The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-12-11
made currant wine. Wouli Katie
try the wine, do you think? Wouldn't
it do her good? I'll send my sister

NuC1A 1O ldou cdEl IedCIleu Ulle SCOre.
Her best customers carriage had
been seen across the street ut Mdlle.
Lavlgny's rival store, and the new
Paris fashion-plates were delayed in
their arrival more than week.
"Late again, Pearl Playfairv' said
she. sharply.
cts only one minute past Z, Miss
Thorburn!'' pleaded the girl.
"And 1 wish you distinctly to un-
derstand," snapped Miss Thorburn,
who had been peering through the
windows, 'that I don't allow my
young women to gallivant through
the streets with young men on their
way to and from the store!e 1t isn't
respectable, and
Pearl colored wildly.
cts a friend of my sister," said
she. HE only"
Miss Thorburn glared at her.
"Obliged me-" said she, "by re-
Numbering that 1 do not permit my
young women to answer me back.
Here's Miss Densel's bonnet. Take
it at once to 60 Caravan square.
She'll be furious because it wasn't
sent last night.''
Sixty Caravan square was state
ly broWn-stone house, with YES tibule
doors OF gorgeous stained glass and
floor OF mosaic marble, covered with
rich Persian rugs.
Miss Densel was not in, but Paula
and Florine, her younger sisters, ran
to receive the hat.
"Audrey will be so angry because
it didn't come in time for Mrs. jays
musical breakfast" cried Paula.
These two pretty young maids, in
their pink, and blue cashmere tea
gowns, their flowing gold hair and
dainty, red-heeled slippers encircled
with gold embroidery-how wistful-
~ Pearl looked at them as she crept
quietly away in her patched boots,
her faded cloth jacket, which had
come down to her from Katie, and
her poor little knitted Tam SHAN
ter cap.
GLOW nice it must be to be richv'
thought she.
Lets have a look at the hat,
Flo," said Paulas-"right here in the
dining-room, where the beveled
mirror is. Audrey never let's US see
her pretty things
Florine opened the box. e.
ooh, isn't it exquisite!'' she cried.
"All rosebuds, with strings of pink
faille, and the sweetest jeweled pom
lard stuck through the side! Are
they real diamonds, Paula, or only
Rhine stones?"
"Rhine stones, of course!'' said
sage Paula. "Who ever heard of
real diamonds with a $50 bonnet?
But isn't it a beauty? Let us try it
on, Flo. Oh, take care!''
For in handing it across the table
Florine had dropped it. The effort
to recover it only succeeded in over
turning tall flask of Bordeaux
sallad-oil upon the rosebuds and
pink faille.
Flo and Paula looked aghast at
each other.
"Hush!'' cried the former. "Some
one is coming. Put it back into the
box, Paula. Take it up to Andrews
room. She'll think it was an accident.
Oh, how could you be so careless?''
II wasn't careless" sputtered in
dignant Paula. ''1t was your fault
AS much as it was mine. What will
Audrey say?"
Two hours later the reception bon
net was brought back to Miss
Thorburn by Audrey Densel herself
in an olive plush-lined carriage, at
tended by 81 French maid. and Pearl
Playfair was summoned at once.
She came, innocent and eager only
to be angrily dismissed from the es-
tablishmeut. In vain were her pro-
testations and entreaties.
eff you didn't do it, stopping at
some OF your grocer and baker
friends Places" cried Miss .Thorburn
"who did? Do you suppose Miss
Densel poured grease over her own
reception hat? Silence, I say! Leave
the house at once, and do not pre-
sumo to ask for either wages or ref
erence from me. I consider that
am treating you with extreme kind
ness in not sending for a policeman. -
Pearl went home, feeling as if she
were in a dreadful dream. Her stu
alton was gone, and without reference
es how could she expect to get on
other? And who would find food or
fire for Katie?
The elder sister listened to Pearls
piteous tale with dismay, but she
put the bravest possible front upon
it. .
Don't sob so, Pear" she soothed,
eve shall not starve; something
will happen to protect us, dear;
don't be afraid. Who is that Mrs.
Nippett is talking to outsider
Its me-Janie VAIL" said a
CHEEKY, cordial voice, with some ap-
Piles and homemade wine. Joe. nv
brother, says you are his friends.
may come in, mayn't II"
And jamie entered, rosy and smil-
ing, with refreshing air of the
country about her.
ooh, yes" said she, nodding her
head and glancing about the room,
an c0l1 c0 ohoorlooo or poo4 Co.