Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-10
At bonnet as nobody else's would.

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''What did you say it WASP Fifteen
guineasP"
Thirteen. madame, only thirteen.
All! but it is cheapr'
Mrs. Cleveland bought the mantle
Selma had designated as dowdy, and a
bonnet equally so. Selma told her they
were.
''My dear, they are quiet, and will
wear. expect you afford twenty to
my one; so you can have them brilliant
and fragile"
"Look at this handkerchiefr' uttered
Selma. II really think it m atches the
sleeves and collar have bought. Yes,
it does. Unjust have that"
That's dear handkerchief,
know cried Mrs. Cleveland. What
is it. Nine. Damereau?'
''That-oh, but that recherche, that
is" said madame, in a rapture. mine
guineas. Ah"'
'.Send it home with the collar and
things said Mrs Dalrymple.
II am going resumed Mrs. Cleve-
land. II have bought all l came to
to be tempted, unless one has a long
purse"
1.-The truth is, one forgets whether
the purse is long or short, in the midst
of these enchanting things" observed
Selma.
II fear it is sometimes the CASE"
was Mrs. Cieveland's reply. "Are you
coming, my dearP"
''Not yet" answered Selma
When Mrs. Cleveland and some
others had departed, madame had the
''caisse" brought out; that is to say, its
contents. The caisse was taken for
granted; the articles only appeared.
The chief one, the lace dress, new
from Paris, and secluded till that mo-
nent from covetous eyes, was of
species of lace that madame called
Point d Angleterre. Nine. Damereau
shook it out of it's folds with tender
solicitude, and displayed its tempta-
tons before Mrs. Dalrymple's en-
thralled eyes. Madame did not speak;
she let the dress do its own work; her
face spoke eloquently enough. Selma
was sitting on one of the low crimson
velvet ottomans, her parasol tracing
unconscious figures on the carpet, and
her own elegant silk dress spread out
around her.
"Oh, dear!" she calculated, with
drawing her enraptured gaze. ''But
fear it is very dear"
"Never let madame talk about that"
said the Frenchwoman. at is high;
bullock at it. One could not pick
up such dress as that in the kennel"
"How should like it!''
"The moment we took this dress out
of the caisse, said to Miss Atkinson.
who was helping me: That must be
for Nine. Dalrocmp; there is no
other lady who can do it jus;~,
Madame" she quickly added, as II an
idea had just occurred to her, clancy
this robe, fine OF belle. over delicate
pink glace, or a maize!'
"or over white" suggested Selma.
"Or over white; Nine Dali
reemp's taste is always correct. 1t
would be a dress fit for duchess, too
elegant for many of them. Ma bonnie
dame, ne Ia laissez pas vous echappcr,
je vous en- prize.
Madame called for some silks of diff
played upon them successfully. Selma
went into fit of ecstacy when the
peacA-blossorn color was underneath.
~ must have it! What is the price?"
'Just one hundred guineas, neither
more nor less; and to any body but
Nine. Dalreemp should say a hundred
dIlu U"CHIy. luU NIlo", W Acu cutc
she appears in this before the world,
shall have order upon order. 1t will
be: Where did you get that dress, ma
chere Nine. Dalree,np?' and madame
will answer, 4 got it at Damereau's;'
and then they will come flocking to me.
can afford to let Nine. Dalreemp have
her things cheap
81 don't know what to say" hest
lot Cnl;oo q
is very high. That last lace one l
bought three weeks ago was only sixty"
"What was that lace one compared
with thisp' was madame's indignant
rejoinder. ''That was nothing but
common Guipure. Look at what the
effect Of this win be! All, madame, if
shall be vexed to my heart. Milady
lace dress; told milady l should have
one in a weeks time. did not care
for her to see it first, for she is shorter,
and she does not set Off the things well.
1 know she would give me one hum
dred and twenty for thi3, and glad to
get it."
This was the climax. Lady Grey, q
young and pretty woman, dressed as
extravagantly as did Mrs. Dalrymple,
and there was hidden chivalry
between the two. Nine. Damereau
accented it, and was not backward in
playing each off as decoy-duck to the
other.
IF I do take it," said Selma, II
must have slip of that peach glace to
wear under it.
"And charming it will look" OBJ:
served madame.
"But could 1 have them home by to-
morrow night for Lady Burnham'.
partyp"
Certainly, madame can"
Every well, then, concluded Selma.
"Or stop, would white look bette,
under it, after alp I have ever SC
many white glaco slips"
Madame's opinion was, that no color,
even seen in the earth or in the air,
could, or would, look as well as the