Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1889-07-02

aeial ~ q BAL HOW oi1 NAs to- J~-~ 49,
Dsrfndzyt'
-az1sy, Yaa aeeda't % thro~ing Il ap %
. fsiier tA.s hs . settlag GA - taS soa1y
side u TIA In ~iliisk - @tnit aHAl
.ia't quite 50 young as I ~as ocee, bit yoa
Ant soold 40 l De- It's ca your @sc0sGs
Wa thinking sf ~
Wen, Aafa.a, don't taink Of i any more
Us foolish"
Nathan slept very poorly that night He
va tnlakiag u the oal. Poor, foolish fel-
ieE, hs waited Maady 70 have one more
snance 70 shine. he sad 70 himself; WAY,
shsy 0ogldar noas Of the girls compare with
her IA Ike 20 know what's beea the
good Of our csming - town II We amt
.goia' % Eit inter sassiety. I've alters
wanted ~ nave In th- best circles and " hea
here chance - g,l 40 az ted with the
Hall4As aad AcDonAids and al the rest,
whzt must Mandy ID but tarn stubborn"
he lad set his h-&rt on going aud be
eouli not bear - give Il up.
AZ breakfast INC neat morning while
Masdy ba4 sd CRADLES fan u crisp, brown
sakss, AID N4th4a heroicaiiy devoured
,hsn a. they roated IN rich amber strip,
Ne spokr: ''Maady. I've beea thinking II 5
eur t1ty - 70. -
10 ~ % what. Nath2n,' said Mrs. Skin
nsr, aosentfy. She was thinking she must
get souethins 70 senPt Nataan's appetite.
"hs never stopped OF with four grIddies
fun when ws was Up home. II must Dc the
air amt quite 80 good here IN the city" she
thought.
Why. the charity ball" said Nathan,
tapaBently interrupting her reverie.
80, yea, answered Mrs. Skinner, recall
fua herself, '-Iremember you did speak oil
It."
speak Of it, 1 say we psust COL lie
that sfveth % the poor lendeth 20 the Lord,
you know. Our money may b took AWAY
from "a n Ne don use Il right"
'sWeli, can help n. I'd like 10 helr
some Of them awful poor folks, bat can''
go 70 that ball. and, Nathan, l wouldn'l
quote Bible 70 git me- 70 go"
You've got %, Mandy. I've set my boot
down taas We'll 60, and L won't be dis
puted"
IfIwsrs TO tell you that Mandy never in
tended in the least 70 go, you would Won
der why she meekly answered: VERY
well, Nathan, II you're 50 set on goin', l
suppose well go"
Mandy was a wise woman. and she had
rot hgrd with Nathan Skinner al these
wears without learning TO let him have bis
own way, apparently.
Good Now, Mandy, that sounds right
You know you Il have 10 have new dress
and some other MIN s"
Nathan Skinner, you're extrayagant
Such thiags Is sinful snail just wear my
black silk"
mo, you won't dono such thing. ain''
been a reading the papers lately for nothin'
IL you'd noticed you'd seen me study ne
them new fashions. What was | lookin
J fer, a new gown fer my Mandy"
Nathan leaned back In his chair, shut his
ewes aad said. rleditsnyely: Il see We d
standin' on that ballroom floor a wavin' q
: ostrich feather Al, yer back hair put VI
> on the top OF yer bead, yer front hair cut
2 ruther short and wavy like, and dress
8 let's see. whatu yer dress BET l thirb
= purity red velvet, aud ysuu wear gloves
MANDY. long ones, 10 reach plum TO yer
shoulder"
he opened bis eyes aud said. briskly: "TI
e. with ycu aud help you Kit things; you
see know yer taste il pretty sober and
ANT a-goin' 60 have yea look glum. Vel
have 20 git at II today, Mandy. After you
e. ne dishes done Up, well 60 down and
see what w. can find"
That day thev were seen % enter every
DIV goods store IN the city. Nathan in
vsrisbly took the lead.
-Trot down yer best velvet" he wOult
say. Il don't care how much il costs"
The shade Of velvet which he wanted was
not 20 be found He had an exaggerated
notion in his mind, cleaned from some verl
fashy novel, "a 10 the wonderful richness
which vsivst might possess. A disappolnte,
couple they started home that night.
Let's give IL uP. Nathan"
'sTel, rather think / won't They keel
more variety ia them bg stores down 4
New York, don't th-yl I'm goin' TO senc
there
He composed a letter beginning "Dea
Sirs1 and then there was long pause
The letter when finished did not satisf,