Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-01-13

her IaCc, WtJH ehptCbtub oihilco' w h''
are YOU going to doP"
"I'm not going to do it, shall
stay here and watch baby. You are
to 90 to the party"
"Mabel! impossible!'
"Quite possible. In fact. must be
done. You must let Herbert see that
YOU re as pretty as anybody, and quite
as much admired. 1t is decided. You
are to 60 TO the party, and play aparc.
Let mo arrange the programme"
"Rut. Mabel, havn't dress pre-
pared-or ANYTHING. ] gave up going,
a week ago, YOU see, when baby was
threatened with the Group"
'Pshaw! You shall wear one OF
mine, one Of the most bewitching. be-
wildering of dresses, bought from my
last allowance from uncle Curtis. Only
to see it will throw you into ecStacies.
Worth never composed anything more
lovely. want to see it on you Come.
come, call your maid. | am all inn
patience. Wen shame our bad hus-
band into good behavior, see if
we don't. No irresolution, pretty
sister Of mine. III stay at home and
fancy myself mistress here, and count
YOUR pictures, and vases, and pretty
things. and catalogue them, s. rs to
make mamma happy with u letter to.
morrow. Order John, or Ja.k, or
Bill, or whoever your coachman is, to
get. the carriage-if that's imp Jssible
send for a hack.
Ia less than an hour Mabel led her
sister to the great French mirror, and
haughtily introduced her to the love-
liest and best dressed woman she had
almost ever seen.
Alice trembled little, when she
found herfelf actually ON the way to
Mrs. Moun,joy's, but her sisters ur
gent will had conquered, and her heart
was hardened by Herbert's emphatic
expression concerning the baby. She
was reas Sured, however, by Mrs.
Mountjoy' $ hearty welcome.
IS glad you've come, my dear,
she nd. "You husband said he
feared baby would keep you at home;
but | told him it was nonsense. You
did right to reconsider the matter"
Herbert, like many handsome soci-
ty men, was little spoiled and selfish,
without knowing it. He loved Alice,
devotedly; but he was not unwilling
to receive the sweet smiles and honeyed
words of others while, with mau >
inconsistency, he was not desirous that
his wife should p ay the part of q mar.
ried belle.
1t was while he was dancing with
one Of the most noted and beautiful
women Of the metropolis, who was
more than wiling to listen to his non
sense, that Herbert, LOOKING up from
the face leaning against his S sl"ulder,
while the dreamy waltz music thrilled
hearts sensitive to sadness as to Joy,
encountered the sparkling face of hi
wife, and saw her arrayed in the fresh
est and most graceful costume in the
room. She was moving quietly along
with an escort in uniform.
pray, don't STUMBLE" said his Wis
avis, petulantly, for from that moment
the grand repose of his mauaer was
gone, and the lady on his arm might
have been made of wax, or any Other
du ;tile material, for all he cared now.
"How the dickens came she here?
he muttered to himself, as he led his
partner, absently, to a seat, deaf to all
her pretty words, blind to her facina.
tions at certainly is AIice--but thai
dreSs-the prettest thing here and
left her quite determined not to come
don't understand it Dancing with
that military puppy, Iuinett, too. She
knows | hate him."
With these amla6le thoughts, he laid
himself out to gain the attention of hls
wife, and make her explain. 1t was
some time before he had the chance, SO
he was obliged to content himself with
following her graceful motions, angry
with himself and with hnr