Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-15

"Who is Damereaur''
Goodness, Alice, if you never did
come to town till this season, you
ought to know w..o she is, without ask
ing. Nine. Damereau's, the great
milliner and dressmaker; every body
goes to her. You are as ignorant as o
child. Then owe for India shawls,
and lace, and jewels, and furs and
things. 1 owe six thousand pounds if
l owe farthing.'
what a sum- echoed Alice,
aghast "Six thousand pounds!'
cay, you may we'll repeat it! Which
of the Queens was it who said that
when she died the name of Calais
would be found engraven on her heart?
Mary think. Were 1 to die, those
two words, six thousand would be
found engraven on mine. They are
never absent from me. 1 see them
written up in figures in my dreams; I
see them as walk; in the ballroom.
in the theater. in the park, they are
| my troubled sleep they come rushing
over me, and 1 start from my bed, sick
and terrified, and can not escape
| them
"You must have dressed in silver
and gold" uttered poor Alice.
"No; only in what cost it; in such
! things as these" said Mrs. Dalrymple,
| pulling at her bonnet with both hands,
in irritation so passionate. that it was
| torn in two.
"Oh, pray! pray" Alice interposed,
| but too late to prevent the catastrophe.
| "Your beautiful bonnet! Selma, it
must have cost three or four guineas.
What a wastc!'
"Tush!" pccvishly replied Mrs. Dali
rymple, tlinging the wrecks to the mid
die of the room. "A bonnet more or
less. what docs it mattcr?"
Alice sat, in Thoughts; looking very
grave, very panied. very perplexed.
wrong course altogether, Selma. The
imprudcnce already committed can not
be helped, but you might strive to re-
deem it"
| "Strive against a whirpoolp' sar-
castically responded Mrs. DalryElple.
"You are getting deeper into it; by
your own admission you are having
new things every day. 1t is adding
fuel to fire.
IL can't go naked"
"But you must have large stock of
dress by YOU"
"Do you think would appear in
last years things? can't and won't.
You do not understand these matters,
Alice. and can not be expected to know
better"
"Then you ought not to go out; you
ought to have stopped at the Grange"
ing away my heartstrings. Excite
care
you can only do one thing OBJ
served Alice, after a pause of retlec-
ton; ''confcss all to your husband. If
things are SO bad, they must be kept
from getting worse"
BE quiet, Alice. Do not mention
his name. That is adding fuel to fire.
if you like"
''It is cruel to suffer him to incur the
expense attendant on another London
season. If you object to tell him the
truth yourself, shall do it? 1 should
not like the task. but for your sake
Hold your tongue. I say, Alice, ~
was the excited interruption. How
dare you offer to interfere between me
and my husband?'
Selma, do be calm. If you take il
in this light, of course must be silent
There is no cause for your agitation
1 should not speak to Oscar without
} your full permission. How strangely
you are altered"
II have had enough to alter me-"
, "What is to be the end of all this?'
resumed Alice, speaking the words in 6
musing tone, rather than as question
"Ah, that's it! Tho end. But goa
need not hasten it, And, as if thu
thought of that were not enough,
t have another worry on me now
What else?" sighed Miss Dial
r rymple.
"Damcreau is pressing for he
t money replied Selma: "Sho ha
limited that she can nos give me furthe
, credit
, 1.-THE very best thing that could hap
: pen." thought her sister.
"Wnat shame it is that there SHOULD
be SO much worry in the worldr' fret
fully exclaimed Mrs, Dalrymple,
"Three parts of the worry we Great
eurselves.' replied Alice; 1--WE bring
on by our own acts. And no worr.
; ought to have the power very seriousl
to disturb our peace" she continues
in awhisper.
. ''Now, Alice, know what you ar
= limiting at; you are going 10 bring u
some of teosa religious notions G
yours. They Will be worse than los
: upon me. One can not live with one
body in this world, and ones heart
the next"
= "Oh yes we cam" said Alice, earncs
. ly. "We--"
J. 'Well, l don't suppose I'm goin
q into the next. yet, unless l former
:. about it," was the graceless reply {
y Mrs. Dalrymple. But as Alice rose
leave her mood changed.
Forgive my righteousness, Alic'
y indeed, you would excuse it if 20
9 only knew how truly miserable an
1t makes me savage with myself an
:; with every body else"
"Ma'am," Interrupted Mrs, palryn
n pies maid, entering the room. Lad
- Burnham is at the door waiting ft