The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-04-21

ut was as if you wanted me never
to have another new dress again
NAY, Selma, you must have what
dresses you want; with due regard
to the smallness of our income. You
must not overlook that" " r..t
Don't be foolish, Oscar. Do you
fear l am going to ruin youP What's
the cost of few dressesP / must have
one for this morning fete."
my dear, have what you like; you
are the best Judge. Only bearing in
mind what have said; OF course can
trust you to do that"
1t never entered the long head OF
Oscar Dalrymple that his wife could
go beyond little imprudence in the
matter. He had as much idea of the
expense attendant upon an extrava-
giant toilette as the man in the moon,
and he did not seek to inform himself.
Long-headed, cold and cautious was
he; never but upon one subject had he
been warm in his whole life; and that
was his love for Selma, when she was
Miss Dalrymple. To say that he had
loved her passionately, all the more
passionately because it had been hid
den, would not be saying enough
upon that one point he was simple.
ton; his love fooled him to it. UneX.
pectedly he succeeded to the family
estate, and then he spoke; and Selma,
after some vacillation, married him.
He was not yet disenchanted; and he
never glanced at the possibility that
his wife could bring on real embar.
rassment through extravaganza.
"My dear, have what you like; you
are the best judge"
The words were as the sweetest
music in her ears. She sprang up,
humming a scrap of song.
"You dear, good Oscar! | knew
you were never going to be an old grif
fin. l think must have that lovely
green and white gauze. 1t was thC
most magnificent dress. was divided
between that and a lemon-colored dam
ask. I'll have the gauze. And gauzC
dresses cost nothing"
"NothingP" ...
Next to nothing. Oh, Oscar, there's
another thing. My presentation.
have gone on and on, waiting for Lady
Dalrymple to come to town, and now
there are only two drawing-room'
more. Mrs. Cleveland goes to the
next, and will present me. Shall shep
"If you must be presented at all.
don't see any good in it, for my part
Your mother never was presented
and you only occupy the place she did
Selma
"You are a Goth!" exclaimed Mrs
Dalrymple. 81 declare it is quite dis.
respectful to her Majesty, to say you
see no good in drawing-room! It's
as bad as treason"
"Not quite" answered Oscar, in his
dry way. IL have little doubt her
Majesty is glad enough when draw.
ing-room day is over. She would moi
miss you"
II shall tell Mrs. Cleveland | &c
with her to the next" said Selma, dis.
posing of the matter. vAnd order my
court-dress to-day"
She flew upstairs. It was early yet
to appear at Madame Damereau's; Gus
tom had regulated late hour What
cared Mrs. Dalrymple for custom just
thenP What does any lady, young and
vain, care for it, when fete-dress and
a court-dress are waiting to be decided
onP She would 90 and have Madame
ear all to herself, before Others came tC
share IL.
She pulled aside the "sheets and Ia.
blecloths," and glanced underneath
1t was a goodly stock of dresses; bu
yet not all the stock; for the lace, mus
lin, and flimsy gauze, and delicate white
and delicate pearl, and delicate pink
and delicate other shades, were repos
ing in drawers, out Of sight, betweer
folds Of tissue paper. Barege and bal
zarine; satin, plain and figured; velvet
silk, plain, damask, fowered, shot
corded and glace; robes disposition
and robes not; two-founced robes, an,
three-nounced, and four-hounced, an,
double-skirted and open; so many tina
the eye looked to their colors for relief
Beautiful colors: green, blue, pink
lilac, purple, grayy pearl, stone, violet
brown, amber, lemon; not dress @
every color, but dress of every shad
of every color. And yet--new an
rich, and elegant rs they were, Mrs
Dalrymple could not 90 to the fet
without new one!
IL want thousand things" erie
Selma, when she reached Nine. Dam
ereau's. "Have you sold the green
and-white gauze drcss?"
No, was Madame's answer, she ha
! kept it on purpose for Nine. Dal
reemp. Milady Oak-tonne had com
in yesterday afternoon late and wante
it, but she had told Milady it was sold
Selma took it all in. The fact was
Madame had tried TO persuade Milad
0akton into it, but Milady was proc
against the price. 1t was only seven
teen guineas, and that included tn
fringe and trimmings. Selma had toll
her husband that gauze dresses cos
nothing! She was too eager to ask tn
price now.
II shall go in IL to the breakfast o.
Thursday. What mantle can / wearp'
A momentous question. Mrs. Dal
rymple and Nine. Damereau ran owe
the mantles, scarfs, shawls, ETC., pos
sessed by the former, as many as the.
could recollect, and came to the con
clusion that there was not one tha
would Ego with it."
II have lace mantle, " said Madam
-"ahl but 1t is recherche!-a rea
Brussels. II there is one dress in m.
house that 1t ought to 60 with, it /
that green-and-white." "
She brought 1t forward and exhibitet
II upon the dress. Very beautiful; o
that there was no doubt. 1t was prob
ably beautiful price, also.
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