Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-10
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bonnet's present owner. .You never
looked so well in all your life, Nine
Dalreemp. Your face does set off
that bonnet as nobody else's would. 1
said So"
II will take it." decided Selma.
"What did you say it was? Fifteen
guineas?'
Thirteen, madame, only thirteen.
All! but it is cheapr'
Mrs. Cleveland bought the mantle
Selma had designated as dowdy, and a
bonnet equally so. Selma told her they
were.
! My dear, they are quiet, and will
wear. expect you afford twenty to
my one; so you can have them brilliant
| and fragile
''Look at this handkerchiefr' uttered
| Selma. II really think it matches the
| sleeves and collar have bought. Yes,
| it does. l must have that"
That's dear handkerchief, I
know" cried Mrs. Cleveland. "What
| is it. Nine. Damereau?"
''That-oh, but that recherche, that
is" said madame, in arapture. mime
guineas Ahr'
'.Send it home with the collar and
things" said Mrs. Dalrymple.
Il am going" resumed Mrs. Cleve-
land. Il have bought all l came to
| buy, and it is of no use staying here
to be tempted, unless one has long
| purse"
The truth is, one forgets whether
the purse is long or short, in the midst
of these enchanting things" observed
Selma.
When Mrs Cleveland and some
others had departed, madame had the
''caisse'' brought out; that is to say, its
contents. The caisse was taken for
granted; the articles only appeared.
The chief one, the lace dress, new
from Paris, and secluded till that mo-
nlent from covetous eyes, was of a
species of lace that madame called
Point d Angleterre. Nine. Damereau
shook it out of it's folds with tender
solicitude, and displayed its tempta-
tons before Mrs. Dalrymple's en-
thralled eyes. Madame did not speak;
she let the dress do its own work; her
face spoke eloquently enough. Selma
was sitting on one of the low crimson
velvet ottomans, her parasol tracing
unconscious figures on the carpet, and
her own elegant silk dress spread out
around her.
"Oh, dearr' she calculated, with
drawing her enraptured gaze. ''But l
fear It is very dear"
| "Never let madame talk about that, "
said the Frenchwoman. cit is high;
bullock at it. One could not pick
up such dress as that in the kennel. p"
.'How 1 should like itr'
1.-The moment we took this dress out
! of the caisse, / said to Miss Atkinson,
who was helping me: That must be
for Nine. Dalreemp; there is no
other lady who can do it justice.
Madame" she quickly added, as if an
idea had just Secured to her, clancy
this robe, fine ct belle, over delicate
pink glace, or a maize!'
"Or over WHITE suggested Selma.
"Or over white; Nine. Dial
reemp's taste is always correct. 1t
would be dress fit for a duchess, too
elegant for many of them. Ma bonnie
dame. ne la laissez pas vous echapper,
je vous en- prize"
Madame called for some silks of diff
ferent colors, and the lace was dis
played upon them successfully. Selma
went into a fit of ecstacy when the
peach-blossom color was underneath.
Il must have it! What is the price?"
"Just one hundred guineas, neither
more nor less; and to anybody but
Nine Dalreemp should say hundred
and twenty. But 1 know, when once
she appears in this before the world,
shall have order upon order. 1t will
be: Where did you get that dress, ma
chere Mime. DalreempP' and madame
will answer: 4 got it at Damereau's;
and then they will come flocking to me.
l can afford to let Nine. Dalreemp have
her things cheap"
81 don't know what to say" hest
tated Selma. ga hundred guineas! il
is very high. That last lace one
bought three weeks ago was only sixty
..What was that lace one compared
with this?' was madame's indignant
rejoinder. THAT was nothing but
common Guipure. Look at what the
effect of this will be! All, madame, if
you do not take it, 1 shall not sleep;
shall be vexed to my heart. Milady
Grey did come to me yesterday for a
lace dress; | told milady should have
one in weeks time. l did not care
for her to see it first, for she is shorter,
and she does not set off the things well.
l know she would give me one hun
dred and twenty for this, and glad to
get it
This was the climax. Lady Grey, q
young and pretty woman, dressed as
extravagantly as did Mrs. Dalrymple,
and there was a hidden chivalry
between the two. Nine. Damereau
accented it, and was not backward in
playing each off as decoy duck to the
other.
eff / do take it, said Selma, 81
must have a slip of that peach glace tc
wear under it."
'And charming it will look" OBJ.
served madame.
'But could have them home by to.
morrow night for Lady Burnham'
party?'
Certainly, madame can"
VERY well, them" concluded Selma
''Or stop, would white look better
under it, after allp / have ever sc
many white glace slips
Madame's opinion was, that no color,
even seen in the earth or in the air,
could, or would, look as well as the
peach. Milady Grey could not wear
peach; she was too dark.
blossom" concluded Selma. '.But
that's not a good silk, is itP''
Isl. Mais CT. C'est de la sole
cutie"
"And that is all, think, for to-day"
"What head-dress will Nine. DIAL
reemp wear with this tomorrow night?'
''Ah! that's well thought of. 1t must
be either white or peach"
"Or mixed. Cherchez la boite, nu-
nero deux.' quietly added madame