Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-02
Gabrielle
Easter.
By OLIVE HILL.
Copyright, 1907. by Hamilton Musk.

freSner and more Sprlngllke
than Nine. Louise's imported
bonnets and hats, which had
just arrived from Paris and were being
tnpacked amid the admiring exclama-
tons of the employees of her establish
ment.
Nine. Louise was a fashionable milli-
ner. Her models came direct from
Paris, and her loyal patrons believed
that the skillful fingers Of her work
women often improved upon the origi-
nails, but if you wanted bargains or If
your purse was a limited one Nine.
Louise's establishment was the last
place to visit.
you say l ask too moche," madame
said n day to a customer, "but made
| moiselle should remember it is not re
| velvet nor re ribbons nor re plumes
| what make re cost. 1t is re cachet, ze
style, you can find nowhere else in re
city. If mademoiselle can get dat
| cheap, eh bien, so much &c bettaire for
her"
Among the importations which were
not to be made visible to the public eye
until the week before Easter was n
| superlatively charming hat. 1t was of
| cream point lace, with a kind of yelled
| suggestion of the tender green of
spring verdure, and was trimmed with
a dropping spray of exquisite lilacs. 1t
was a hat for a beautiful young blond.
"Ah, but la petite Rose Lambert
must buy dat hiatt" madame exclaim-
ed, clasping her hands and gazing with
adoring eyes at the hat. "Vid her skin
so white and rose, her eyes like re blue
sky and her smiling mouth she will be
%sharming"
"Ah, yes, and her father is rich,
rich" said Miss Stoll, the forewoman,
and he denies her nothing! You will
not ask less than thirty for this hat.
madame!'
"Forty dollars" madame said deci-
sively. ut cost me ten in Paris, and
it was a bargain. Look! Real lace and
re flowers. If we make not a leetle
profit on III confections, how will re
business keep up? La petite Lambert
will give re price, and she will be re
grand advertisement for re style. Or
derS will come in from re light and re
dark. from re ugly and re pretty. She
will look SO lovely dat dey will all tinl
it is re hat dat makes beautiful"
Among the workwomen who were
admiring the new hat was one to whom
it would have been quite as becoming
as to the young lady for whom it was
intended. Gabrille de Kernion had the
same rose leaf skin and wavy golden
hair, though her eyes were dark gray
instead of blue, and her eyebrows and
lashes We're nearly black. She was a
beautiful girl and Il De Kernion with
all the stately grace of her decayed
aristocratic line.
But what use had a poor working
girl for aristocratic ancestry? Such
questions as that many of the creoles
of Louisiana have put aside in thei1
praiseworthy efforts to make a bare
living. The affairs of the De Kernions
had gone from bad to worse until the
last descendant of the line had gone t.
work for meager wages to keep herself
and her widowed mother from starry.
ing.
Certainly they were quite near star
walton for a long time before Nine. de
Kernion could make up her mind tx
consent to Gabrielle seeking outside
employment. The work at home would
be we'll enough. for the girl would no
be exposed to the contamination OF
coarse associates. but such work could
! not be found, and poverty is a peremp
tory master who does not always leave
it to n to decide where he shall make