The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-06-18
A TALE OF A SALE.

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"a 81 RS. MASON Is what we call In
iNNl in our village "a character,
OoS and as such l dearly love
clat with her when she is In the hui
NOR to be drawn out. The other al
ternoon | called to remind her of the
annual rummage sale She is a regu-
lar purchaser but pridlng herself on
possession of judicial mind, she does
not feel at all called upon TO approve
In the abstract of Institutions In whose
benefits she is quite ready to partiei-
pate
"Roomage sales? | don't hold with
EN-! | call 1t a-nisultln' of the Al
mighty, the gentry Offering Him their
cast-off clothes and what not" she
said tartly. "Teek my word for T.,
the gentry gets their fun out o them
sales same as bazars. and times they
gets the best bargains, too
Il don't see how that can be- | said;
''the gentry don't buy at rummage
sales"
Don't they?' she chuckled. much
you know about 1t. The best bargain
ever | seed was got at Il rummage
sale. Sit zee down. and donnut fidget
F wi yer chair, and I'll tell ZEE how 1t
cum about Twas worth half-a-soy-
erelgn to me.
81 was slip of girl. In sarvice at
Squoire Hargreayes, at the hall Well,
they had guyerness there for the
children; tall, handsome lass she was,
as proud as If she was duchess.
Her father had been what they call
a millionaire, but he lost all his money,
and the daughter, who had been 10
college and was great schollard, went
out to help earn living for the family
BEFORE that she'd been engaged to be
married, but II was broken off when her
father lost his money.
well, one day | was cleaning the
outside windows of the schoolroom
when Mrs. Hargreayes comes IN, and
Miss Alwyn,' says she, 1 want you tc
help the wears daughter, Miss Rogers
at the roomage sale So Miss Alwyr
said she would
ION the days of the sale, Mary. the
housemald told me she'd asked Miss
Alwyn for any of her old things to send
TO the parish hall. Miss Alwyn just
looked up, and said:
livery well, Mary, you can take
what's hanging ON the end peg IN my
room; have nothing else | coull
spare"
There was pink frock MS fttee
Mary and lavender muslin gown.
MARY | said, there's a mistake
Miss Alwyn's always kept that put b,
so careful in her drawer, with spric,
of rosemary between; she don't meal
that
"But Mary wouldn't listen. Shed Sc
her heart on the lavender gown an,
+ took 1t down to the parish hall herself
: for we two servants had holiday 70
, the afternoon.
MARY took the dresses to Miss Rop
ers' stall and got them priced. Sh
. bought the pink one, but the lavende
was too dear. 1 can't think SAYS Mis-
! Rogers how anyone comes to send II
= II S quite Il L uiioitH cTtullOD.
. 'There was a Mr.. Bartram as wo
staying with the vicar standing by. an
, he laughed. Let's see the creation h
said; and then he looked startled
Where did that come from? he say,
shortlike; and Miss Rogers said 'fror
> Mrs. Hargreaves.' 'Hargreayesl | don
; know such name! But 1t ls--it mus
be the same gownr he muttered. The
| knew that he was Miss Alwyn's fol
! mer young gentleman and what Mar
had done.
"Alr. Bartram tried to turn off all til
seriousness of the joke. Look here!' Il
II says, that's too smart gown for yot
6 village folk In the interests of par,
chlal morality, | want to buy It!
a $50 he paid the price aud went 0
q without seeing the other stalls
presently Miss Rogers. as was kee'
ing the stall, wanted to go away Il
something, and asked me TO keep q
/ eve on things. Miss Alwan had 50
: her lot, and came round 10 see how v
was gettin' on.
N an a moment she catches sight
the gown, and-'Oh" she CRIES. n