The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-07-26
SKOWHEGAN, MAINE, THURSDAY NOON, JULY 26 1898.

she pretended to be, and WITH another tx.
ertiOn Of courage asked for month :
credit Then she directed the emitting tn
be done by Alexander measure, already
with the tailor, aud the next day carried
her bundle In triumph 10 her ,lrcssmaker.
That was her idea. Her dressmaker, Of
course, wa. 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 b. reasonable a.
distinguished from the real modiste Ac-
cording To iInmemorial usage among
dreSsmakers this Jewel Of MinnIe'~ did
not set price, bat she said it was Il
splendid plan" that She would try. ana
that she would make everything salts
factory" What can he more salts factory
than satisfactory? Minnie DEPARTED IN
great spirits.
Tune ratified on and brought the time
Of thc clubs first meeting.
The Blossoms acceptance had been
duly sent, and Alexander had been com
placently Informed that dress suit
would be provided. He trusted to his
wife implicitly, believing not that in two
months she would create a wonderful
novel, a. ladies SO easily do in other nov
els but that She would pursue the more
/ useful and perhaps more womanly plan OF
calling on her father Men are so tardy
/ in conceding to their wives other than
domestic virtues But one man was
about TO have his masculine prejudices
swept away. The important night hay-
| ing rolled into Warrcnsburg, Minnie
came dancing down stairs in something
the gifted dressmaker chad patched out
of nothing" and consequently babe her
| dependent husband to "come up and get
ready" He went. The bundle was
brought out for him TO open. 1t was a
regular tallOr's box (such was Minnie's
craftiness) and 10, on the collar OF the
coat was the clarifying name of New
York tailor. Minnie of course had oh
tanned the name of her father and sewed
it on with her own fair hands.
Alec with full heart, donned the suit
and stood before the mirror. He cast
two careful, comprehensive glances at
the trim reflection, clasped Minnie to the
new coat and exclaimed in many raptures,
you darling. LISTS a regular thing :"
Are you satisfied asked the wife,
wishing him to commit himself beyond
retraction before she diyulged the low
origin OF the salt.
- N''''N NV" 'i'N' "'','
ihS lie were woman, so unae ne couiu
suSn httie' oaIlsheu' why IL one
of Ackerman's best-that's what it is
See the way it fits. | could tell that was
Alderman a mile off.
When he had raved for ten minutes
Minnie confessed the history of the suit.
$50 you see, after ALL she said at last,
I'VE women do know something"
MI Dlossoii looheu az the ooaI nloie
criticaiiV' Trying 10 deIecl u oieihish' out
he couIdn t.
Are you sun satlshed' asked Minnie.
lie had 10 ADMIT mat ne was
now now ihuch 40 you suppose II
COST
Mr.. Blossom couldht tell NO" IA
tailor ne began;
allor. crleu MINNIE, lou u'ean
foooer' i counted on JUST 9fo' anu OUT
Oh lilat nave TINS SUIT winch you say
you nke, ana inns dress OF hllne' lou
would nave paiu so LOT tile suit alone
Tomorrow | snail 20 ana pay up ana
warn you that every cent l nave ieit OUT
Oh tne S4o snaii spehd on cahuy' every
single cent FOR Minnie had tne
womans love OF extravaganza after all.
so TINS was Mrs. blossoms triumph.
Not gentlemen at the cluo was better
dressed Than her husband
lhey were poth III raptures. AlcAah
der especially, when he had convinced
himself thal ms SUIT ana not proclaim 10
the world the dlseracelui truth mat IL mao
been constructed by dfessinaker,
The next evening, wheh MT blossom
came nome ana instituted the search ior
MINNIE she ana not leap OUT Nv hi'h lroih
her old uhthouSht OF hldih8 place, one
was III her room ana crying
wv mats the matter asked Alexander
she ana not reply at nrSt' out SUN kept
her hea" from num- nut Wlen sue iiau
been wrought up 10 lle proper staIe OF
ana alarm she cfieu HUE
more bitterly thah oelore' "h" quite uu-
consciously reiaNed her grasp ON piece
OF cruinpieu paper AleAaiuer oiNiueu
That TINS dlnsy scrap was the source Oh
the trouble ana picked IL up III con,
tanned a'roc,ous writlnS eNttu'ee III Ieu
INK ana looked IKE tlle "ork OF uyna-
inter- But IL was not 50 oriei' IL oe-
gan MIS- blossom 10 MrS: naruen'
man Dress SUITE ana alter eiShoeen OF
twenty lines OF trimmings hhihSs' out-
tons extra clolh' making, etc,' cuilllluat.
eu III lotle So'' hder inns Votle
Minnie had written III lreiilolinS nSureS
what she owed the tallof! 600 ahu ti ii
she had lhaue 'lotie % hei Owl ne
dress suit lHu CoSu neT SD