The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-09-14


''I should want this" said Minnie
"Well, as the hest figure on that I'll
say S33. We don't make anything on it,
anyway"
Mrs. Blossom was not deceived, but
she pretended TO be, and with another eI-
ertion of courage asked for months
credit. Then she directed the cutting 70
he done by Alexander's measure, already
with the tailor, and the next day carried
her bundle IN triumph to her dressnlaker.
That wss her idea.
Her dresSmKksr. OF course, was one OF
that infinite number OF sewing women,
found only by sheer good luck. who are
called 'jewels" by feminine gossips, and
who charge two prices. They are said to
be reasonable" Is distinguished from
the real naod!ste.
According TO immemorial usage among
dressmAkers, this particular Jewel" OF
Ainnie's did not set a price, but she said
il was a splendid plan" that she would
try, and that she would make everything
''satisfactory.'
What can be more satisfactory than
satisfactory Minnie departed in great
spirits.
Time ratified on and brought the night
of the clubs first meeting.
The Blossoms acceptance had been duly
sent, and Alexander had been compla-
Gently informed that a dress suit would
be provided. -.
He trusted to his wife implicitly, be-
nevinE not that In two months she would
create wonderful novel, as ladies 70
easily do-in other novels-but that she
would pursue the more useful and per-
hsps more womanly plan OF calling on
her father. Men are 80 tsrdy in conced-
ing to their wives other than domestic
virtues- But one man WAS about 20 have
his masculine preiudices swept away
The important night having rolled into
WsrrensburR, Minnie bade her depend
ent husband to come up and get ready"
He went. The bundle was brought out
for him TO open.
IL Was a regular tailor's box (such WAS
Minni.'I craftiness) and 10! on the col
lar of the coat was the glorifying name of
New York tailor. Minnie, of course,
had obtained the name of her father and
seved 1t on with her own fair hands
Alec, with a full heart, donned the suit
and stood before the mirror. He cast
two careful, comprehensive glancrs at
the trim reflection, clasped Minnie to the
new coat and exclaimed in many rap
lures:
You darling' It's-it's the regular
thing ------- --------''-------- -,
Are You satisfedp asked the wife,
wishing him TO commit himself beyond
rstracting before she divulsed the low
origin Of the suit.
''Of course" cried Alec, warmly, wish
Ing he were s woman SO that he could
gush little. "Satisaedi Why, It's one
of AcksrmAn's best-that's what IL ia.
See the way 1t fits. ] could tell that was
AckrrmAn = mile of"
When he had raved for ten minutes
Minnie confessed the history Of the suit.
so you see, after all, Z" shs said at last,
I'VE women do know something
Mr.. Blossom looked at the cost more
critically, trying TO detect blemish, but
he couldn't
Are you still satisfied" asked Minnie
he had TO admit that he was.
Now, how much do you suppose {:
cost,"
Mr.. Blossom couldn't tell. "Nov q
tailor"-he began.
Tailor cried Minnie. ''You mean
robber. 1 counted on Just $40, and out of
that have this suit, which you say you
Ike, and this dress of mine. You would
have paid s55 for the suit alone. To-mor-
row l shall go and pay up, and l warn
you that every cent hzvs left out OF the
$40 shall spend on candy, every single
OF extravaganza after all.
So this was Mrs Blosson's triumph.
Not a gentleman at the club was better
dressed than her husband
They were both in raptures, Alexander
especially, when he had convinced him
self that this suit did not proclaim 70 tho
world the di,gracefuI truth that it had
been constructed by n dressmaksr
The next evening when Mr.. Blossom
came home and instituted the search for
Minnie, she did not leap out at him from
her old, unthought Of hiding place. She
WAS in her room and crying.
What is the matter," asked Alex
ander.
She did not reply at first, but still kept
her head from him, but when she had
been wrought up to the proper state OF
sympathy and alarm she cried n little
moro bitterly than before, and uncon-
sciously relaxed her grasp upon piece Of
crumpled paper.
Alexander OWNED that this dingy
scrap was the source OF the trouble, and
picked il up. 1t contained atrocious
writing executed in red ink, and looked
like the work OF a dynamiter. But It was
not so briof. 1t began:
Mrs. Blossom to Mrs. Darden, man
Dress Suite" and after eighteen or
twenty lines Of trimmings. Innings, but
tons, extra cloth, making. etc, eliminated
in "totle S3e''
Under this "totle" Minnie had written
in trembling figures what she owed the
tailor, S23, and then she had made
'totle" OF her own. The dress suit had
cost her 81.
You hate me-" she sobbed, you'll
think you've married a simpleton."
Alexander WAS not distinguished for =
keen insight into human nature. but with
80 beautiful and appealing n creature as
Minnie in tears, who would not know tho
proper chordt
''Simpletonr' he cried. and distrusting
the power of words alone, he seized her
by tho waist, "sae limp" and gIecfully
whisked her about the room.
80 you want = compliment on your
nnancirring. You shall have it, You
have got n thing worth SO for s72; made
g. 10y simply turning over your somewhat
dimpled hand. Simpleton, for.ooth: you
nro = money grubbcri Take me TO the
theatre, capital, and 1 will give you the
supper nfterrard- Eh' What do you
think of thnt,"
Minnie, flying from tears to smiles, fool
ish!y thouE Alexander more adorable
than ever. and that evening, at the play,
although il was n very fatal tragedy, they
successfully maintained the highest
spirits.
Better than all, when the story was re-
lated to Minnie's father. he-knoving
how TO strike the right chord-im m edi-
Ntely presented her with n large check as
= guarantee that her first charming
futile efforts at economy were properly
appreciated
beginning OF the End.