The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-10-04

Altexandor was! panied. He said lie
SIuStteoaa sic CID &c sc. sss.eak IN EARNEST. 4
"Dearl" cried Minnie, In despair,
what can nc do?9 WMe can't take
bcarders, and you can't DO a book
agent. I wish somebody would leave
us some money"
$50 do !" murmured Alec, with
feeling.
"I know WHAT cried Minnie, with
sudden brightness.
Don't you ask your father for
money" said MI. Blossom sternly.
II don't intend tor
Alexander seemed to think she might
have been q little moro willful OH this
point. But lie tried to look much re.
lieved, and ISSUED another command
that she was not to go in debt. Her
assent to this was immediate. Alex
ander had no more to say.
The next day Minnie, In
OF her idea, went by stealth to tho
clothing emporium of Warrensburg and
demanded the price Of dress suits. The
answer was $75. She then asked the
price OF the cloth. This was q great
surprise to the tailor. lie affected to
solve an intricate problem, and finally
coming out with q mathematical flour
ish OF his pencil, said: Twenty dol
lars"
GLOW much for cutting out?"
well" said tho tailor, "hemI lot me
see. You wouldn't want it made UP
here, you thinkp We'll, coat, vest and
about $13. 5O.n
II should like to get tho cloth ana
tho cutting both Tor $50 if you could"
said Minnie, family.
WELL" answered the tailor. patron
izlngly, "that's it, we couldn't. You
can't got English goods, you know, at
American prices. We have cheaper
goods. but"
II shouldn't want this" said Min
| ME.
well, as the best figure on that III
say S33. We don't mako anything on.
it anyway"
Mrs. Blossom was not deceived, but
she pretended to be and with another
exertion Of courage asked for a months
credit. Then she directed the cutting
to De done by Alexander's measure, al
ready with the tailor, and the next day
carried her bundle in triumph to her
dressmaker. She of course, one Of that
Infinite number of women, found only
ny sheer good luck, who are called
Jewels by feminine gossips, and who
charge two prices. They are said to be
reasonable" as distinguished from the
real modiste. According to immem-
orial usage among dressmakers, this
particular 'tjewel" of Minnie's did not
set n price, but she said 1t was a
splendid plan" that she would try, and
that she would make everything sat
isfactory.' What can be moro salts
factory? Minnie departed In great
sn,rits.
Zine tatticd "a ana prooght the
il4glltof the Clubs lrSD meeting
lle Blossoms acceptance had peen.
iAly sent, md Alexander had been
con'plAGpntl,y informed tiat a dress SUIT
5R9nld IL p&@$aidsp. Az trnsbaa to his
WIGS mi8s5lty, HSSifiee$Y1ng, lot mat ii.
tNSo mont, ssna would croatc Wopder,
fnl novel, is lAdiNs 20 easily do. Lin
other u0vG{$r.Hut tI,At, sli9 wouitl p,,r-
sue the more useful and perhaps more
womanly plan Of calling on her father.
Men are 30 tardy in conceding to their
wives other than domestic virtues. But
one man vas about to have his mascu-
line prejudices swept away. The m
portant night having rolled into War
rensburg, Minnie came dancing down
stairs in something" the gifted dress
maker chad patched up out OF moth
ing,' and consequently babe her depen-
dent to come up and get ready" lie
went. The bundle was brought ont for
him to open. 1t was a regular tailor's
box tsuch vas Minnie. craftiness) ana
10! on the collar Of the coat was The
clarifying name Of a New York tailor.
Minnie, Of course, had obtalnel the
name OF her father and sewed 1t on
with her OWn fair hands.
Alec, with a full heart, donned tho
suit and stood before the Mirror. lie
cast two careful glanccs at the trim re-
Election, clasped Minnie to the new coat
and exclaimed in many raptures, "You
daring! LISTS the regular thingl,
"Are you satisfied" asked the wife.
wishing him TO commit himself beyond
retrieve before she divulged the low
origin of the suit.
"Of rourse!" cried Alec warmly.
wishing he were a woman, so that lie
could gusli a little. "SatisHed2 Why
it's one Of Ackerman's best--that's
what it is. See the way 1t fits. I could
tell that was Ackerman's Il mile
off"
When no had rayed for ten minutes,
Minnie confessed the history Of tho
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