The Princeton union., 1896-12-03
plans must come to naught. His 81. hoDesI s

plans must come to naught. His hopes
3isplayed linn fairly. tsssSS
ou see, 1t does not put You iii a;l
lbOX either way, madam, 4, '' said he, with
his pretty pucker and 4 charming en-
4 phasis Of distinction upon the name
1 always SO delighting to the modiste,
4 who had been In Paris for a short time,
as waiting maid, with q rich Montreal
4 lady, and VINO expected the fact stoS
throw glanlor of eminence about her
i forever. y
i ssI am expected to keep the thing from
i the ears of the gossips, and to speak
I5only when the right moment comes ~
Exactly And now here is the ma
terial, said Caliste, breaking the cords
of certain large parcels he had carried
under cover of the darkness to the
house Of the modiste E
When the wonderful contents OF the
1 parcels were poured forth upon the
i table the little mOdiste opened her
leyes very wide and suppressed, with
nice tact, an exclamation of amaze-s
ment. Mounds of silks and satins,
/ cOlored like the rainbow; cascades of
lace, of the subtrest design; rifamlnes
E1of ribbon ,of varied, exquisite hues,
| like the darting fringes of the North
sern lights. We're tumbled upon the lit
! tie table until it fairly seemed to- groan
with this weight of opulence Visions
/ of her brief arisisIl days came to mad
4 ame as she muttered, in an llnguarded
moment, What grand deurY' followed
! very quickly by, Much as we have
seen in Paris.
She could not suppress a smile. how
i ever, looking upon the poor little pile
nf 001o1 csf1 -
brought Well, the two gowns were
/ made; one by an assistant, so it would
be. Intentionally, very crude1y done;
the other by Dame la Rue herself, in
strict s.s.o... and with infinite pains.
Jaquette came once or twice to be fit.
ted, and it was the common one which
VAS tried on her; although at the same
4 lime the little modista's mind was
4 bnsily engaged with secretly taking
i dimensions for the other
At last! 1t was the Saturday af ter
8 noon previous to the Sunday appoint
4 ed for the publication Of the bans.
4 land two days before the day set for
3 the wedding. Dece had been unusual
i " Indifferent (if the truth were. knowll.5
! in his great joy he had imbibed too
4 freely, and was ofteRtimes ashamed to
i show himself before his 1ianceel, and
a Jaquette was very sick at heart er
it all. The dear. dear father, she
1 thought, how kind. how good he had
been. making her handsome presents,
sending her such lovely flowers! No
&, doubt it was beca,.se be observed Deco
1 was not showing her that attention
(which was due her-the dear man!
The entrance of Daue Ia Rue inlcr-
supted this reverie She had dismissed
a icj,, ,1at C4& y At.
s whiteWashed cabin and labored into
the room under a very tower Of hun
y dies. Jaquette could not understand
why there were SC, many. So. in a lit
i tie while, the blide-elect was invested
i in her bridal gOWn--the common one
q She fairly groaned with uneasiness.
4 1t was all aWry-oh! and her heart
sank with disgust and dread-What a
Wretched, detestable thing! She could
never think of wearing it. Yet-and
here her mind eased a little-the we'd
ding would be very quiet; very few
4 would see it. That was good The
little mother came in ssss @ .:as IS:
'kien!! | like my hilssy's pride 3,
said she. ''Too good for the like of
her, it is! Madame, too good. You
that's been in Paris ought to know
Then said Dame La RE, perfectly s
collected, and gravely giving into the
girls hands the other bundles:
Try this on. Nam 'selle.''
E Jaquette went into the little room
again. and returned presently. radiant
with JOY as q rose, ARA yed like Solo
mons wife in all her glory had not
been. #E$g
What does it mean. Madame?' she
said, in an ecstacy of delight Where
{ did you get il?
.You shall know presently, z was all
she said
Then Jaquctte commenced to pace
+ up and down the room in {; maze Of
emotions. $50 perfect! So beautiful!
So heavenlyr she cried, in delirium
of pride and joy, and the little mother
looking on with her mouth agape like
a mouse trap.
Outside the cabin door stood Caliste,
snugly attired, Il rose in the button
hole of his brave new coat, another
a long-stemmed nodding favor-in his
fingers; nice as a verger with his white
wand. yet with an expression of pa
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