Telegram-herald., 1891-09-29

20 eoxszlt her Sac. peor dear. having
przetlesa making oser until she bad
rels1csd the work - : science. JaAped
a. the idss-" - ase a8cther cf sira
Hobbs expressions by the close Of
the next day eur rnited effcrts had
produced . Jacket " nich. with the adj
ditson Of sonae pretty buttons and .
neat binding Of braid, WA really quite
styiish looking The next evening I
drove to the station To meet Tom and
Eis friend, feeling quite dressed up"
end compiacent in my ns~ old dress
ard jacket But slas for nv conpl~
eeacyl l Yves soon 10 know the bitter
est mortl5cation Of nay life.
Tae next norniag Tom came 70 me
In the ciaing-room and said: "Bab.
what became Of that blue flannel suit
shst was hanging in my closetS"
DO you want itf" | Asked
"Aorey wants IL it's hiA We're go
ing fishing. and - iss . little rainy ne
wants % wear IT, He's = careful fsl-
low OF his clothes"
think the power TO faint is not IN
me. or IL would have asserted itself At
that moment Ii the earth had sud-
denly opensd al my feet, gladly would
have saak into the yawning ehasm-
.Ohl Tom l gssped. Il thought
up and made them into that Jacket
wore TO the station yesterday"
Cut them upl" exclaimed Tom. In
CONSERVATION, which soon gave way 70
uncontrollzble laughter.
While he was laughing. was des-
perately considering. ! had always
been considered truthful; had always
been truthful. whether from inherent
goodness or lack OF temptation. cam
not say. bu. have . Aumiliating sus-
picion that II may have been the latter.
as, now that temptation presented it
self, was willing TO fslsify. or rather.
TO have some one else do SO for me.
Whom Tom had sUb1iicd sufficiently to
hear me, I sAid: '.Tsu him . tramp
stole the clothes"
"A likely story" replied Tom, that
q tramp should fad his way mp INTO
my closet and select that particular suit
of old clothes rs booty"
We'll, tell him we thought the
S'CNAes "ofc SooIs sn9 8ASc 6lcl1
away" I ur-sd.
Il shall tell him the truthI" said
Tom, in a tone of moral severity quito
unusual with bina
tie went up to HE room. where Mr..
Morey was waiting. few moments
later followed hirn up she steps and
slipped into nay own room, which ed.
joined his. that might see, or, rather,
hear, how he performed the delicate
task - hand Other emotions were too
strong within me to permit me TO feel
any scruples in playing seavesdropper.
When i reached my room heard Tom
assuring Mr.. Morey. in grave tone,
the frequent tremors Of which gave
evidence of suppressed emotion, that /
had deliberately appropriated the miss.
ing articles to my own use.
tom. you are trying TO sell me-"
said Mr.. Morey.
mo, she cut th~m u-u-p," replied
Tom. the crescsndo on the word up
being caused by burst Of laughter.
''and made"
I determined to 60 In and explain the
matter myself. 1t would be easier
than meeting Mr.. Morey after he had
received Toms explanation. I don't
know what said, but made him un-
derstand the situation, snd he assured
me the matter was Of NO consequence
81 should have had bdt little further
use for the Clothes" said he. II In
tended TO take them home for my
mother to make over for my little
brothers; and doubt not tho boys
would give you . vote of THANKS, if
they knew, for they don't like we&rin g
made-over garments
Ny heart went out, at once, - the
little brothers.
Mr.. Mor>y managed somehow, with
dclicacy OF which am sure NO other
man could have been capable. to con-
vey to me a compliment on the feminine
ingenuity which could produce so
pretty a garment from such poor
materials. and even expressed the hope
that would continue to wear it. But
that ! averrod never could do again,
when Tom put In:
''Sec here, Bah, If you go on wearing
It, not oven mother need ever know
but what the things were mine; but II
you don't, the truth must come out.
and you never viii hear the last Of 1t
from Ludora and Isabella"
Reflection convinced me Of the truth
Of the argument, and l concluded that
1t would be better to wear the jacket
occasionally, though knew I should
always feel "queer" In 1t
This ludicrous incident made Mr..
Morcy and me feel better acquainted
In few days than we should other
wise have done in weeks; and that tho
attack had made on his wardrobe did
not forever disgrace me in his mind was
proved by tho fact that st the end OF
his visit he asked permission TO write
30 me, and within q year asked me to
be his wife.
have told this bit Of personal ex-
perieuce. not merely, ~ the casual
reader may suppose, to make known
how happened TO become Mrs RAN
dolph Morey. but 10 point the moral to
parents that the garments In which
their children are clad may seriously
affect the events which clothc their
life's history.-Marths Gion SperbeclS,
in Demorest's Monthly.
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