The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-09-27

and Mrs. Robinson, OF BrIxton, CUT OIL
the nursery rice buildings for a few
months, and put their husbands on short
commons, and come and order dresses
that never look their worth on 'em, and
fatter themselves that they look exactly
like Lady Charlotte Craddock. Have
you read this paragraph
Lady Charlotte took the paper that Mr..
Crurnp held out, and She saw that there
was a paragraph marked with a large
cross in ink.
Lady Charlotte read: sThe Prince Of
Wales honored the Bataille DIES Fleurs
with his presence. H. r. III. looked very
well, and apparently enjoyed extremely
good health. He paid considerable att
tention to Miss boilers, the latest Ameri-
can beauty, who, it is rumored, will
take place among the reigning bellies
in English society during the coming
season. have it on very good authority
that H R. n. threw bunch OF gardenias
said to have been grown in the San
dringham hothouses--into Miss boilers
victoria as it passed the royal equipage. ;"
ssDo you know Miss boilers, Lady
Charlottel'
'sNo, she is not in my set.
swell, then, just you look here. You
get to know Miss boilers, you bring her
here and let her give me good order
and I'll dress you for the rest of the sea
SON that's bargain. III make you a
dress for Ascot or for birmingham or for
wherever you are likely to meet her,
and then If you bring her here I'll dress
you for the rest of the season. You
shall be measured today, and directly.
YOU send me the card of invitation or
the engagement, whatever it may be,
the dress shall be put in hand directly.
Nothing for nothing in business, you
know. Now, are you agreeable to
that.n
Lady Charlotte would have liked to be
naughty, but her doubtful position as
party to such an arrangement disarmed
all haughtiness on her side and she was
fam to agree to the tailor's stipulations.
Mr.. Crunnp, of Crump & Crushit, was
very pleased to pay off, in part at least,
on the person of Lady Charlotte Grad
dock the score Of all former grudges in
the shape of aristocratic rudeness that
he owed to her class in general.
Lady Charlotte's resources were at a
very low ebb; with the exception of the
rent of her house and servants wages,
she contrived to live entirely upon
credit. What little ready money she
possessed en- outre her jointure,
which did not go very far in the
style. Of living she affected, was obtained
by writing paragraphs for fashion maya
zines and borrowing. She felt very low
spirited as she drove away from Messrs.
Crunp & Crushit's after her interview
with the head of the firm. She had
gained her end, but at what pricel She
would have to unearth this American
girl, who was probably vulgar, take her
up for some little time at least, and then
perhaps she would not be easy to drop.
But, first of ALL there might be some
difficulty in the unearthing.
Lady Charlotte ordered some tea and
luncheon tray to be taken to her
boudoir, much be-wadded and be-
draped stained glass Widowed cupboard,
squeezed into corner of the staircase.
Here she sat down to mediate upon her
situation. The result of her meditation
was that she ordered her carriage for
o'clock, and resolved to call upon per-
son whom she denominated 'sher favor
lite pal" AS single, motherless girl,
Lady Cardington had been Lady Char
lotte's bosom friend and confidante in
India before she had achieved the great
match which had made her peeress.
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Charlotte was shown into an equally be-
wadded and be-draped though much
larger boudoir than the one she had just
left.
After the usual feminine embraces had
been exchanged, Lady Charlotte stated
her case with slight notifications: 'sShe
was very anxious to meet Miss boilers,
the new American beauty. Some one
had told her that she was such sweet
creature, and Lady Charlotte felt quite
drawn to her, and was determined to
know her. Could Edith help herr"
s.NVell. my dear, I'll try. wonder il
his lordship is in London; he may know
her, or some of her friends"
Lady Cardington rang the bell 'Will
you inquire if his lordship dimes at home
todayg''
The footman, with well bred impertur
liability, answered that ''his lordship had
been at Newmarket since the day before
/ yesterday, and was not to be expected
until late next day, his lordship had told
| Harris"
'.Then you don't get on with his lord
ship very well, my dear, am afraid,
said Lady Charlotte, who really liked
her dearest friend.
'Oh, yes, dear, do. l always do my
duty to him. look pretty and order
dinner, and he coniides in his butler anG
not in me, which is rather an advantage
as ! am afraid should find his conf
dences rather vapid, with a tendency t.
be decidedly more horsey than / shoult
consider quite interesting. But now
what is to be done about this American
Do you belong to the Primrose league?'
ooh, yes, am dame, harbinger, o
queens councillor, or something o
other, with brooch"
Every well then, Miss boilers i
sure to be one too. All Ameri
cans and parvenus who want t.
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