The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-06-28

rash In taking UP SO very decidedly q girl of
whom she really know so little, but these mis-
givings did not last long. She never doubted
That Miss Short was very rich, and that was
a great thing. And then she liked her, which
was perhaps nearly as much.
One morning, However, during the early
days OF Miss Shorts residence, her ladyship
did undergo u certain amount of alarm.
About IL o'clock it occurred to her that
she hadn't seen her young charge for some
time, and Yves told that Miss Short had gone
out.
"With Sir Henryp she inquired, in the
tone of one who was sure of the answer
mo, my lady," replied the footman VIC
had given the information; Miss Short went
out alone. 1t was more than an hour ago.
he said solemnly. ..
Lady Bagshot's dismay didn't last very
long, for just US she was sending the tidings
to her husband at his club, Evangeline drove
up in a hanson, bright and beaming.
"Well, you see" she said in explanation,
II wanted some candy, and l thought there
must be a candy store on Oxford street. I
went along three or four blocks, and then I
concluded to take a hanson. The man didn't
seem rightly to understand what it was I
wanted, but at last l got it fixed, and he took
lin a SOA Az l Sco VA0 S4CE0LU
candy I've had since l left the States. Then
1 thought I'd so to the parkway down
town.. you know-that's why I've been 80
long,"
Lady Bagshot tore up the letter she had
written, and then gently admonished her
friend.
''We can always send out for anything you
may want, and Pm sure Sir Henry will be
able to manage your money matters for you;
I would if I could, but I don't understand
these things"
"Oh, that's simple enough" Evangeline re-
piled. "You just write out a slip of paper,
and put down Us much money us you want,
and then you write your name on the back,
and they give you the money. Business is
very easy when you come TODD it. Only yoL
ought always to &C to tho bank yourself, be-
cause when they send you the money by post
they cut the notes in two, and then sometimes
I get the wrong halves"
Miss Short took out her pocketbook, which
her visit to tho bank had filled with notes.
Then IN idea seemed to strike her.
II k.low,' she said, ''you are just real ma
with mo because I have been round the city
by myself. am sorry I didn't think. If l
am going to do anything wrong, tell me right
away. I can't keep track of what one may
do and what one mayn't, but I'll do every
thing just as you tell me-"
Lady Bagshot kissed her friend in enthusi-
astic forgiveness, and promised the easiest
and gentlcst of guidance. 50
''Girls have a great deal moro liberty than
they used7to have" she said, "andI don't see
that they are any the worse for it,"
4 The next few days were very delightful to
both ladies' for Evangeline, after O prolonged
inspection of tho contents of the four trunks,
decided thatMew dresses would be necessary;
and though Lady Bagshot did not see the
necessity so plainly as her young friend, she
carefully abstained from offering any opposi-
ton. Her. own relations with her d~ressmaker
were just at that time owing to Sir Henry's
meanncs| q, little strained, and she was very
pleased to he able to introduce q customer
who ordered freely, was Indifferent to prices,
and shared tho transatlantic partiality for
paying cash. And then the consulting, the
choosing, the fitting, the taking in and let
ting out, the refitting and trying on-all
these arc pleasures too subtle and "too sweet
for Words" and not even to be dimly appre-
hended by that half OF humanity which is
prosaically clad by tailors.
I do not proposeto give an account Of Miss
Shorts triurphs n society. Equipped for
conquest, she conquered. Girls who were
%envious of her good looks couldn't help ad-
miring her frocks, and though she neither
whistled nor played the banjo, she was still
a striking social success, and got almost as
much attention as the Manganese monarch
himself.
'sShe is really very entertaining" said Sir
Henry to his wife. cit is like a page out of
Bret uarte to listen to her-the Society
upon the; stanislow,' 'heaving rocks and all
that sort Of thing, don't you knowF
Miss Shorts career can be traced by the
curious in tho columns of the society papers,
and details of her dresses can be gathered
from a morning paper which devotes a good
deal of its space to millinery and the kindred
subjects.
"Gettysburgville Takes the Cake!" is the
heading of the paragraph which describes
E> angeline's attire at tho very distinguished
garden party l have alluded to.
And through all these splendors Miss Short
bore herself with a tact and dexterity which
won the enthusiastic appreciation of her cha
peron. And even if she was sometimes a
little unguardcd i'll her talk. this very indis.
erection seemed to have its purpose.
For example, ono Sunday she and Lady
Bagshot were sitting for little while in the
park, and Sir Englefeld Green had come and
secured the next chair. Ayoung lady passed
and bowed slightly to Miss Short, who re-
turned the salute.
"You know Miss Phippsp queried the
baronet.
81 met her last night at Lady Bounder's.
She didn't seem to know q soul, and sat in a
corner. I thought she must be just taking
root"
81 WONDER" remarked the baronet, "that
she could get in there ut all. She is ich, you
know, but bad style. Her fathers in the
city, in the tallow business. Her brother was
in my regiment, and they used to call him
Dips, you knows" y
Miss Short didn't laugh.
."Well," she said, II suppose it Is very
funny; but then my father was in business,
too, and there is not mighty much difference
between tallow aud OIL"
The baronet looked very serious.
"Oh, but, Miss Short" he said in an anx-
ious tone, .'you know you are an American,
and that makes I'LL the difference, you know"
"Why does i.2" she inquired.
".Oh,, + don't know why it does, but it does,
you know. Ask Lady Bagshot. Besides,
most Americans have made their money In
oil.n -l
Miss Short did not reply, and after some
cogitation Sir Englcfeld continued:
you sec, Miss Short, If you had been In
business here you wouldn't have been so