The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-11-15

I ing everything Tor uuiurittY and money.
Hear hear Your sentiments. mad
am. are mine But I don't, think they
should be- wasted on the mere fact that
some other woman has made hat lills
yours"
''She hssntT cried Nina Indignantly
Lady Loidingion was wearing this very
hat Listen. mn tell you the whole story.
The safno afternoon yuu called lady
came in beautifully dresed and askei
10 see soue hats ! saw who she was,
though I've never met her. ] don't want
to meet her savagely: zone sces quite
enough Of her ia all the shop windows 4"
"One does. / remarked. sotto voce.
"She wanted hat the color Of this
one; 81 ! brought 10 ont and showed Il to
her aud told her the price. and explained
why IL WAS ~ expensive. Oh. don't
mind giving that for the hat, she said.
'it l. well worth IL. am quite in love
with Il, Mime. Destrier. but ] daren't
buy it without letting my husband SEQ
1t. He rs 30 very particular about what
/ wear Could have u sent round to-
night for him to look att / would let
you know some time tomorrow whether
would take 10 or not. OF course I aaid
] should bo glad 10 send a. and she gave
me the address, and the bat wenf round
there tnat evening, Last night She sent
It back and said she was very sorry. but
Lord Loddington didn't think IT snited
her. I thought II looked alittle tumbled.
but one has to run those risk when one
sends goods on approval She had de-
termined to have that hat just TO wear
for the one day. and she WAS too mean TO
get il honestly"
"Of course you'll have it out with her
you'll expose herr | said.
| was as angry and disgusted rs Nina,
who stood opposite me, with her pretty
eyes and cheeks flaming with honest in d.
dignation.
My dear boy. would il dared. bat
/ can't afford to. Il would drive half
my customers away from me. and must
think of Hugo and Giles They don't
cost much while they are such TIMES,
but want to give them every adyan-
tage, the darlings. and was left 50 bad
ly of, and the business is just beginning
to pay 80 well. l daren't run the rick Of
exposing Lady Loddington's meanness.
Il had forgotten your children. No.
| see it wouldn't do Trust me TO give
her a mauvais quart d'heure, il 1 get the
chance"
Promise you'll be careful. Think of
the boysl'
Il won't injure. the dear little chaps.
you best of mothers
"Well, in that case, only hope fort
une may favor You
Fortune did favor me at last, but she
kept me waiting till the autumn, like the
tickle jade she always is. My chance
came in this wise Ny uncle asked me
up TO his place in Scotland for shooting,
and | went. The old gentleman is a
very connoisseur of beauty and every
pretty woman of note is bound to be
asked up to d. sooner or later. got
there in time to dress hurriedly and ap-
pear in the drawing room Just as my
uncle was telling every one whom they
were to take in. was introduced to
some grill haven't notion who she
was, but | gave her my arm and took
her down to dinner, murmuring com.
monplaces on the way. The truth is, ]
was half famished with my journey and
my one idea was dinner. It was not till
/ was well on with the fish stage that ]
looked at my left hand neighbor. 1t was
Lady Loddington herself.
II haven't seen you since we met al
Ascot" she remarked pleasantly.
She certainly is most lovely woman.
by the way. stared blankly, and she
went on, with an air of well acted re-
proach:
II believe you have forgotten we ever
met there.
Here was my chance; l seized it.
'Forgotten Why, 1 remember every
word you said, the color of your gown,
and even the very hat you wore-the
loyeliest and most becoming hat / ever
saw in my life
The compliment told
Il don't believe you do, she pouted
Upon my word do. 1t was a sort
Of big affair of amethyst velvet and
feathers to match. l remember it with
double force because L made cousin Of
mine quite angrN,with the mere descrip-
ton of it, don't know if you have ever
met herr She has gone into millinery,
like everybody else. She calls herself
Nine Destrier'"
Hooked Lady Loddington full in the
face, and laid a peculiar emphasis on the
name.
never saw any one so thoroughly
csught in my life. l knew in moment
that She knew l knew, as Punch would
put it, She turned perfectly scarlet to
the roots Of her hair, and then quite
white. and didn't speak for at least
moment Then she pulled herself to-
gether rs only woman can, and adroit-
ly changed the subject
But she has been monstrously civil to
me ever since, much 10 the surprise of
my friends. am plain and uninterest-
ing; am not a parsonage; l haven't a
farthing-not even expectations
they cant tke out where the attraction
lies. They had better ask Mime. De-
strier, of Oxford street, to enhghten
them. London World