The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-04-06

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We were poorr'
''I d rather be poor than be prig, any
day, retorted Stella You We said
yourself that it isn't anything to be grad
uated from the grammar school Then,
If its nothing, why should care what
wear?
"Oh, | said that when | was mad,
guess, returned Maude, looking ashamed
of herself. Il thought it was something
when | was graduated, and it is. You
must have your dress; and besides, there
is 50 little to do on it that the time saved
wouldn't count much on mine. You re
Just like mother, Stella. You give up
anything to make somebody else happy.
"Well, I'd rather feel comfortable in
side than to have something fine outside,
if couldu have both, commented Stel-
Ia, as she pulled the mattress over.
After Stella had gone downstairs Maude
slipped her white dress out of the box and
looked at it. She had to admit that it was
as nice a gown as a sixteen year old girl
need wish, even for a garden party where
her best friend Harvard cousin was to be
the lion. Maude wished the dress didn
look Sc pretty and fresh
Ail in the world it needed was thor
ough pressing, and she could do that her
self. She looked at the sample of orgaudy
pinned on her cushion. It was delicate
green ground, sprinkled with pale pink
rosebuds and dainty green sprays. How
cool and refreshing a gown made of that
would look Emily was to have pale pink
organdy. 1t was no use. Maude eouldn
give it up. No, she Wouldn't
"Good-by, mother, called Maude,
when she was ready for school II m off
now. Are you going down town to buy
my organdy this afternoon
Yes, dear, mother called back, cheer
fully. II expect to. III leave your
dinner on the stove. You know where to
find the keyr'
Yes, in the same place, returned
Maude Well, good by. She did not
70 out to the kitchen to kiss her mother
good by. But then she didu't always do
that now that she was in the high school.
Mother didn't seem to mind A, least
she never said anything
Maude school kept until two o clock,
aud the family had dinner at noon
Maude' dinner. was always saved hot, and
It her mother had to 20 cut, the door key
was left IN secret place, Today. how.
ever, Msule surprised the family by walk
,ng in while they were a, dinner To their
exclamAtiou- she said, smihngly, that she
had very important matter to attend To,
and she had been excused early. She
wens 90 the closet and got her plate and
knife aud fork aud took her place AT the
table Her father booked a, her curious
y, as he helped her to the baked fish
You look tremendously happy about
something, Maade he said what Is
i2 Have You had 4 cAblg,r4m that his
royal highncSs. the Prince Of Wales, Is
coming to tia, wonderful garden party
oh, NJ, laughed Maude, some
thing better than that, father. MoIher,
hos many yards og ,ha, organdy we're you
going To buyt
oh. that : it, Well, thought would
make twelve yards do, replied mother
Ba, do you think you ought to have
been excused for thal2 Coulin't you
trust me-
"Twelye yards, At thirty and
half cents yard, went on Maude;
how much is that, grammar school girlg'
-Four dollars aul tifty ceuis, answered
Stella, promptly
That doesn count HnlngS, or ribbon,
or lace, pursued Msude. "Now, III
tell YOU There l. perfectly stunning
walking has in jfuFinda' window, for
three dollars aud half know, because
pTic,>d it. want mother TO buy that
bat and new pair Of gloves with the or
CANDY money and 70 to the reunion. |
planned it all out. this morning, in school,
and | told Miss French about 1t a, recess,
wheu she asked me why failed in my
reciia,ions. She said 1t was the thing to
Do, to 10 in for mothers good time, and
iha, she would let me 20 home at twelve
o. clock tn accomplish it. '
That's something ike her mother
girl exclaimed Mr. Sanderson
II u sorry said those mean things to
YOU, this morning, Maude, said Stella.
There we're tears in mother eyes as
she left her seat and went round to Maude,
Thank you, dear, she said, tendeEly,
as she kissed her This means more to
mother than the reunion.
1T means more to me than the organ
dy, returned Mauie, heartily. 1T
means that L We found out that | have
been a selfish daughter to You, mother. |
guess you can be ss glad as am that |
have found il out.