The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29

her new toilet that she quietly entered
the parior again after her escapade up
stairs, and said deuuroly % Roberts
I mother.
"Rachel, would thee ike me to wear
this gown tomorrow evening for shy
[ friendsgr
There was a subdued whistle Of delight
from the reconstructed Robert in the
corner. But Roberts mother gave no
sign.
Thee must wear just what thee
pieases, Edith. II it pleases thee better
to wear thy gown Of red six
And the wise Edith understood human
nature well enough to be sure that
Rachel" would not be altogether disap-
pointed If her pretty future daughter-in-
law should reconsider her toilet and re-
/ pear IN the dainty gowns she had been
exhibiting for the past fortnight.
''And what does Samuel think?n Edith
asked, passing on to stand before Rob
ert's father.
Samuel thinks, " said the old gentle
man, slyly, ''that thee had better ask
Robert
ION, no, Papa Samuel; that would not
be any test at all; thee knows perfectly
/ well that Robert likes me in anything,
said Roberts fiance, demurely.
And 80 do ! like thee In anything,
said Papa Samuel. with unexpected gal
lantry. "But l think like thee best,
Edith, in red. Thee knows we Quakers
like to follow the way that is most simple
and natural, and think red is the most
natural for thee | think thee must have
been born in that red silk Of thine. Thee
is very sweet to me, my child, in this
/ Quaker gray; but we Quakers, thee
knows, do not approve Of theatricals, and
think tonight thee is trying to play a
I part. Thee acts il very prettily, Edith,
but | advise thee to 60 back 70 nature
and thy red gowns.
So the battle was won, and the result
proved that Edith was quite able to con-
quer, not only Roberts relations, but
/ Roberts relations friends. When, a
/ year later, she came back to them again
as a bride, there was but one thing left
for her to conquer Robert had prepared
her for a possible visit from elderly
/ friends who might think it their duty to
demonstrate with her, or with him, on
this very worldly marriage, and it was,
I in truth, hardly a month before he ran
/ up stairs one afternoon as she was dress
ing, with the announcement that the
| probable counselors were taking off their
I overcoats in the hall.
She hesitated a moment; but her hesi-
1 tation rose merely from moments con-
( siderati0n Of whether she had any other
/ gown in her wardrobe that Would EN-
/ phasize more distinctly her intention to
/ adhere to her own traditions. She de-
oided that the long trailing skirt Of pale
green cashmere, with its border Of pale
| plush and its sash of watered silk, was
/ sufficiently worldly when one took into
I consideration the jewel that sparkled in
the laces at her throat, the dainty lace
/ edged handkerchief and the perfectly
4 groomed little curls over her white fore
head, She paused only to slip on one
morea angle over her round wrist and
then, kissing her husband, foated down
stairs.
Robert never knew exactly what she
said or did to the old gentlemen in the
/ parlor. He hung over the banisters, and
/ caught the echoes of her silvery little
/ laughs, and saw the maid carry tea into
/ the parlor, and at the end Of an hour de
scended the stairs himself, as the old gen
tlemen emerged from the doorway, de-
/ termined to stand by Edith 20 the last,
/ If she happened to have had a hard time
He knew that some remonstrance would
/ be quietly dealt out to himself, even dur
| ing the brief vestibuie episode of fare
well; but, to his astonishment, as he
stepped forward to help the old gentle
men with their overcoats, the one who
was evidently spokesman for the party
! grasped his hand and said heartily:
Friend Robert, thee has married well II
/ Still another year later, and there lay
on Edith's arm little Edith, with lovely
eyes and very remarkable, highly EN-
broidered clothes.
do you think, Esther, " said the young
mother anxiously, ''that she is going to
have curly hairl'
ayes, " said Esther, with a smile that
was grinlly pleasant and yet pleasantly
/ grim, Il think she win have curly hair.
I know thee would find a way to curl it,
though it be as straight as-as pipe
stem, and Aunt Esther bent over to
/ kiss the child.
''And you re glad it curls, Esther, you
know YOU are, insisted the bahy's
mamma.
Eyes, Edith. am glad it curls For
/ since thee would be sure to curl it some
how, it is best that Dame Nature will
have none of thy tricks and graces, but
will bring up the child to please herself. "
Alice Wellington Rollins, in Pittsburg
/ Bulletin.
A watch would sufhee.