Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-29

Indignation at this question. However. as
the shopwalker still lowered near, she was
constrained TO auswer me, ind IN this way
| got all that was requisite for indoor
wear.
n think that is everything" said Miss
Hopkins looking at tile pile Of things | had
bought.
Hold onr' said l. What do you wear
outside when you're a walkini"
~ wear a sealskin jacket" she replied,
with little dignity in her voice.
Lets have look at It,"
The stately shopwalker himself fetched
me jacket.
''I'his is the only one we have in stock
that will fit you" he said, laying it down
tenderly before me.
looked ut and touched the beautiful
skin in silent delight.
THE price," said the shopwalker with
slight hesitation, lis 10 guineas, which in
cludes toque to match"
Give us likcr at the toque," said in
doubt. But the small fur cap ravished me:
the name itself showed that it could never
have been worn in Shadwell.
I'VE could say els pounds for the jacket
and toque,n said the shopwslker as these
reflections passed through my mind.
ut amt what you'd call cheap, is iti'
said l.
Pardon me, madam, It is very cheap in
deed"
"Then won't have It, /" said firmly, but
with an inner sigh Of disappointment.
However, on the shopwalker explaining
that he had employed the term relatively,
that no better fur could be bought in Lon.
don, and that the article" was fit for a
duchess to wear, altered my decision and
told him I'D have it and chance IT,"
Some gloves and other things suggested
by Miss Hopkins, who became quite amia-
BILE in the end, completed my purchases,
and as they amounted TO great deal more
thsu Taras' purse contained il was mr.
ranged that they should be sent home with
bill.
You send 'em on sharp, cause / wants
TO put 'em on" sllid |, and then after get.
ting some information from Miss Hopkins
with respect TO the kind Of boots she wore
and where she bought them-a shop, the
very best in London, she assured me, and
only just across the road went off &c
finish shopping, with Guttering sense Of
exultation which had not Hitherto presented
itself to my imagination in the widest
dream Of happiness
! This mental excitement shRrpened my
wits wonderfully. ! felt had the key tC
| the mystery OF that new life which had Sc
perplexed me at first in finding out what
distinguished the better class OF peopl,
from those among whom had lived and
adopting their peculiar ways. To be good anG
nice | must initiate Taras and Miss Hop
kins. had noticed that this young lady!
hands and nails were very clean, that hel
hair was carefully arranged and also thai
a III
and an upright carriage, very different from
my shuffliug gait and sloyenly bearing, 81
lifted my feet from the ground, straight
ened my buck and stepped out briskly fol
Lambeth with my parcel Of boots unde
my arm and my imagination teeming witt
hopeful ideas,
| Mere Lucas opened the door and taking
me upstairs showed me a room which shl
made me understand was to be mine. TheI
laying her hand on my arm, CAREFUL,
mounting her words and speaking III loul
voice that ! might better understand her
she made me little speech beginning with
Que je vous disc, ma pauvre petite mann
selle''-a phrase which reinemb Der also be
cause OF its frequent after recurrence--anI
ending with hearty laugh when she founC
that failed altogether to make anything
out OF it. This laugh, however, she checke,
suddenly with the recollection OF my pitt
able condition, and giving me pat on tn
cheek she wound upwith u tender "pauvr
cherie, val" and left me to myself
1t was pleasant room, with two win
dows looking out onto the river, plainl,
furnished, but with delightfully."- fresl
and wholesome look about IT, due perhap
to the whiteness Of the linen, the musl'i
curtains and the extreme neatneSs ami
cleanliness of everything. Tarss had givti
It up to me, removing the things he needed
to the garnet overhead while / was on
spending his money The only thing q
had overlooked was u revolver hanging ui
the wall over the head OF the bedsttad
With eager delight unpacked the thing
and spread them out to advantage Then
impelled by an intense feeling Of gratitude
rushed down stairs to fetch Taras that b
might share my Joy in LOOKING at them
He was not ~
Cro be continually