The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-02-03

Three q tho hosr1ers gong 10 leave III
utet tie bill for Der ma,io lessons iiiiee'
dollsts moro'p expect, snd suoh 10
Tor nv l.vtudsr bk cant 30 u, apl
hos, She'll j1,i have 10 pu. up ~ii
her cashmere Land she, lucsy to bss'
tbst Ia ttoushl w@ msde, Il d haS
d sucb pretty dress shen s.s ber sss.
10 splte Of befssit, bowever she i'l
mueh upset She knes 80 veil th'
usiatal scomtar.A sirl feels whrn she u
iasppropua,ey dressed. II che not en-
. iered real agony, macy times 10 bsr younf
. NE, because .he could beyer dfess like
her caupat iusf
Well cAnt help ii, she said to her
sell impslienlly, There siu', time to get
thing ready, even II could manage
the money
Ani she began to put away her own
new dress. She tluost huished folding
the drspeiies. when she stopped short.
a1d dropped the dress upon the bed.
csn't DO u, she said aloud, emulous
ly. Foi forty yeas I've actually hunger
ed and tbrs,ed for sn evening dress.
And now / We go, it, it is too much to ask
a long suffering ssitt TO give il up TO some
body else. And | slnt = saint. Nor
don't want to be eth 7, she continued,
/ somewh hat beligerently; never did have
any opinion OF people who made a busl
ness OF being pious, It's bad enough to
/ DO things you have to. without skltmisb
log round hunting up land knows what
Sell sactifce is very we'll but there is
| such thing as sacrificing ones self TIL
you make pigs OF other people | amt
gong to bring Hattie mp to think she's
got to have the beet OF everything, no
matter II 60 without,
Miss Perkins shook her head victorious
ly, aud went on folding her dress, Pretty
soon, however, she stopped, and again be
gan her audible sell comm7uiugs.
Poor child 'Tls mean. She ought 10
be dressed somes here near right MIR. |
Llmonei said II she pleas d the audience.
he'd no doubt she would get some pupils,
Aud people are such born fools, they let
dress count good deal. AMI | s'poss
could wear my black silk. 'Fwont real
ls be ont OF place. Don't make any differ
ence s'pose. if woman OF ffty five amt
dressed up to kill
Here she sighed volu miuously. 1t did
make such difference to heri
Vonr re vain Old woman, she said scorn
fully TO her disappointed face in the mir
ror. Id like to know who you think is
going to look at you, anyway You amt
to be put up on platform, for a crowd of
people to stare at and cri,icise. But oh
dear and 10 the midst OF her words, poor
Miss Luella broke down completely. and
had what she afterwards called "A regular
house cleaning cry. Swopt away ell the
cohwebs, and clesDed ont the dusty corn
ers better any patent scrubbers ever
used.
She said nothing to Hattie. however.
Tor, as she told her discreet conhdant in
the looking elass, She's got chsnce here.
o. If she t kes hold OF it the right .
way. she's worth the silk Dress II she
lon't well. We II see. ,
so she watched ber nece carefully, and ,
With growing triumph. Once in q while
ihe thought she detected certain wistful |
less in the girls face, but that's oil. ,
cheerful aud interested as ever in oil
,bout her, Hattie never even told her amt ;
hat che wished she could be better dress
,d for the concert Once Miss Perkins ,
Inestioned her bit.
II your concert il in the evening. she
aid tel ,iively, won't the girls dress up
,ood deal?
Well sci Hattie slowly, tLiuk they
lsy,
! si' then, could afford to get you
Dttt,r gown, child. {
You're dear aunt to think OF it, answer
ID the girl gratefully. Bat you know Z
'ou can't, and, suywsy, guess I'm not 9
90 pond to wear that nice brown cash
mere. J
Miss Perkins fee eowed. and she i
tarted impulsiyely to say something, but 4
ns cad only chuckled softly Il
The reception at her ministers was to be
N Monday evening. When the time a
'sme for ber to dress she refused sll Hat p
les offers OF assistance. and locked ber q
eli Ito her room alone. Three quarters p
4 sn hour later, handsome woman 10 @
black, courtesied graciously before Hattie, d
nd said soberly, How do you like your
,lackbird suulf q
What in the world exclaimed her niece u
Then, before Mise Perkins could answer g
)b but bow pretty you lock, Aunt Luel v
o. 90
Miss Perkins smiled Il tie gtimly. Il
Well, | concluded an old woman like b
n hen it came to putting on that light n
nd. coudp't mske mp my mind TO it o.
4 sde me feel 81 il Ia have TO be intro v
uced TO myself cI
MY said Hstlis With 80 unsuspicious II
ug, you don't know bow clad ! am Il
'on look ever so much bitter ir ibis than b
D the lavender
Miss Perkins gave grnnt. To be snre Ii
he dld not vsut Hattie TO realize the sac II
itice she was msking Y,t she felt lit ct
e indignant st the girls msnner. "
Just as II, she sal to hers II. it was for 81
" good iuttrsd OF hers 81