Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-07-18

ter pay Nine Morand visit also, and have
your wardrobe replenished, as 1 wish 10
have you appear suitably clothed from the
first" He took out bill-boolx and gave her
thousand dollars, more money than she
had ever seen at once before, saying
Please remember there is no need for
economy, and if there is not sufficient, ask
for more without hesitation"
She thanked him gracefully and quietly |;
she was indeed dropping into her new
sphere of luxury with ease and dignity, and
no one would have known from her man
ner that pun money i'll thousand-dollar guam
titles was not an every day affair in her past
life.
Harvey FalcdhSr looked at her with q
pleased smile; had she gushed or over
whelmed hum with profuse gratitude he
would have been annoyed; as it was she
met his idea OF well-brcd woman per-
fectly.
We will go in the morning." she said,
quietly, ''one's ideas are so much clearer
than in the heat of the day."
Meantime far less peaceful scene was
being enacted in Mrs. Stanford's dining
room; the postman had come Just as they
were gathered there for dinner, and Mrs.
Stanford read the letter from her brother.
Mercy on asp she gasped, ''you can
never guess the news"
"What can it be, mamma, why, you actu-
ally look faint" Mrs. Stanford had not yet
put on her evening complexion.
Your Uncle Harvey is married; but that
isn't all Of it, was the answer.
" Mdrriedr' echoed Lilly, sit must be mat
rimony is catching disorder, but to whom!
didn't suppose he had looked at woman
81 A.,
travagance, but society young lady must
have some latitude of expression.
"Well, he has looked at one to some pur-
pose, 1t seems, ~ replied Mr.. Stanford, dis
mally; "you remember that homely girl
that waited on you the other day at Nine.
Arnot's2"
''That shop-girln' cried Lilly
'tThdt shOp-0rlF' groaned Mrs Stanford;
she has married her on one days acquaint-
ance. knew that Harvey Falconer was a
living monument of oddity, but this beats
every thing" and she read the letter aloud.
Mr.. Stanford laughed heartily Harvey
IS original, at any rate he said, helping
himself TO the toast, which in the excite
ment was being neglected.
"What shall we dol" sighed Mrs. Stan
ford "the miserable story will get out In
spite of u.s."
"Cut Harvey of with a shilling" sug-
gested Mr.. Stanford, facetiously; his
record was truly American, having risen to
his present position from being a barefoot
boy in the streets of New York, consequent
y his sympathes were with the working
people, and he saw no particular disgrace
in the fact that Harvey had married one of
them.
''Do be sensible, Mr.. Stanford" said his
wife, rather snappishly.
"Then / say, in all seriousness, that you
had better follow your brothers advice,
and make the best of it, he resumed, quiet
ly "Harveys head is pretty generally
level, and I'll dare venture he has not been
taken in by any frothy headed giglet, and
If you take her up, and make the most of
her. she may prove perfect lion in society;
as likely TO be as any other way, for you
know Dame Grundy dearly loves ro-
mance.n
"She seemed very ladylike and quiet that
day." said Lilly, coming over to her fathers
standpoint, as she invariably did.
But she may come of some coarse, hor-
rid family, that will be continual draw
back to her" Mrs. Stanford was de-
termined to see all the dark shades in the
picture.
Not necessarily" replied Mr.. Stanford.
81 have known wretchedly poor people TO
hold over their richer neighbors in intelli-
gence and refinement"
"Well, hope it may be So" sighed Mrs.
Stanford. "Of course her life at Nine.
Arnot's has brought her in contact with
people of wealth and culture, so that she
will have some ideas of style"
81 noticed that she used choice language,
and expressed herself remarkably WELL"
said Lilly "Much better than Nine Arnot,
who in her anxiety to be genteel does slash
the Kings English cruelty at times; for in
stance, when she talks about patron hats
for pattern hats, and other mistakes equal.
ly ridiculous You will visit them while
am at the mountaiEss" she spoke, inquir-
ingly.
Yes, l suppose So" replied Mrs. Stan
ford, hesitatingly
"A little help from you at the first may
be of great benefit to her, suggested Mr..
Stanford, kindly. 'It's DONE and it re-
mains for us to make the best of it, and il
you can coach her up in some of the points
that women are 50 particular about, no
doubt she'll come out all right"
Perhaps you are right Mrs. Stanford
replied, more cordially than she had yet
spoken; she loved to be looked up TO as au-
thority in society matters. 'If she is teach
able and intelligent it may not be so bad
after ALL but what freakp
If people would only follow the Stanfords
proposed example, and make the best of
things in this vexing whirl Of life, what
world of trouble would be saved, but the
most of us fret and worry, beating our
wings against the inevitable, to the prema-
ture development of crows feet and gray
hairs. Perhaps this is distinctly Amer
loan trait, and traccable in some degree to
dyspeptic pie and other indigestible stuffs;
however that may be, we could proftahiy
exchange some of our excessive ability for
worrying for little of the German stolid-
ity, or the French elasticity, and be hap
pier and more agreeable Nation.
''Ths is your choice, then, Mrs. Fal-
coner" They were standing before two
elegantly-framed pictures in a popular
artists studio, one, a wonderful piece of
coloring in the Yellowstone Park, the other
a sunset in the Alps, "a rare gem, the pur-
pie tips of the mountains, the tops of the
tall trees, and even the shrubs which
fringed the brook in the valley tipped
with hazy pink tint from the setting sun,
which gave a bewitching effect.
Isabel had never had the privilege OF ex
ercising her taste in the selection of expen-
sive pictures before and she enjoyed the
novel experience hugely.
Yes she replied, with enthusiasm, lit
rests my eyes 10 look at it, and am sure
Miss Stanford will like it,
Mr.. Falconer said a few words TO the art
list, and the picture was taken from the
easel and paid for.
Mr.. Falconer watched his wife at Nine.
Morand's with great satisfaction; she gave
her orders in quiet, concise manner, and
with the air Of one who understood herself
perfectly, and knew exactly what she
wanted; in decided contrast TO fussy
creature of the vulgar rich class, who kept
one counter in a ferment with her conflict
ing orders.
Isabel had often wished that she might
have the opportunity OF choosing one COS
tune for herself, without the necessity Of
counting the dollars spent in its cOnstruc-
ton, and now with the prospect Of half a
dozen before her and no limits as 10 ex-
pense, she made out her programme at
home, carefully studying her own needs and
style to a nicely.
The shop-woman who took her measure
and orders perceived at once that her Gus
toner was a lady Of artistic tastes, and
waited upon her with pleased alacrity.
what would she thiuk if sue knew that only