Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-02-11

stone front. she Al the EAs- cSltA- /
lists tell Us that the diamond Is the |
hardest substance known. Their mis-
take. I.audlatiles know Of compound
beside whi-h the diamond is as putty.
They pack il in the tips Of gas burn
ers. aud one may stand ON chair and
dig AT il in vain until ones fingers are
pink and bruised. \ hairpin will not
remove il: therefore let US call IL i'm
movable.
So Dulcie lit the gas. In its one
fourth csndle power glow We Will OBJ
serve the room.
Couch bed dresser. table. washstand.
CHARIOT this much the landlady was
guilty. The rest was Dulcie's.
On the dresser were her treasures
n gilt china vase presented To her by
Sadie. a calendar issued by pickle
works, book ON the divination OF
dreams. some rice powder In glass
dish and a cluster of artificial cherries
tied with a pink ribbon.
Against the wrinkly mirror stood
pictures of General Kitchener, William
MuldoOn. the Duchess of Marlborough
and BenvenutO Cellini. Against one
wall was "A plaster of paris plaque of
an O'Callahan in Roman helmet.
Near it was violent telegraph of a
lemon col0red child assaulting an in
fiammatory butterfly. This was Dull
cie's final Judgment in art. but 1t had
never been upset Her rest had never
been disturbed by whispers of stolen
copes: no critic had elevated his eye
brows at her infantile entomologist.
Piggy was to call for her at Z. While
she swiftly makes ready let us dis
creetly face the other way and Cos
sip.
For the room Dulcie paid 81 pei
week. On week days her breakfast
| costs 10 cents. she made coffee and
cooked an egg over the gaslight while
she was dressing. On Sunday morn
! ings she Toasted royalty on veal chops
and pineapple fritters at "Billy's" res
taurant at cost of % cents and tip
ped the waitress 10 cents. New York
presents so many temptations for one
to run into extravaganza.
She had her lunches in the depart
ment store restaurant at cost of 6O
cents for the week. Dinners were
$1.O5. The evening papers-show me
a New Yorker going without his daily
Daper!-came to 6 cents. and two Sun
day papers, one for the personal col
umn and the other to read, were IL
cents. The total amounts to S4.76
Now, one has to buy clothes, and
| give it up. | hear of wonderful
bargains in fabrics and Of miracles
performed with needle and thread, but
am in doubt. | hold my pen poised
in vain when would add to Dulcie's
life some of those joys that belong tC
woman by virtue of all the unwritten
sacred, natural, inactive ordinances OF
hp equity of heaven. Twice she hat
been to Coney Island and had ridder
the hobbyhorses. IT'S weary thing
to count your pleasures by summer:
instead of by hours.
Piggy needs but a word. When tn,
girls named him an undeserving stig
ma was cast upon the noble family
of swine.
The words of three letters lesson IL
the old blue spelling book begins will
Piggy's biography. He was fat; hi
had the soul of a rat, the habits OF ,
bat and the magnanimity of cat. H
wore expensive clothes and was con
noisseur in starvation. He could lool
at a shopgirl and tell you to an hou
how long it had been since she ha(
eaten anything more nourishing thai
marshmallows and tea.
He hung about the shopping dis
tricts and prowled around in depart
ment stores with his invitations t.
dinner
Men who escort dogs upon the street
. at the end of a string look down upol
. him.
He is q type. l can dwell upon hin
no longer. My pen is not the kind in
: tended for him. am no carpenter.
At ten minutes to Z Dulcie wa
: ready. She looked at herself in tn
wrinkly mirror. The reflection wa
satisfactory. The dark blue dress, fl
ting without a wrinkle. the hat wit
its jaunty black feather, the but slight
I ly soiled gloves-all representing sci
denial, even of food itself-were vastl
becoming.
| Dulcie forgot everything else for
l moment except that she was beautifu
and that life was about to lift corne
4 Of its mysterious veil for her to oil
+ serve it's wonders. No gentleman ha
1 ever asked her out before. Now sh
was going for q brief moment into tn
s glitter and exalted show.
h The girls said that Piggy was
" "spender' There would be gran
e iinner and music and splendidly dres
t ed ladies to look at and things to et
hat strangely twisted the girls jaw
l. when they tried to tell about then
No doubt she would be asked o,
e again.
There was blue pongee suit in
e window that she knew-by saving z
5. cents a week instead Of 10 inlet
n sec Oh, it would run into year.
e But there was secondhand store
II Seventh avenue where
:, Somebody knocked at the door. Du
Gle opened it, The landlady stoc
IS there with a spurious smile, sniffir
q for cooking by stolen gas.
= "a gentleman's downstairs to 81
', you" she said. "Name is Mr.. Wi
IT gins"
By such epithet was Piggy know
h to unfortunate ones who had to tai
&c him seriously.
/ Dulcie turned to the dresser to g
S, her handkerchief, and then she sto
< ped still and bit her underlip har
e While looking in her mirror she he
q seen fairyland and herself prince
Il lust awakening from q long Slumbe