Graham guardian., 1911-03-10

NEailhwfS on ,Ap t.OlHS A. siSsisiii.hSl ullu
o,hrr ,cfictiicGlS OF u siEsilar nature.
Tie eglgr:u tc,,, tcsn under his arm
s%d a..rw.ed. v.asl}vsipg y Mr, Tid-
dit as he passed the latter In the
| hell.
"Corne up by and By. Ase. I want
to talk to you. Bring Bailey along.
If you can 10 1t without startin' di-
voice nroyetdins.r
l.Atcr. when the tr.o gathered In the
Whitaker sitting room, Captain Cy
produced the fashion books" and
spoke concerning them.
"You see." be said. "I-Ive been
thinkln that Bos'n -. .,,s, that Is.
want riggcd cxactly tie way she
ought to bc, Have YOU, fe!lers noticed
itY
His friciw,s sSe.lrG surprised. Nei-
| ther WAS r,;.%y with un lia,acGiatc an
swer. SO the ap.;'in wcnt on.
course Gelt mean she amt got
canvas cnuaea to cover her spars,"
he explained. '.bup what she has got
has seen .an$id%rlle wcather. and 1t
seemed to me twas nretts nigh time
| to haul her Into drydock and retlt
/ That's why borrowed these maga-
zines Of Ketury I've been. lookin'
them over. aud there seems to be plen-
| ty OF riggin' for small craft. The only
thing Is l don't know what's the right
cut for her build Railey. you're a
,.~c vcloI ,,,,,, E.,,, fn Ennu
somethgii' about women's clothes.
What do you think Of this. now?"
He opened one Of the magazines and
pointed to the picture of ii young girl,
with waspy waist and lllliputian
feet. who. arrayed in flounces and
furbelows. was toddling gingcrly down
| a flight of marble steps. she carried
q parasol In one hand, and the other
held the end of chain to which a
long haired dog was attached.
The town clerk and his companion
inspected the young lady with delib-
Grafton and interest.
"Well, what do you say2" demanded
Captain Cy.
II don't care much for them kind Of
dogs" observed Asaph thoughtfully.
Good land. You don't s'pose they
heave the dog In with the clothes for
good measure, do you? Bailey. what's
your opinion?"
Mr.. Bangs looked wise.
II should say he said-"yes, sir.
should say that was real stylish rig
oatl Only thing Is that Girl is consid.
erb,c less acshy than Emily. This
one looks to me as IL she was breakin'
In two anlidshlps. Still, Is'pose iikely
the duds don't come ready made, SO
they could be let out some to fit.
What's the price of suit like that,
Whlt?''
"sAfternoon gown for miss Of six.
teen" he read. "Iumph! That settles
that first crack Bos'n amt but half
Of sixteen"
Anyway put In Nsaph, you need
somethln'. she could arar forenoOns II
she wanted to. What's this one? She
looks young enough"
The zone" referred to turned out to
be "coat for child of four 1t was
therefore scornfully rejected. One
after another the different magazines
lwere examined and the pictures dis
cussed. At length costume for miss
of eight years" was pronounced to be
pretty nearly the thing.
Godfrey sclssors!'' exclaimed the
admiring Mr.. Tidditt. "That's mighty
swell. aln't It? What's the STUFF goes
into that, Cy?"
Material, batiste, trimmed with
embroidered batiste.' What in time is
bafiste?"
II don't know. Do you, Bailey"
"No, never heard Of 1t. Ketury
never had nothin' like that. I'm sure,
French. shouldn't wonder Well,
Ketury's down on the French ever
sence shc read about Napoleon leavin'
his fust wife to take up with another
woman Docs it say any more?"
T"Lct'a SEQ. Makes a beautiful gown
for cvtNiag or summer wear. Sum
racr. N'hr hy the biz dipper. wore
arrouaa ag2iu. Bos'n don't want sun,
mcr c'a.shcs. It's comin' on winter"
Te tArcw The rlagaainc on the floor
rubbed Ii, forehead and then burst
Into q lar:,h.
For goodness sake. cont tell any
body about this business, boys" he
said Il guess l must be hnvin' an
carly sprmy ofJsecond childhood. But
when heard those women at the
meetin house goin' on about how
pretty Licia Atkins was got up and
how mean and shabby Bos'n looked
| It made be bile. And, by the big dip
per. will show 'em somethin' afore
l get through too Only dressin' lit
tie girls is some off my usual course
Bailey. does ISetury make her owr
duds?'',
| "Wby, no! Course she helps and
stands hy for orders, but EfIie Taylor
| cones dnd takes the wheel while the
riggin's goin' ON. Effies a dressmakel
! aRd''-
| "Thcre, Sec, Ase? It is some goot
to have r1arricd man aboard. -afteI
| NIL A dreasmukcr's what we want
I'll hunt UP Efiie tomorrow"