Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-12-11
extravagant taste In dress that leads
her to wear silks and satins. l over
,oo,-od tho foot that Won have DfanO

the piano was loaned her by the maker.
Then she made you put in a tele-,
phone, and her extravaganza about
concert tickets is something shocking.
James, there are hundreds OF concert
programmes In her room and even
tickets that she purchased and did not
use. They cost 81 and So piece:
"All that | could stand-though such
an extravagant woman never Will get
a chance to waste my money as she
has yours-but today l insisted on 60
Ing downstairs after my mail, in spite
of her protest, and there in the box
was a letter addressed to some one
else. Your wife blushed when l hand
ed It to her, but later l saw her read
ing 1t, and later still heard her at the
telephone telling Signor Marascreck
that she had his letter and would come
right down.
james, that shameless woman is
meeting strange men, and you know
what those foreigners are, and she Is
getting letters addressed to an alias. 1t
Is Dorothy Chappelle. II you want to
get divorce, will pay all expenses,
but not penny Of my money shall you
have otherwise"
Miss Boxley settled back in her seat
with a determined nod that made the
plumes on her hat dance vigorously.
Jimmie lay back in his seat and choked
with laughter. Miss Boxley. supposing
1t to be Mysteries, regarded him pity
ingly.
1T is all Dolly's fault" explained
Jimmie at last. "She was afraid that
you might be prejudiced against her
profession, and she wanted to win your
affection before we told you. Auntie.
do you know that Dolly would love to
own some Bingham dresses. but that
| she can't afford them?'
"She might sell the piano" suggest,
ed Miss Boxley. with sniff.
"But that is only loaned" explained
Jimmie Here's the way 1t goes. Dol
| " is concert singer and teacher. She
has no pupils through the summer. sc
she closed her studio and had the
piano moved over to the fat. 1t Is
loaned by the makers, and she pays
for it by recommending it to her pu
! pills. Her work also explains the con
cert tickets. The singers send her tick
cts free and are only too glad to have
people like us come and lead the ap
plause."
And the dresses? They are alss
loansT
Mot much! They were given to he
by rich women who love to patroniZ'
struggling artists. but they give he
only evening gowns. Dolly has on
good street dress, but in the house sh'
feels she ought to wear out this hal
worn inery She can't afford to Civ
the dresses away, and they would no
bring dollar apiece secondhand Yo'
see we are paying for little home IL
the country, and every penny goes int
that fund.
THAT Is why we hive so cheaply AM
that is why Dolly Is trying to get
steady appointment at the conserva
tory The fact that Marascheck sen
for her argues that she has landed Il
1t is good news, Aunt Adra, not BAG
that you bring me. But to think tina
you have accused poor Dolly of wear
ing frivolous clothes when she loathe
her glad rags as she does"
Jimmie went off into another gale Q
laughter. then sobered down to tell tn
, sacrifices they had made to earn
home that should be their very owl
; When he had finished. the old lady
eyes were suspiciously moist. and a
they rose to go she looked at hir
:. pleadlngly.
You will forgive a meddling oil
fool. won't you, Jimmie?" she pleaded
and Jimmie kissed her twice-once /
,, token of forgiveness and once for til
title Jimmie"
/ That night as he let himself into til
tiny fat he found the two women POI
Ing over samples and fashion sheetl
Aunt Adfa was sitting in the MORT
chair. and Dolly was perched on II
arm. the brown head against the'g ra,
Miss Bo1ley looked up, with a smil,
as Dolly few to greet her husband.
. After this she said drylv, mis-
-. Dorothy Chappelle Is still going I
wear silks and satins. but Dolly Boz
. ley is selecting what she wants for he
- home use. 1t is my treat and my apo
. ogy."