Passaic City record., 1892-12-10
WEDDING PRESENTS.
By HELEN FORREST GRAVES.


....ss;-... ~ H, Polly, do have a
EA ..ESA ~ bell of white rose
(sSsI IHnef5cs ID buds and carna-
GGz(EFENIJ tions to be married
A:V=sE under-dol"
G1A Mary Nellis rose
eagerly with kim
ding eyes grasping her cousins shoulder
as she spoke.
Paulina Winton laughed a derisive
laugh.
..And q veil of Brussels iace," said
she, land a pearl necklace and few
such inexpensive fads2 Do you think
I'm made of money, Mates"
4.But one is only married once in ones
lifetime, and the floral bells are so
lovelyl"
'sAnd they cost SO much, Mate, and
we have got to be economical" smiled
the brde-elect.
4sLouie Lane had one."
t'Louie Lanes father is rich, and she
married bank president"
t.You are going to marry lawyer.
He may be Chief Justice of the United
States some day." persisted Mary.
= Paulina laughed again.
4'When he is, said she, "we'll have
the floral bell. But it was only last
May that Richard hung out his sign.
sAttorney and Counselor at Law" and
he hasn't been able to make his Office
rent yet, whatever the future may have
in store for him."
9 4.And you've only asked two brides
maids"
"Two is enough" gravely spoke
Polly. "Richard gives each OF them
little locket, you know, and you and
Rosamond Orion are the only friends we
love well enough to do that for with our
limited means"
isLimited means-limited meansl"
emphatically repeated Mary. sI'm sick
of hearing economy the whole time, and
nothing but economy
"We must begin as we mean to go oD,
Mate" said cheerful Paulina.
s'But Mrs. Ellington said that if Kate
and Nellie were asked to be bridesmaids,
she would have given you silver kettle
for five o'clock teas"
e Every possibly; but how would that
orrcspond with my other surround
ings2'
4'I never saw such a prosaic thing as
you are in all my life!" said Mary.
"Would you have me go crazy simply
because Pm going tc be married9" mis-
chievously retorted Paulina.
a.If ever one is to launch out into ex-
Eravagance, maintained Mary, sit
rHenld be on an occasion like this. OF
Gcourse the house is to be full of com.
panya"
sit is easy to fill our little house,"
said composed Paullna. ''With Uncle
and Aunt Orton in the front chamber,
and Rosamond in the hall bedroom,
and Cousin Higgins in the upper
room"
3That wiggy old mani You surely
aren't going to have him in the house2"
s'He was very good to papa when he
was boy" SAID Paulina, ssand he has
sent me barrel of apples from the old
farm every year since l was child, be-
cause of the III in my nsme-Paulina
Higgins Winton, you know. It would
have broken his heart not to ask him
down for the wedding"
.sWell, let it break, say!" cried
Mary. "Why, his clothes must have
been made in the year one! And you
never asked Judge Lacey and his wife
and the girlsl"
"No," assented Paulina. ssIf they
want to attend my wedding, they are
amply able to engage rooms at hotel.
Cousin Higgins couldn't do that"
Z "But they would have sent you such
an elegant wedding present. breathed
Mary. "They gave Lulu Hempsted a
dinner set of Royal Worcester And now
you'll get nothing at alll'
"This isn't an affair of sale and bar
ter said Paulina, with spirit.
"There's the Falklands-your moth
er's cousins-in Philadelphia. You'll
ssk them, surely? They're such elegant
people, and sure to give you something
nice. And there's the back extens' on
room yet"
"That was reserved for Richards Aunt
Eunice. She came yesterday"
THAT stuff old women : saw warm
ing her hands over the parlor irea-in a
dyed alpaca gown, black lace car
with three red poppies in it, and string
of gold beads around her neck2"
Paulina colorcd.
44She is not rich, I" said she; SHUT she
= Richards only livirg relanve-hi'
fathers aunt.
-ssOb, said Mary, stI seem to remem-
ber.noH Lives in an old manor house