The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-03-28
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THE CONFISCATED VEIL.

THE CONFISCATED VEIL.
BY JEANNETTE II. wALwoRTH.
Eudora Simms recognized crisis in her
affairs. She looked at the empty store
room and then she looked at her niece
Ruby. The one suggested starvation, the
other opulence-the opulence of youth
and beauty and hopes spring tide of glad
ness
Miss Eudora sighed She was too old
to ride seven miles into the town on horse
back. Ruby was too young. Between
these two extremes of impIacticability re
mained the stubborn fact of an exacting
but well beloved invalid lying in state up
stairs under her best silk elder quilt. Her
invalid was a wounded soldier, and neither
the earth beneath nor the heavens above
could furnish things quite good enough for
him in Miss Eudora estimation. Above
all things, he was TO be kept in profound
Ignorance Of the pitiful little uakerhiits Of
wartimes
Ruby was engaged in plating herself a
straw hat from the swamp palmetto
When she should have completed the plalt-
Ing aud sewn. of her hat, she would dec
orate il with 4 white crane wing, pro
vided she could find sombody to shoot the
crane for her. When she aud her crane
wing appeared in public, she hoped to
strike all her slrl friends dumb with envy.
In the meanwhile she plated iudus;riously
and poudered the feasibility Of making
herself uew basque irum a remnant OF
b,,Iiicking she had found in the linen clos
ct. II i historically true that Solomon IN
all his glory never vas nor ever could have
desired To be arrayed as southern war girls
were
CHANGING up she caught Miss Eadora
con,empla,iye glance She did no' know
tha, behind the glance va, the uuuttercd
wish that she va Old and ugly instead Of
Young aaI bewilderingly pretty, Or she
would M, have smiled 50 sweetly as she
asked
Wei. what i i, now, Aunt podo q:
You lock as il your Jas, hour bad come.
Miss Euaoso turned the empty tea eaddy
traeicaIly towarl her The last tea leaf
has oaae
Wei. sassafras bushes We have always
With a..
Not for him.
The girl lifted her brows aud sighed
ye,ulau,ly "No2 Is he never TO share
cur anxis.i,.s and pTiyaSions
Not If / can help it. said Miss Eudora
srmly. adding leps firmly. II shall ride
into ,own thi, morning and se, an oryier
irum General Gresham For the su,leT 5
..orr had hoped never to come to
that
What will you ride Aunt Do
Ms. Eudora guailed The girl taun'
! ins snil, restored her resolution. '.NiNenr
at course. She j. the only four footed
thing left Us
There sill be une two footed thing
I he's. ia the world If you Do, said Ruby,
wi,h heartle-s composare, a. she eoiled her
| aaishgj plaG in comPaet roll. 4 wilI
~ saddle her ior you.
Ms. Eadora VAS trembhnsly arraying
herself ia her an,iquated riding habit when
she girl e.nt.-rei up TO the dsos fuliy
| equipped for the expedition.
II am ready, aautie. Are yoa surs
there Is nothing ou your ll-t that can give
aid OF confer, To the enemy ?
But, Ruby -
II sou please. Aunt D,'io, We viii not
waste daylight over argument. Ii i who
am going. and no, you would NOT let
/ YOU nj your precious old neck on Vixen
I for untold sums Of money real money
mean
One glance at Vixen re>tlessly corve'.
! ing al over the violet beds deeided
Mis-, Eudura. She hastily extended d
small leather bag Il ye put your christ
/ euins cup aud half dozen silver fork
init. After you get the geueral permit
| yon can dispose Of them TO old David
| They say he gives the best prices.
Now Aunt Do, said the girl, risin.
slightly in her s,irrups to adjust her ridin.
skirt, YOU are not to fret about me from
the time the front gate closes me cut uuri
II closes me in again. Nau are to bear II
u,ind that NV mission Is a delicate and in
tricate one. | have six miles to ride int,
town and six miles back | have TO &c
the generals august signature to my lis
of groceries. After that | mnst b'
fleeeed BY old David in the matter Of con
verting my christening cup into greenbaeks
and then shall enrich the sutler to tina
amount. But when all is said and dom
he will have his cup Of tea By, by !
Y Miss Eudora echoed her by, by,
stoutly. but as soon as Vixen flying fee
and the girls futtering skirt were wei
out Of sight she sat down on the front step
to cry. Boo, hoo-if only-boo, hoo
Ruby were freckled or pimpled or some
thing dreadful of that sort
The delicate aud intricate mission wa
carried to triumphant issue. The cid
fashioned saddlebags which Ruby ha,
flung across her saddle in collapsed con
dition bulged corpulently with the materi
allied items of Miss Eudora's list. Th
girls heart was light with sense of wei
doing. Vixen would make short work 0
the homing, and she would have lots t.
tell Aunt Dodo' about her whole day il