The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-02-03
MISS LULA PERKINS, PARTY
DRESS,

,ilE dress wbieh she hsi !asl isten iror
it, m.cy soit wrapping,
ltstle uost beaatiiu, thing ever ssw
susserei Hs,ue O up. .isbiog too. hu
iou.lasv
Mn~ Lleria caught the tane 80
pranptly tofaei 20 Der uieee
II tile Eia. Gtmp. .be s,id sloElv
asIt uoath ~ be- Gnr G,e yesrs Old
Not, tha fslj vith dlsri y, tbsi YOU nee,
blab that eli a,ouad toSu. dout tc
aur ealI for suemao TO tel be- age t,
ovrrg taiy. lees she. thst poorly SD,
looks older % tbc is Bnt atty dve u
ubstfam.
She Ifo, ped iuto toekiog ch.It tut
puuelusted her remarks With rapid. ur
cesslug swings
10 sll those years | sin'i ever been 10 =
real party. aud sib't ever bal a party
dress What DO YOU think Of that, Hat
tie + lna @ M?
Hstties soft little face hushst up to
her pale so,deu hair as she said, hsven' t
either, Aunt LneII.
Yaul aui Mss Perkins sulfl d contempt
non.ly. why you amt bnl blne'eeh
years old Ito" yon expect 10 go ~
that hgef
Most slf.S' S"id ha'''e' un'ol!, pu'
surely guess 90 90 oe'o's 'heu'
Well exclaimed MISS PERKINS why "h
you pseuf
hattla looked at her fep'oson'u'y
ION KNOW, sue saia slowly "ueu
was Rolbg TO sehooi mother hau all sue
eouli DO TO k'ep me 'hete' le' S'one ufess
ing me mp ior palu"H' Aoa SINCE sue
died' VII! ---. tue sirl ohokea an" went
mp 10 the elder woman Hhd put hef sfus
around het-why' II II hA' not oeeu 'o'
you guess shonia nave oeen 'u 'oe
poorhon'e' Instead OF having 'o'e'y
nome here ana chHuoe 70 s'u"y muo'0'
Aad she pa''ei h'r Sun'S shoulder Snec
u1nstely'
Mise LuellAs lace so''eneo' out the
spoke bfntqneiy'
fooL' lou more p'y iof your Keep
you're 80 handy and comfortable around
the house | declare, dido't know how
lon efome twas before you came Bat, rs
for parties and party dresses, therss pIen |
ty chsuces for you yet And guess yon |
won't be fltty five before you get one.
You've got better s;art'n | had.
Jill WAS thirty hVe, she went on rumin
stiugly, every cent got went to help sup |
port drunssrd father There wasn't
sny extra left Tor party dresses, tell you.
Then when ne died, ! had a hard time
scrubbing along. looking srter the boys
And by that time. even II had any money
to buy p rty dresses with, l didn't hsve
any party to go TO. But three years ago,
when Uncle L lett me THIS mouse IN Dos
ton, and | moved here snc began to take
| thought I'd go around lots,
Bat, aud she sighed puzz'ed sigh,
'to1gh I've been to church regular and
oined the missionary society, somehow
hey donst seem 10 De very sociao'e Ioihs
amt bad single invitation to single
iressy thing. Most I've been TO is the
)icnics ont to Il verside 10 the summer,
md church lar TINS wlntef Qleer-
talnt the way should thi1k iolks wonld
10, guess IN glad you We gone 10 Df'
}roadman's. They seem easier TO get &c I
Iuainted with.
However, her face frightened. now that
ur minister msrrleu' Shu Is eoiuR u
i've reception IN bis new house. I've got s
chance to 90 TO real party suppose
is silly for woman OF my age, but de q
lsre, I've Just ached for beautiful party
ress, ey since ! was little chit like
on. and bad to refuse one oil the few lavi
atoms ever bad
Her ssllow face flashed, as she looked !
omewbst al olOgeticslly at the lsvendsr
ilk on the couch.
I'm glad you We got 1t, said Hattie sym
,athicslly, and yon'll look lovely in i, I
IN sure,
Put rhe glanced a little don't fully st
be dress as she spoke. Miss Luells WAS {
ot old. Of course, but the new elk seem {
a sggrestigqly youthful. As her aunt ,
Ield the gslst against her face. Hsttle's :
lear eyea suddenly saw hat The rosy Law {
pder made the ssllow face look nckiy
,reeu. and the de'isste, fuffy trimmings :
,nly emphs iz,d the wrinkles and the
ray hair.
But Miss Laella only saw that the soft, 7