Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-07

elaborate, and it was worked in the
most exquisite manner. Resale EN-.
broidered a little herself, but she had
never oven thought of attempting any.
thing like this.
II wonder if l could copy IT," she
murmured. ''What harm would there
be in my doing so? 1 think I will take
it and try, and l can put it back ut any
time"
So, when at length she left the room,
she carried the piece of embroidery with
her. She wa very careful to shut down
the window; but in her haste-for she
heard her mothers voice in the kitchen,
and feared discovery-she forgot to close
the shutters.
"The idea of Mrs. Spear going off and
leaving the window of that basement
room unlocked" said Mr.. Drew that
evening at supper. II discovered this
afternoon that the shutters were not even
closed"
II hope you closed them at once"
said Mrs. Drew.
eyes, and [ nailed the window Sc
curely down." was the answer. II i'm
agine it would take a burglar some time
to get it open now"
Rosalie had turned very pale at the
first mention of the room, and now she
found it impossible to eat the food she
had taken on her plate, so great was her
dismay. How was she ever to restore
the embroidery to the trunk? And she
had not the courage to confess to her
parents what she had done.
She scarcely slept at all that night,
and she wished with all her heart that
she had never entered that basement
room. But it seemed to her now that
the only thing she could do was to keep
the embroidery. She saw no way Of
restoring it to the trunk without letting
her parents know of it, and this she felt
she could not do. She thought she
would not be able to endure their ex-
pressions of sorrow and surprise. And
then it was not likely that Mrs. Spear
would ever discover her loss.
She put the embroidery away at the
bottom of the bureau drawer, and there
it lay for two years. Long before the
expiration of that time, MI. and Mrs.
Spear and their two children had re-
turned and taken possession of their
home again, but though Rosaile trem-
bled a little at first for fear the en-
broidery would be missed, she recovered
her %equanimity when she found that
nothing had been said about it to her
mother.
On her seventeenth birthday Rosalie
received from an aunt, who she had
never seen, a present of fifty dollars and
an invitation to pay her a visit.
OF course Rosalie was overioyed at
the prospect of a change, and began
Immediately to make preparations for
her visit.
ooh, how wish father was a little
better off," she said to her mother as
she packed her trunk. II have only one
really nice dress to my name, and all the
others are almost shabby"
CRY to forget your clothes, and enjoy
yourself as much as you can,'' said her
mother. "You will have a pleasant
time, l know, if you will only make up
your mind not to compare your appear
ance with that of others in better cir
cumstances.
In packing her trunk, Rosalie took
care to put in the embroidered founce.
She took it with her simply because she
did not dare leave it at home, where, by
some unfortunate chance, her mother
might see it.
A week after her arrival at her aunt's,
Resale was invited TO a large party.
II haven't a thing to wear" she said.
''My best dress is my black silk, and
that is not suitable"
"A pretty white muslin would do"
said her aunt.
"All my muslins have been worn out
of all freshness" said Rosalie.
Suppose you let me look over them"
said Mrs. Arde. II am a famous hand
at planning"
Resale willingly threw open the door
of her closet and put up the lid of her
trunk, and dragged out the contents of
both. In doing so, she Inadvertently
displaced to view the embroidered
founce.
GLOW beautiful" exclaimed Mrs.
Arde. "Why, Rosalie, 1 wonder that
you did not mention that you had this.
1t is just the thing to make up with .
very queer piece Of white muslin. And
you can wear p~each-colored or blue rib
bons with it. Come put on your hat,
and we will go shopping at once. 1 will
make you a present of the dress.
Rosalie felt very averse to using the
embroidery, but she did not know what
excuse to make for not doing so. And
so she obediently put or her hat and
went out with her aunt, who, after buy
ing the materials for the dress, engaged
a dressmaker to come to the house and
make it up at once.
AS may be supposed, Rosalie took lit
tie pride in her appearance the night Of
the party, for she could not forget what
it was that made her look so we'll
dressed. She was silent and subdued
throughout the evening, and was very
glad when the party was over, and she
could take the dress off and put it out of
her sight.
II will never wear it again." she
thought.
But a few days later when her aunt
packed her trunk to 20 to the seashore
for a week, the dress went in as a mat
ter of course.
'Just the thing for you to wear at the
hotel hops" said Mrs. Arde, who was
not to accompany her niece to the sea-
shore, but who had willingly consented
to Rosalie's acceptance of an invitation
from an old lady who had TALON a fonou