The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-08-08


to affect Marsery's spirits. She was trim
ming wedding hat At Mr.. Russells instiga.
ton, .hprnming a cheerful little song The
predictions Of millihers' hands were decreed
by the great authority as destitute Oh gracs
and distinction. Margery must before all
things be different TO other young women.
She was quite willing TO become original II
she was instructed how TO accomplish IL.
She began to take her walks abroad in head
gear which was very remarkable, and excl.
ted 10 little comment from cabmen and
street arabs. Inverted coal souttles, bfiiYs
quarter OF a yard deep, dropping plumes.
and crowns bulged and beaten out of ali
=" alone admissible. Her
charming face beamed happily from every
frame her lover commanded. The apostle OF
culture had already half dozen delicious
frocks, for which she was running mp bills
hereafter to lie paid by her papa.
Miss Mafgery wdS yet few days Under
age, and II was only f3if that hsr ,tatefnal
relatives shottld contffbHte towdrd a ttotS
seau, when lie was so SCOTT going To wash
his hands Of her completely. The yottig
lady had her own IDEAS Of Justice, and Mr..
McKillIgin was q rich man.
Messrs. Priggs and Pinchafd hav Ing drawn
up Mr.. Russell Dawes agreeneht for his
Hat, he signed IL cheerldlls, and teceived
within few days q notification, OF It's talHe.
II certainly seemed q significant transaction
to his ignorant mind. However, this enter.
prising firm of solicitors did not fleece this
guileless individual TO the extent they might
have done for lease, though they mulcted
him as they were able TO do for the legal
right to take possession of his Hat. Let II
be remarked that such Working spiders do
not favor tho modern system Of living III
Iuaa ID n II, 1nno
net, Offering more favorable opportunities Of
| inserting clauses and charging for, them.
Finally the fatal day came, and imagery
took her matrimonial leap boldly, though
cheered by no gallery Of loving relatives aud
quite unsauctiAed by rice or slippers.
She signed herself Msrgery McKillisin for
the last time without tremor of regret and
handed tue pew-owner Ave shillines for wit
Messing the deed with sweet grace, the
white plumes of her enormous hat failing 10
conceal her radiant satisfaction.
The Dawes had been married six months,
aud were rather more in love with each other
than before. The crucial test had been we'll
endured. But at last the pressure Of hnan-
cial difficulties began to be felt, and the in-
| SEPARATION of Rtssells thhse had not been
favorable. However, Margefy's bright face
was NO whit less blooming, though the diff
| cultias of housekeeping at times seemed in
surmountable. On her devolved the making
Of excuses, the subterfuges, the little devices
to conceal poverty from the prying eyes of
| acquaintances. But she was full of metal,
and rallied all her forces. Che dismissed
one of her riiaid servants, and made herself
useful in the mornings With her pretty head
tied up in dus,er. In the afternoon she
put on her best gown and pres. nted a lack a.
daisical air to chance visitors. Russell
worked away sedulously with undagging in
dustry, only airing himself fOfteh minutes
al time on the leadsi Sometimes Mafgery
selected these intervals to 60 and look at
what he had written. She usually came out
Of his study with a dubious ftown between
her eyes. The McKilligins stood, afar of,
and made no oveftufes Of ppace. by Christ
mas. time things were getting desperate.
Russell paid his rent quarterly, but it left
| the furniture remained q milestone round his
neck. The firm which had 50 eifectually
carried out his whims, Messrs. Sweet & Saw
der, were pressing in an uncivil way for
something on account"
Margery's trousseau frooks were getting
little worn, and she had ceased to deal at CO.
operative stores. These were establishments
best suited for the exemplary matrons who
were not compelled 10 demand credit.
All the managers in London appeared 10
have combined to refuse Mr.. Russell Dawes
plays. indie, d, many Of them never looked
beyond the title page. His handwriting was
too familiar. The poor wife only frowned
and sighed over them, but the highest
judges shook their heads vigorously, and
applied no euphemsms to their writer. II
| seemed at this juncture that Mr.. Mckilligin's
PROF h.cy would he fulfilled. 'Starvipg In
garnet" did not appear far Of.
Meanwhile Mr.. McKilligir began to have
some qualms about the fate of his daughter.
He was we'll aware that Margery's defiant
spirit would hold on. to the last. and that
| il she could not weather the storm she would
die sooner than cry "peccavi' at his feet.
He contrived 10 inform himself Of the Young
couples circumstances by surr-ptitious
means. Between information gathered from
Messrs. Prigg and Pinchard and from Rus
| sells prosecuting upholsterers he realized
they were in difficulties.
| A week after Christmas there came lull
in the storm Of appeal, and Messrs. Sweet q
Sawder received fifty pounds "on account"
toward Illuminating many hundreds. This
was a very unexpected favor" and also
puzzled Mr.. MuKillisin considerably. Ap.
parently his son in.law had made hit
somewhere. One wintry day this gentleman
met his daughter in the Strand. She got
into an omnibus carrying parcel of books,
and did not perceive him. Ie had tune to
see that Margery was rather thin and more
than little shabby, but smiling aud pref.
tier than ever.
Something that does duty for a heart In a
city mans breast gave little throb in Mr..
MoKilligin's interior. Just such another
girl, twenty years ago, had been Margery's
mother. She, too, had gone about in omni
buses, and had been very shabby oftentimes.
T.U: L
an authority on the Stock Exchange or the
director of railway companies.
Early in the spring following Mr.. Dawes
unexpected payment, sandwich men peram
bulated the streets advertising a new play
to appear shortly at the Star Theatre. In due
course IL was put on the boards, and most Of
the critics combined to damu a new author
with their faint praise. But the venom Of
unbribed pens was insufficient 10 poison It's
popularity. by Easter time London town
was aware that there was q capital thing
running at the little theatre, where plucky
manager had vsntured to place the work Of
proved itself TO be sparkling little play Of
two acts, full of charming dialogue aud
pretty scenes. Strange bits Of pathos alter.
mated with comic situations; but people had
not time to cry before they were laughing
again. II was the style Of piece that pays
to the manager, having no elaborate
settings; and also the style Of play always
popular with that large section Of society
that likes to dine at leisure and give q couple
! Of hours FLIP to digestion later on. Crowds
locked nightly to see the brilliant little
} comedy aud the Bond street theatrical
agents booked places at the Star weeks be
fore. The plot was Of the simplest construo
ton and hinged on the difficulties of rash
young couple who had entered on house
, keeping on a Hat without any adequate
msans. At the lofty altitude of q sixth
story, without lift, II was impossible 10 g.
. cape duns or visitors through any back door
There was flavor of reality about the Incl
! dents that occurred, which tickled the fancy
OF theatre goers and made II signal success
a The embarrassmsnts Of Mr.. Simon ButterouI
7 aud Mrs. Daisy Butteroup were matters Of ab
sorbing interest and amusement. The prssen,
3 ment of a stern aud tyrannical parent wa
a.. 4. 80.