this
lmpcrtinence."
And poor Mamie found herself compelled
to obey this distasteful behest.
Grandma Ridgewood, reading letters il
the pleasant front room up stairs, heard tn,
inarticulate sound of Nannie's weeping, and
rising from her easy-chair, went softly Il
the door and opened it.
Nannie,n said she. (" Darling child
what is the matter? Does your tooth ache
Has your mother taken away the Seaside
novels p
And, with fresh burst of tears, Mamie
flew into her grandmothers arms, and told
all her trouble to this sympathizing CONT
dante.
Is it right, grandma" she sobbed, "tc
treat me so shamefully, and me sixteen
years old last month ?"
ado you want to be young lady ce'5
nuch Mamie y said tho old lady, looking
at her with tenderly indulgent eyes Fol
Grandma Iiidgcwood had always been fond
of the baby. "sss@ ~
4 40, grandmamma, yes !" cried the girl
Well" said the old lady, you shal
have your way. have just received not
from Mrs. Edward, asking mo to spare he
one of my granddaughtors to help her Ee
ccive on New Year's-day."
Mrs Edward I" cried Mamie, witt
sparkling eyes. "Oh, grnndmammn, an'
the girls are so hoping that Ernest Elwart
may call But Rosy and Sopby,-of cours
they will only be too glad to go, and
! "The letter docs not say which OF IN
girls 10 to Gomez said old Mrs IRidgevood
quietly. "And choose That it shall b
you"
"Deai, dearest grandmamma," cried Nan
ME, hugging the old lady 80 that she coul'
hardly breathe, chow love you! But
but what shall wear? The old plaid sill
would do very well at home, but II ] go +
Mrs. Elwartls eleg mt house - Fl
twill SEQ to that, = said the old lady
"My maid is an expert needlewoman, an
I can send at once for tho materials for you
dress, for we have no time TO lose |"
"But If Rosamond and Sophy know it,
shall be forbidden to go!" said Mamie
with new spprehensions
"No one shall know, !" said Grandmamm
Ridgewood, "but you and me, and Ste
phens, the maid Well keep our own secret
darlingw
And when the old lady left the house o.
New Years morning, in close carriage :
spend the day with her friend Mrs. Edward
nobody suspected that Mamie had crcp
down the basement stairs, her new dress al
hidden under o long aqu~ scutum cloak
and entered the carriage in the place
Stephens, who walked
Mrs. Elward's spacious drawing-room
we're brilliantly lighted, and profusely dec
GRATED with hot-house fowers--she stoo'
there, in black velvet and diamonds, an'
her eyes glistened with pleasure, as Nanni
Ridgewood entered, in rose-colored brocade
with long satin train and half-biown rose
buds in her shining brown curlsl
"My darling - she cried, chow Lowell.
you are l Surely, this is not Sophia nor ye
Rosamond ?"
at is Anna, the baby of the family,
said old Mrs. Ridgowood, with gratifie
pride. "She was crying those bright eye
Of hors out, because they thought her to-
young to DO introduced into society at he
mothers house. So have concluded to in
tr0dnce her here ~ %a
For which owe you many thanse