The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-27

sacques, having insertions of Torchon
lace, clusters Of tiny tucks, ard hem
stitched rufies. Mrs. Rycliffe express
ed her admiration.
what do you ask for themY"
when they are quite plain, twenty
five cents each, but as these have so
much work, l thought fifty would not
be too much to ask"
Weir! 1 should think that pretty
cheap. Hark!"
There was a step in the passage
without.
"That is my customer, I suppose.
She said she would call to-day. Don't
STIR"
But Mrs. Rycliffe vanished behind the
%cretonne screen that partitioned off
the oil stove and few cooking utensils
from the rest of the room. There was
n tear in the %cretonne, however, and she
saw the person who entered, a large,
ford woman, attired in a furred cloth
skirt, Il coat of many capeS, a fiaring
hat on which blackbirds bodied, and
yellow kid gloves.
"Ah! the work is done. Yes, salts
factory-quite. Really, I shall recon-
nerd you. A dollar, 1 believe. There
it is"
She tossed a coin on the table, and
took up the parcel Elsie had tel.
Mrs. Pugh." demonstrated the seam
stress, Il said 1 would make those
with only ruffles at neck ami sleeves
for the price named. These are worth
1t last fifty cents each. The sewing
Oh them has taken me q week"
Her patron turned from the door to
freeze her with Il stare.
"Ah! an impostor, l see-like all Of
your class! You make one contract,
and demand pay that was not stipulat-
ed. I shall not again employ you"
With which appalling threat she
swept away.
Little Mrs. Rycliffe came out from
behind the screen, white and trembling.
What a wicked woman, Elsie!' she
cried.
Elsie smiled family.
They are not all so unjust" she said,
trying to speak cheerily.
Dusk was closing in when Mrs Ry'
cliffe reached the house Of her niece,
a snowy, imposing house. Her mis-
tress. the servant said, was at the
matinee. Would the visitor wait? Mrs
Rycliffe sat down in a chair in a cor
her of the parlor, waited, nodded, fell
fast asleep. She was awakened by a
mans angry tones, demanding with
an oath, if he was ever to have any
supper. The next instant Medora's
voice ~adlnonished him.
You must wait. I've just got ir
from the matinee. Don't scold. ]
didn't buy my ticket out Of the grocer's
money. A woman did 81 worth Of work
for ne. 1 paid her n and had a god
time out Of the amount saved. Why
Aunt-is it Aunt Mary?'.
Mrs. Ryclifie rose with a stiff effort
She was cramped and tired.
II think it is re repli3d, dryly.
For four days was Mrs. Rycliffe thu
guest of Mrs. Pugh. And she saw
more than the interview with Elsie
to convince her she was under no obi
CATION TO give money or its ,quivalen
TO Medora. She saw an ~extravagant
ill-regulated household, where prevailed
: all manner of schemes to make a SHOW
of o~pulence, and all kinds Of petty sub
: terfuges to evade responsibility ant
!, payment of just debts. She saw a sell
ish man and woman, both devoid o
= any serlse of rectitude or honor. Whel
she announced her intention of goini
home, Medora said:
+, "As O as the weather gets a Httl
= warmer, we shall go down to Grass
| nook. and spend several months wit
you and dear John"
!. I'm afraid 1 sha'n't have room,
| the elder woman declared. "Elsi
1 Payne is coming home with me-"
"Elsie--Payne!" she repeated, blanl
: ly.
!. "Yes-you've heard of her as Elsi
|, Cameron. She's been doing some plai
sewing for you, I believe. l was ther
+, the day you called and paid for thos
sacques."
Medora was silent, understanding til
futility of explanation or excuse.
John was at the train to meet III
mother, Elsie, and the child. He klsse
his mother and the baby, and he'll
Elsie's hand Il long time.
TN glad you have come" he sait
simply. -.
A wave of the old rose-bloom ficl
a cred in her pale cheek. She looked u
e at him, thinking how handsome an
a manly he had grown.
Y Thank you," she said.
There are those who assert that ther
e is to be a wedding at Grassnook, whe
s the May flowers blow. At all event
y the quartet there is a very happy on
/ And if plaintive tales of woe no longe
i arrive from Medora, the reason is III
derstood.
IF you want to find out a thing,
k Mrs. Rycliffe says, sageiy, as she rock
e the little II to sleep, find it u you