Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-01-17

views about the matter, and was quite
equal to carrying these out. She had
no intention that her mountain heiress
should go without the experience she
deemed suitable and necessary, as we'll
as the pleasures and pastimes enjoy-
able at her age. Happily, Geraldine
was not by nature one whom the gilt
ter and fume of fashionable life was
likely to impress. Not only was she
of too sincere and simple a disposition.
but joined to granny's early example,
she had had of later years the inesti-
mable advantage Of beholding in the
person of her beloved instructress,
humble unobtrusive piety acting upon
the daily life, a lesson all involuntarily
learnt, and now her chieftest safe
guard. Miss Carunna was now, as was
not surprising, friend, counselor, and
indispensable companion-and accord
ingly on the May-day with which this
chapter opens, who so busy as Miss
Corunna about the all-important affair,
and the decking of the fair debutaute?
Every one, high and low, indeed,
wanted to have finger in the pie.
The nurse who had cherished her
nesting through every stage of child
hood. and girlhood- grannys maid,
who, intent on instructing and remem-
bering, yet Numbered sadly among new
fashions and new follies = the old butler
who ran off | Ike a boy to the nursery
mans, in terror lest the bouquets, the
scarlet and cream one for the old lady,
and the pure white for Geraldine
should not arrive before the hour APP
ho
the hall-doOr for monsieur, the hair
dresser, to enter, ere that very fine
parsonage could descend from his ham
som, bag in hand-down to every
housemald and scullery-maid in the
establishment, who, aband oning their
work for the nonce, giggled over the
top of the stairs as eleven o'clock APP
preached.
And then at the very last moment,
what should have been the last mo-
ment, came the terrible discovery that
Geraldine had no fan.
The fan of white plumes which
should have matched those in her hair
had been forgotten, and If Miss Cor
unna, all as she was, did not catch up
hat, and spin rolnd the corner like u
whlrlWlnd, returning with the sane in
less than no time, triumphant
Then came such a displaying and
spreading OF trains, and showing Of
accOutreme to the DELIGHTED house
ho-d who could never look nor wonder,
nor admire enough.
Granny said they really should be
late, and was almost inclined to be a
little put out, when it WAS proved that
she was SO completely wrong that they
were among the very earliest on the
line OF carriages. G, amy was sure
that in her day people had been wont
to set off earlier, and hoped that there
was no falling off in the attendance on
Her Majesty's drawing-rooms: she
would have Teen sorry, very sorry, to
have witnessed any oiminution Of their
ancient splendor. and so on.
The dear old lady was soon consoled.
That there was no falling off, and no
curtailment, was obvious in a very
short period, and she could then sit
proudly up. and gaze upon the fair
young face opposite with little thrills
of fond emotion and anticipation, such
as from time to time brought the quiet
tear into either eye.
Granny was looking beautiful her.
self.
Her train of black satin, lined with
some old, ola brocade. rich and rust
ling, such as the little Court dress
maker had seldom seen Or handled be-
fore, and which made her little eyes
twinkle now. was such as suited her
stately, queen-ihe presence; AMI al
though our gracious Queen does for bid
high necks and long sleeves on these
occasions, granny had contrived SO to
befrill and berutfe herself that the
poor dear old wrinkles were quite in
visible beneath the soft folds. and
were. indeed, as complete y out ofsight
as though they had never been.
All her ancient diamonds and some
OF Geraldine's too, for Jerry would
wear none of them-looked brave in
granny silvery hair.
Jerry had contented herself wit.
single row OF milky pearls round her
white throat, than which, indeed,
nothing co I'D have looked more soft
and tender, so that even granny had
not had the heart nor conscience to
press the diamonds back upon her,
even while she had hardly felt it fair
to shine herself in borrowed splendor.
But to be sure, Geraldine shone un
aided. She looked such a fresh, brj ght,
rad ant young thing in her simple
White. with no adornments save the
string of pearls. that in the partial
eyes SO proudly lent upon her, it
seemed there would not, could not be
g. faiqer rosebud blown that day.
TO BE CONTINUED.