The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-10

came; and | should have hld u 90 too, nE
b. buried alive somewhere, suppose, II my
dear lit @ Mis- Bu;Slcs hld not happ no.
20 be here, an sAc had taken charge OF INT
SO kindly" TaSe charge OF that m.nNl
shoill us soon have thought o. tatlnG
charge of u who -hi,wisp
Now you So wlat | mean WHOM say 1t
Is necessary here 10 lie alwy, en- evidence
You're forgotten if you're not cut oi
sight, out of mind. ! am here 10 be sseL
. II hadn't bren sitting here with yoI, tlat
absurd little Wonder bust wouldn't have
asked me to drive, AMI the others woul int
all ave gone b pulling caps about waiting
on IN, to tbs dog cart, aud Mr. Dunrohin
wouldn't have seen it as he sat ere win his
cigar. When have filed every body eyes,
Nj Dunrobin will begin 10 Sc ne. so
am always very plainly yi,l'h with my
train o idiots Oh, yes ] am a' llsh. a.
fro;h, but its . ne a. deep as the sea un'
/ derncIth.'
| "B TIL, I'm ashamed OF human nature
! VIII hear you talk
NO occasion crumbng her hrea t..
. on wouldn't be- ashamed OF ue II were
try n to make a fortune by what you call
honest labor Wei, il tbs ,su LABOR, !
should like to kuJW what il Is
Labor"
It's labor enough, let M assure you, Just
to talk to these wuipy'r snappHs II $ more
,roube than it would lie TO writ Took o.
graduate your conversation to the level Of
tneir little INTEL cts, il they have any int'i-
lents-penhur,t and De Lacy and Van
Stout. and the whole set You have 70
make believe TO each one that you ini hin
perfectly deli httul II you no the Least
atom above his comprehension IN your talk,
or silent. or slow. goodbye, and goodbye
to one. goodbye to all. Ii one OF them sees
another hanging over your Oh Ir h thinks
here's something worth while there and he
is coming in for his share; but If he doesa'l
see anybo iy, he is going where 1t Is plain
there is something the other fellows aim!re'
/ DO you see: Here they come; thought
they would
! She ran into my room one nj 5ht before
going down TO the germ m. Am all
/ ri sLt.' she said Gene down with me,
that's dear
"Why don't YOU rest to night asked,
not yet aware of my chaperona5e.
"Hest! she said. "As If there were any
rest in tho middle OF campaign III rest
when IN through
"Bcttie I'm afraid.'
"What of. That sEa ! fail: Well, what
| il do, Folks have failed before. And II
fail lifo won't be worth a cent, and there's
always tie river, you know
"Bettis BENNETT I'll have nothing more
to do with you at all think you are
as bal as bad can be. Then come down
and help mo not to tail. I've got to dance
TO night till the last dance, and take ices
| D., IL. a, Ia, Ia Of .bau,
or the worst of them, just as il | We're to the
mann born. II don't dance tue first
Gance then tie Others will think SOM
things up, or nobody wants me, OF Pm an
cd story, and | shan't have partner ali
the rest OF the night It's killirg-thiS
pace. DO you think am falling oft any
Failing oil" said /. There's nothing to
fall oil. You'll be the more plquant AMI
taking the more fadoi you are You'll be
prettier at 10 than you are %. But, oh,
Bette, you're awfuliy OF ut :O!'
swell, my dress Is new, And isn't i!
lovely"
1t was a bright goll-co,orad satin, fitting
! like glove; aud with ii she wore "a guam.
! tity of topal 8, and there was a black swans
| down wrap, to he let on her chair OF to pull.
up if she were chilly, and set or with it,
| soft shadow the per ecion of her perfect
| little ghape "Topazes are cheap" said She
you can buy leaut,cs, as biz as tae tip Of
your thumb, for s.. % apiece, in the old
country -eweers's shops It's tho setting
that costs; but nobody need know that isn't
eighteen carat 1t isn't ever body would
daro to wear topazes with yellow satin; no
contrast, you know. But don't they make
me look just dripping with light"
"Yes," answered.; they make you look
like "A constellation half sen in the sunset
But you're wasted here, Bette. You ought
to be in countries where there are kings;
you'd be directing affairs OF state pres
entity"
II shall be content il | can direct tlis
affair."" said she, with her gay .augh Come
! I've just given Caro- my tur .uoises, by the
way. TO tell you the truth, they 10 not in
tue least becoming to me, and she admired
! them SO. There's another part Of the labor
you have 10 keep on the b st terms with
all the other girls, unless YOU are so per
| fectly assured that tn res no need of it, or
! Ie they will tear you to PIE es Sweet
| If"
II was a ;riamph that Bette had that
, nigh. lie beauties, the hevoineS, the la
! bcG AMI tho SSncre-a ul,, wee nowhere,
| rs sic said atterward IN her own dale {.
| She was surround led like a queen bae with
workers. ho Lad bOu ucts 10y the do en-, so
that her lovers had 20 help her hold them
She gave some quietly to tho boIquo,ess
girls, in pursuit OF her plan, you might have
said but really, | dare say, because sh =
had Il kind heart under all her artiIicc and
nudacity II only gave ono to lie!e Peter
son and another to Virginia Lamb, that
happened to be duplicates of some | kept,
because their mother, were getting SO mad
at their neglect, AMI | was afraid they
mi lat begin to show their c,awS,' aid she,
next day. why, didn't you SEQ mo so AMI
sit down by Mrs lamb / was
praising Virginia to her was wishing
| only had Nirginia's complexion-and
| wish had Oh, you have to kotou TO the
chapcrons too, or else they'll ruin you, the
old tahbics They put me in mind OF hens
pecking tho heads OF other hens chickens
It's part OF the labor you think 50 lightly
OF. Why, actually got partner for Julia
prinkwat'r' Oh, tell you if do get an
establishment and fortune, shall 10 lots
of good things | shall make any number
OF people happy that wouldn't be If hadn t
the fortune. | shall make 1t particular
charge TO establish girls in life, TO give nice
wardrobe 10 this pretty person who wants IL
why, sometimes wardrobe is half the
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