Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-10-14
A BOX OF BONBONS.


Il wish, dear, I could ask you to sta.
and spend the day, but dare not. I'm
too much of stranger here to tak'
any Hberties.''
ooh, [ shouldn't expect i'll" saiC
Eleanor, looking around at the decor
ated ceilings, pale blue silk draperie'
and lovely bits of landscapes on the
walls. 81 know exactly how you're
situated, Milly. But can't you come
shopping with me? Bob has give1
me some cash to buy a new
gown with, and there are some of the
sweetest blue ginghams at Tuck &
Nipp's.
Miss Kasson shook her head.
''Impossible!o said she. "You see
the family have gone to Darlington to
a funeral, and I'm left in charge. And
you don't know, she added, with a
comical little pursuing up of the lips,
Chow afraid [ am Of Mrs. Yerkes, the
housekeeper, or how my heart beats
when [ feel myself compelled to give
an order to the butler"
1T wish I were you'll" cried Eleanor.
cit would be such a fun!"
cone hardly knows" sighed Miri-
am, "whether one is lady or a
servant'
"Oh, there can't be much doubt of
that" said Eleanor. "Look at your
self in the mirror, dear. Wouldn't
you say that you beheld a princess in
Nonsense. But at least let me get
you glass Of cool water, Nell, you
look SO flushed with your long walk"
She slipped away, while Eleanor be-
guiled the time of her absence by
survey of herself in the
mirror.
eyes, it was no unsatisfactory view
"a dimpled, rosy young Venus, with
sparkling hazel eyes, red lips, and
complexion of purest pink and white.
And then, good gracious? one Of the
ribbon loops of her airy summer
dress had come loose. She looked
around for pin to repair
the damages, but no pin was to be
seen.
They're in the bureau drawer"
she said to herself. chilly was always
too distressingly neat for anything.
Oh, here they are!" grasping a paper
Of pins. "And here, too-oh, the de-
icious little glutton!-here's box of
chocolate caramels, tied with pink
ribbons. I'll teach her to hide her
3weeties away from me! How she
will stare when she finds them gone"
1t was the act of a moment to whisk
he bonbon box into her shopping bag
md appear deeply absorbed in repair
ng the damages to her wardrobe
when Miss KassOn came in, bringing
L glass of water and some fancy bis
quits on a Japanese tray.
By the the time she reached the cell
eDrated emporium of Messrs. Tuck &
Nipp the ''bargains" in blue ginghams
we're gone, and nothing remained eft
10 be seen" at any price to which she
could venture, to aspile, and SO she
'etook herself sorrowfully to the
pretty fiat which she called home.
And none too soon, for a telegram
waited her there, announcing that
Ter mother was i'll, and it was neces
'ary for her to go to her at once.
At the end Of two weeks she
brought her mother home nearly re-
covered.
Little Sarah, the youngest sister, re-
,eived her joyfully.
"It's been so lonesome without you,
Ne1,' she said. ''I've kept house
beautifully, only Biddy has scorched
he oatmeal every morning, and the
coffee hasn't tasted quite right, and
Bob has been SO busy he couldn't find
lime to go walking with me-"
"Busy!" satirically echoed Eleanor.
''Oh, but he really was! He's got a
'eal case, Bob has, and it's awful in
jeresting too. The judge assigned it
10 him because the defendant-I think
hats the proper law phrase''-with
| pretty little wrinkle of the eyebrows
-"hadn't any means to provide one
or herself And she's ever so pretty,
Bob says, and he's quite sure she isn't
guilty, and won't it be strange''-
lestling her curly head against her
Mothers shouIder-'sif Bob should fall
n love with his client?''
Eleanor looked distressed.
"Mother," said she, didn't I tell you
What would come of your allowing
sarah to read so many novels? In
owe indeed! Most likely the woman
s an adventuress.'
"All the same," persisted Sarah,
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