The Jewish herald. (Houston, Tex.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-19

having you enjoy the evening of your
birthday iird by sending you and Mr. Win;
Opera company, which is fortunately to
be, In Kansas CITY that day and the one
follo%ng She nodded Her mother
spending the fifty dollars wnich she lain
aside as a thank offering to be devoted
to giving her faithful daughter "A day or
given to understand that Mrs Harris
wished this for the sake of the recon-
citation that had been effected after so
many years of estrangement Part of
the program was as beautiful an evening
costume for the daughter as the balance
of the money after paying for two seats
down starts, would purchase. After the
opera, there was to be repast fit for
king" at the home of the happy
Winthrops relatives were neither con-
suited nor considered. The grandmother
and aunts would take care of the babies.
This was to take place at the winthrop
home.
This and more, Mrs. Winthrop had
communicated to me a few days previ-
ously. In the lives of these poor peo-
pie this meant a great deal. The young
er sisters We're in the seventh heaven of
delight in anticipation of the eve, event,
had given me an idea. When she nodded
] continued: You remember also laugh
ing about your mother wanting you to
wear a read evening dress. for the first
time in your life, yoti safd2 Without
giving her chance to answer, ] went
i
two selfish desires of my own. hope
you won't Illustrate me. 1 have long
wanted to- see you dressed as my wife
dresses, and / have been begging YOU
to let me make you small present. Here
is my opportunity. Let me present you
with this toilette and | can see you in
ii the evening of the opera. My box is
already engaged.
she stopped and looked at me aghast
dumbfounded. In her bewilderment she
could only stand and gaze at me. / was
not little amused. She well knew that
| would not miss the money, great as
the sum seemed to her,
Then, a light breaking over her coun-
tenance, she faltered forth: %, Mr. Glenn
ems, the generosity of the idea! You
simply take my breath away! But how
impossible, how impracticable the sug-
gestionn
How exclaimed. by simply ar-
it again, 1 continued with great tact
/ felt that no woman in her sense would
refuse to accpet such present II there
and wearing it,, We ,retraced our. steps
"'Ill go back with you. but it's no
use, ] cannot accept It. How in the
world could ] account for having such
an expensive toilette
MY pleasurable anticipation vanished
before her objections. She was right.
And | had set my heart on your hay
ing it, Bess. Maybe j can think of some
means by, which it will never, be traced
to me- and cause you any trouble either
II left her gazing at the wax figure
in the beautiful dress. Although per-
feet in every detail, it was stll not too
gorgeous to be worn even at an after
noon reception. For theater wear. ii was
ideal and | was determined to give 1t to
her If It could possibly be done. thought
it would fit her. l paced the sidewalk
slowly. ! was in brown study. All
at once an idea came to me. / walked
up TO her and touched her arm. Then
we went towards Grand avenue once
more.
- have ii. Bess,' I exclaimed, exult-
ingly, in, the tones. of one who had MT
on an unheard of piece of strategy. I'll
buy the dress and pawn it, Then you
can have IT.
"she looked 50 mystihed that l laugh
ed outright.
my poor darling, the dress seems as
far off as ever, does II not?'
lit certainly Goes. Buy II and pawn
''Then explained my plan az the only
one feasible 1t was that / should buy
the dress, pawn i under an assumed
name, enclose the ticket in an envelope.
pass her house in my automobile. and
drop the ticket in front of her house.
She could easily send her little boy to