Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-03-13
but wears long dress for the first

but wears long dress for the first
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The hopes and fears, the anxieties
and 1ongings connected with that gar
ment, no pen can describe. Since the
moment when she heard that Lady
Letchford had included her-specially
included her-in the invitation, Car
ries thoughts have centered in long
dress. Hitherto her skirts have rare
| " touched the ground, leaving 'her lit
! tie feet and ankles neat to the rude
gaze of cold, unfeeling world. Even
now it is not what Mr.. Worth would
call long dress-is not like Mays,
for instance, that drags a fantail of
cashmere and silk behind it; but it
covers the Objectionable boots, touches
the ground, indeed, and Carries soul
is filled with ineffable satisfaction.
walk right around me, please"
| she entreats.
And May turns from the glass, be-
fore which she is fastening her neck
let, and laughingly complies.
Gall right, my dear Child she says;
you look pretty enough to hang on
| Christmas-tree!"
ooh, May" demonstrates Carrie,
not quite satisfied by this general ex-
preston of approval. "But are you
sure / am all right? l wouldn't have
anything wrong for the world tonight
Certainly not! 1t would never do"
acquiesces May. Certainly not-that
would never do The rising hope
and promise of our illustrious house
Nov, May you are making fun OF
me again
Never mind, DEAR says May; "I'll
be serious, child You look--ahem!
Yes, you are all right, Carrie, at
every point of vantage; and you look
woman"
Really, May?"
Really assents May; though why
that should give you any pleasure
can't conceive. How times changes us!
In a few, how very few years! the
most graceful compliment in your ears
will be to hear that you look like a
girl
''You haven't reached that period
yet, anyhow. You don't look woman
quite"
'sMy dear, / am an old-old woman"
says May, gravely. cat least" says
house of Dalton, and if it knew tit
is on its trial tonight"
"Will it be very dreadful?" asks
| Carrie Sometimes | feel quite afraid
at the thought of sitting down beside
Lady Letchford and having to talk to
her-and Miss Vavasour too"
81 rather fancy my Lady Letchford
will do all the talking and Miss Vava-
sour will not be particularly anxious
| to draw upon yOur-Or my-stOck OF
J conversation, Carrie. Will it be dread
full? I don't know. I rather expect
it will. I feel like the man in the
fable who was asked out to dine with
the beasts of the forest? They may
dine on me, but, on the other hand,
they may not They don't in the fable.
you know"
1'You don't look very afraid" says
carrie eff they dislike us SO much
why did they ask us?" she asks,
shrewdly.
"Ah why, indeed" says May; "that
is what is puzzling me. Why has Lady
Letchford, who has been so near
sighted as to ignore our existence for
two years, suddenly regained the use
of her visual organs, and employed
them in our behalf?"
"It is you," says Carrie. cit is you,
May, of course. She was introduced
to you at the ball, and"
'Was smitten with remorse, no
doubt No, that will scarcely do, Car
RE. ! don't think it's much use
guessing
perhaps it was Sir Heron who told
her to call and invite us. At any rate"
concluded Carrie, hopefully, 1--WE shall
have a friend in him, that's one con-
ISOLATION"
Rather an underground one" says
May, concisely, unless a cold bath
in the Thames in October is condu-
Give to the growth of friendship. But
no matter We shall soon know who
are our friends and who are our
enemies-now there goes seven
o'clock and there goes papa. Why
does he always walk up and down the
i hall when he is waiting, like senti-
mel at the Horse Guards? Where's
your shawl, child? Yes, Hortense,
we are quite ready"
/ To be continued.