Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-02

nau taken on ner plate, so great was her
sSdismay How was she ever TO restore
the embroidery TO the trunkP 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 il seemed to her now that
the only thing she could do was to keep
the embroidery She saw no way OF
restoring il to the trunk without letting
her parents know of il, 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
1t lay for two years. Long before the
expiration of that time, Mr.. and Mrs.
Spear and their two children had re-
turned and taken possession of their
home again, but though Rosaile trem-
bled 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 hor
| 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 visit.
OF course Rosalie was overjoyed at
the prospect of Il change, and began
Immediately TO make preparations for
her visit.
"Oh, how wish father was little
better of" she said to her mother as
she packed her trunk. IL have only one
really nice dress to my name, and all the
others are almost shabby
TRY to forget your clothes, and enjoy
yourself as much as YOU cam" said her
mother, "You will have a pleasant
time, 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 ilouncc.
She took ii with her simply because she
did not dare leave il ut home, where, by
some unfortunate chance, her mother
might see it.
A week after her arrival at her aunts,
Rosalie was invited to n large party.
maven ~ W Ntdls Nut Sdlh.
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 Resale.
Suppose you let me look over them, -
said Mrs. Ardc. IL am famous hand
at planning
Rosalic 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
tlounce.
"How beautiful exclaimed Mrs.
Ardc. 'Why, Rosalie, l wonder that
you did not mention that you had this.
IL is just the thing To make up with q
very queer piece of white muslin. And
you can wear pcach-colored or blue rib
bons with it. Come put on your hat,
and we will go shopping ut once. / will
make you present of tho dress.
Rosalie felt very avcrse to using the
embroidery, but she did not know what
excuse to make for not doing so. And
so she obediently put on 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 1t up at once.
AS may be supposed, Rosalic took lit
tie pride in her appearance the night of
the party, for she could not forget what
il was that made her look SO we'll
dressed She was silent and subduSd
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 il again, she
thought
But few DAYS later when her aunt
packed her trunk to 90 to the seashore
for n week, the dress went in as a mat
ter of course.
''Just the thing for YOU to wear at tho
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 taken fancy
to the young girls bright face and pleas
ant manners.
In spite of her resolution not TO wear
the dress again, Rosalie was obliged to
put it on before she had been two days
at the seashore, for she had nothing else
to wear suitable for an evening enter
tainment, and Mrs. Darling, the lady
with whom she was staying, would not
listen to her protestatons of prefer
ence for quiet evening at home.
The hotel was crowded, and the ball
room was thronged with young and old.
Rosalie enjoyed at first looking at the
various beautiful costumes and study
ing the many different faces about her;
but she received sudden shock when
she discovered that some one was study
ing her-or rather, her dress.
She felt uncomfortable and i'll ut ease
at once, and would have gone home inn
mediately had such. thing been posi-
BILE; but She could see nothing of Mrs.
Darling, and was obliged to stand the
scrutiny of the stranger-who was n
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