Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-06
BAINBRIDGE & SON.

DhANDlClDUE q SUN.
There was suppressed murmur Of
conversation in the dressmaking DEPART
ment of the large drapery establishment
OF Messrs. cambridge & Son which the
steady whir OF hundred sewing ma.
chimes could not drown. Where the
presence feminine can be found, be sure
the tongue feminine will be heard.
The superintendent OF the room. nm
'derstanding this, did.not attempt to en-.
force silence, SO pretty Dollie WYNN and
May Bruton talked very confidentialIv
in their corner of the great room. an /
no one interfered SO long rs fingers were
busy as well as tongues.
And this was what they said. Dollie's
blue eyes being riveted upon the Quilt.
ing on which she was ut work,
II saw her yesterday when 1 was 90.
ing out to dinner. She was just step
ping into her carriage, and Mr.. Edgar
himself handing her in. She looks old
nearly 40, I should say; but they saw
she is immensely rich, and her dress
was splendid. So suppose her money
goes against her age."
Ibid you hear they were to be mar.
ried soonP"
"Bless me, didn't tell you that? NV
brother is in the stationer's where the
wedding cards are being printed. They
are to be married on the 9th. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Bainbridge, and the card of
tke brides mother, Mrs. William VII.
son. Twelve! Come, we will 20 for q
walk" r.
"No, I am tired, " Dollie pleaded.
And her friend left her, never needing
the sudden pallor of the sweet young
face, the dumb agony in the great blue
eyes.
When she was alone Dollie stole away
to the little room where the cloaks.
shawls and hats of the girls were kept,
and there, hidden entirely by q huge
waterproof, she tried to think it all
out.
What had it meant? What did Ed.
gar cambridge mean in the long wear
he had tried by every masculine device
to win hes love?
She had not been unmaidenly; heart
and conscience fully acquitted her.
She had given her love, pare, true.
and faithful, to the son of her employ er;
but he had sought it, delicately and
persistently, before he knew that it was
given.
The young girl, now sewing for a
living, had been daintily bred and
thoroughly educated, her father having
been:a man drawing sufficient salary to
give his only child every advantage.
But when he died, aud his wife in a
few months followed him, Dollie had
chosen a life of honorable labor in pref
erepce to one of idle independence upon
wealthy relatives.
And yet in the social gatherings OF
these relatives and the friends OF form
er days, Dollie was still q welcome
guest.
1t was at her Uncle Lawrence's sub.
urban villa she had been introduced tc
Edgar cambridge. After this she had
met him frequently, and in her simple
dress, with her sweet, pure face, had
won marked attention from him.
With the frankness that was one oi
her greatest charms the girl had let her
admirer know that, though she was
Lawrence Wynn's niece, she worked TO,
q living in the dressmaking department
of cambridge & Son.
Then he had made her heart bound
with sudden, grateful Joy by telling hel
he had seen her leaving the "shop'
night after night, but would not joir
her for fear of giving annoyance by
exposing her to the remarks OF her com
panions.
After this, however, she often found
him waiting for her at some point fur
ther from the establishment, and always
SO respectful and courteous that she
was glad Of his protection in her long
walks.
But he was going to marry an heiresi
on the 9th, only week away, SO he hat
but trihed with her after all.
Poor little Dollie, crouching among
the shawls and cloaks, felt as if all sun
shine was gone from her life forever, a.
if her cup of humiliation and agony wa!
full to overhowing.
But the dinner-hour was over, the
girls coming in or sauntering from rest
ing-places in the work-room, and th,
hum of work commenced again, as i
must, whatever aching hearts or weary
hands crave rest.
Dollie worked with the rest, her feel
ings 40 numbed by the sudden blow
that she scarcely heard Mays lamenta
tions over sudden flood of order-worl
that would keep many of them in tn
room till midnight.
aWeU have all day tomorrow if W,
can finish these dresses tonight" sait
one of the small squad of girls told Of
lor the extra work. ssMiss Brown say
CO.. But these must be ready to deliye
In the morning"
Talk, talk, talk! Whir, whir, whir
Hollie folded and basted, working witt
rapid mechanical precision, hearing tn
noise of voices and machines, feelin,
.ne dull heavy beating of her own hear
ana ai the throbs of pain in her weary head
ou0 speaking no word OF repining, ex
ibas,ng basag her pallid face by the plea o
,.;ts,w y was after IL o'clock when the las
tLas'n tLa was set in the hurried work an
sta; G g'lis ran down the long flight @
rs;n .s % plod home through drizzlinI
iSAowing the late snowstorm.
sba s Doiile passed down the staircas
rean. s1w y, IN the counting house her rec
booIs 'oVer, busy over some account
thu. Su. t for the heavy news she had hear
that .l: .Mlo:fping she would have felt sur
to fn .n!s sudden spasm Of industry wa
bona aish an excuse for escorting he
r., y the unusually late hour.
an az So Dollie felt that it was bu
ilnct aaed insult to his dishonorable cor
NOT , IA and she hurried on, hoping ne ha
AVs en- heard her step.
tho as 10 mad gone some few streets fror
sl;nnop, when, passing church, sh
anS SS.G . upon treacherous piece Of ic
ana twisted her ankle.