The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-12-27
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OF grapes polseu ARMY upon uraSs
stand.
THAT thing, replied my cousin proud
", "is the very latest Partisan fashion
in bonnets.'
sank back into the little lounge that
ran along the side of the room-you
couldn't insult anything so dainty with
the name of ''shop"-and gazed upon its
owner with an exclamation moro pro-
fame than appropriate.
Il must ut once be confessed that she
was charming object to gaze at.
There was an expression of wicked
amusement in her large gray eyes, and
the black gown she still wore in mourn
ing for her husband-poor Jack Hender-
son, who was killed in the Soudan-set
off the lines of her slender young figure,
and threw her golden hair and fair skin
prettily into relief.
Pull yourself together, my dear boy,
she continued, opening the door OF an
old carved oak cabinet, land will show
you something that even your crude
male intellect will appreciate. If you
don't say it's lovely TIL never let you in
side the shop again. You may hatten
your nose against the window, or stroll
disconsolately up and down the street
in vaini No more chats, no more teas in
the back room" =
So saying, she lifted gingerly from the
shelf large hat, and planting it upon
her pretty head turned triumphantly to-
ward me. 1t was lovely-quite lovely
sort of arrangement in amethyst vel
vet and feathers to match. Being only a
miserable and ignorant male of course
I q l,,%
monty becoming, and made Nina look
like Gainsborough picture. l told her
so and gushed over it sufficiently to sat
isfy her.
"Its my own idea, shape and all, and
there isn't another like it in the world.
may possibly copy it, but I'm not sure.
1t depends upon who buys it, How l
wish you were woman, RONALD" she
sighed regretfully, land l would make
you buy it for Ascot tomorrow"
II wish / were, my dear. But why
don't you go and wear it YOURSELF"
"Graciousl and leave the shop for a
whole day at this early stage of its ex-
istence? You guardsmen have no more
idea of business than baby. No,
can't go; but l hope you'll have lucky
day and good time, and Ronald dear,
if you were nice you'd just look in one
day soon and tell me what sort of day
you had. Oh, and be sure you don't for
get to notice what hats and bonnets peo-
pie wore"
Ipromised to do my best, and took my
leave reluctantly as a large and portly
matrou, gorgeously arrayed, and whose
features Enthusiastically betrayed her Sc
mitic origin, sailed in and demanded u
small flower bonnet"
That woman in q flower bonnet! J
hope, poor soul, that Nina saved her
from herself.
"What are you going to do this after
noon, Ronald?' asked my mother, three
days later. Il wish you to come and
call with me on the Vanderdeckens.
Cant, my dear mother. Promised
to go and see Nina"
Visions of Miss Vanderdecken, rich as
Croesus, but OIL so deadly dull, fastened
my movements, and | was half way to
Oxford street before my mother could
call me back. | found Nine. Destriar,
as my cousin calls herself, just parting
with u customer. The hat was in her
hand.
.'rve sold it," she cried gleefully: lust
sold it to that nice girl for Eve guineas. "
lawfully glad, Tn sure. But, my
dear girl, I've shock in store for you.
/ saw the very model and marrow OF
that hat at Ascot the day before yester-
day"
"You couldn't, you couldn't! Who
was wearing itY' she cried sharply.
zone of our reigning professional beau
ties-Lady Loddington."
Lady Loddingtonl" gasped Nina
catching hold of the chair behind her
"Ronald, are you sure you aren't max
ing any mistaken
81 swear I'm not. She had on a frocl
the color of the hat, and she looked sim
ply ripping. paid her all the comph
ments could think of in the five min
utes was talking to her."
"The cheat, the swindle Of itT criet
my cousin, white with anger.
"My dear girl, calm yourself! Tn
sorry for you, but great minds, as yol
know, will jump, and some other cleve
woman has had the same idea as you"
Nina was past taking any notice of tn,
insulting suggestion. She seemed thor
oughly upset by the coincidence, anC
looked as if she were going to cry.
"Why did ! ever go into business?
she cried miserably; 'its simply awful
to get behind the scenes like this anC
find out how mean women-well bret
women who ought 10 know better-cal
be. We were all brought up with tn
old fashioned noblesse oblige ideas. Rol
you We're too-and it seems to IN
now that there is hardly any one in SC
cietY who has notion of honor and dig
nifty, as we used to understand tn
terms Society," After all I'm Thankful
Tn more or less out of it, It's just
herd of people, pushing, struggling, sell
ing everything for notoriety and money.
"Hear, hear! Your sentiments, mad
am, are mine. But | don't think the
should BIO wasted on the mere fact tina
some other woman has made u hat Liz
yours"
"sha HASN'T" cried Nina Indignantly
"lAdy <oddington was wearing this yer.
hntl Listen. ~ tell you the whole story
The sumo afternoon YOU called lad
caine Ia beautifully dressed and aske
to 500 some hats, l saw who she wa
though I've never met her don't wan
10 meet her. aaYagolyi n0ne seea quit
enough II her iR Al the hllop Windows.
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