The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-05-21

over" suggested Blanche, wha was not
bad-hearted If folks didn't set her up
to it.
Adelina frowned. "You said you were
going to have your blue silk colored
and made into Vatican wrapper" she
remarked, severely.
eyes, did intend to-" Blanche re.
piled, subdued by the frown, and Mrs
Dart ended the conversation by saying,
decidedly: .
''You see, Dolly. it's quite impossi.
BILE! What with Adelina's new wine-
colored satin and Blanche's silk, ]
can't afford to spend a penny more"
Now it SO happened that Uncle
Joshua had never paid much attention
to Dolly. He had either thought that
she had too much to do and that he
would not add to her cares, or he had
preferred to have her half-sister wait
on him. But he took kindly notice OF
her now, when, after her little battle,
she came upstairs, bringing him
bowl of Cruel that she had made with
her own hands, for, wise little woman
that she was, she knew that the best
way to cure her own unhappiness was
to do kind act for mebody else.
'You made it, you say?" tasting it.
That's first rate! Neither too thick
nor too thin. Milk isn't burnt and
meal isn't raw! Sailed all right tool
Humph! Guess you'll do if you are a
mere chit! But what makes your eyes
so red, child? Been standing too loug
over hot stove cooking for an old
ogre like me? No! I'll bet my best
white Cheshire pig that you've been
crying"
Dolly began to give half hysterical
denial, but the old gentleman was SC
kind and sympathetic that before she
hardly knew it the whole story of her
desire and her disappointment came
out
"Humph! humph! humph! Too bad,
child" was all t hat Uncle Joshua said,
while he slipped his cruel in big spoon
fuls And when the bowl was empty
he said: II wish you'd write note to
Miss Amanda Barlow and ask her If
she won't come over and have d game
of cribbage with me-"
N'S''3 uhAoo Ahidhdb DditOW was Ou6
OF the aristocratic spinsters of the
town. but she and Uncle Joshua had
been old friends and schoolmates, and
odd and old-fashioned as he was, she
loved him like a brother Accordingly,
she answered the note in person, and
the cribhage cards were Forthcoming,
but l imagine the game wasn't very
spirited one, for the old couple seemed
to be talking very earnestly about
something else, and before she went
home Miss Amanda called Dolly to one
side, and said, in low tone:
$50 you want to go to the party, do
you, my dear? Well, both your uncle
and myself would like to have you 90,
for it's going to be very fine affair
AS for your old muslin dress, Just let
me take it home with me. Perhaps !
may be ablc to fix it up with some lace
and ribbons Don't mention this to any
one. Well surprise Mrs. Dart and her
daughters.
Dolly knew how to make other nice
dishes for the sick, and now that the
rest of the family had let him fall into
her hands, Uncle Joshua Jared sump.
tuously.
II should think you'd trot your feet
Off, Blanche observed, commiserat-
ingly, while Mrs. Dart added, with a
sigh of relief:
well, it's mercy some one suits
the old man! don't know what we'd
do if we had to wait on him, now that
we are so busy getting ready for the
partyr'
The evening for the aforementioned
event came. Mrs Dart and her daugh-
ter drove off in a stage of high satis-
faction, and hardly had the sound of
their hired hack died away before Miss
Amanda's private carriage dashed up
the road-"For all the world like a
fairy godmother's pumpkin coach!" as
Dolly afterward laughingly expressed
it. Miss Amanda herself alighted from
the carriage stately in her black velvet
and diamonds and bearing a large
package in her hand. 1t contained not
the fiimsy muslin (Which she had taken
merely as ruse to get Dolly's meas
ure), but instead an elaborate gown of
white silk brocaded with tiny pink and
silver roses. A pair of dainty pink
satin slippers, a huge fan of rosy os.
trich plumes; necklace of pink coral
set in exquisite silver tiligree work and
a big bouquet. of fragrant roses COM
pleted the outfit
For me!' Dolly gasped
For you" said Uncle Joshua, who
had hobbled to the door on his crutch,
and stood peering in with kindly smile
on all this fnery. That's to pay for
the nice bowl Of cruel you made me.
And now I'll go back to my room, and
do you get all this toggery on as soon
as You can!"
Of the great sensation she made, of
the surprise and discontinue of Mrs.
Dart and her daughters-of the glee
and grace with which Dolly danced
OF the complete conquests she made
on every body why you'll have to ask
Miss Amanda. And when Uncle Joshua
heard about it, he nodded his gray head
in satisfaction, saying:
"That's right! that's right! She de-
serves the best Intend that she shall