Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-12

design for the dress and studied it care
fully. Then she lifted a fold of the
satin and studied that. Gradually there
grew in her mind picture of the dress
completed. There was, after all. some
thing of the artistic about this humble
little sewing girl.
When she had cleared the table and
brushed 1t and wiped her shining scissors
into still more shining perfection and
placed tape measure and pincushidh with
In reach Of her hand Hally spread out the
satin and prepared to cut the gown. Her
hand trenbled as she made the first slash
with the scissors. She was really nervous.
1t came to her all at once that her ex-
perience was inadequate for this kind
of work The responsibility frightened
her. Oh. II her mother were only near
to counsel herr
However, she cut out the dress Dusk
was setting in as she finished. She
rolled up the odds and ends of satin. 1t
had proved a scant pattern Thank
heaven, she had made no mistake so far
as she could see.
Now that the first part Of her task was
performed, Hally decided to go to the
store and buy the sewing silk and other
things which she needed in order to go
on with her work. She put on her coat
and little, plain velvet hat and gloves.
locked the door behind her and hurried
forth.
The night was bitterly cold but Hally S
In her limbs and freshened her smooth
cheeks. This beautiful gown-who knew
but 1t might lead to the making Of other
beautiful gowns?
Hally passed from the street into the
big store. AS she waited with her sample
for the clerk to match her thread she
turned her head and looked into the
eyes of young man who was seriously
regarding her. Instantly he glanced
away. but there was something in his
g..
wondered IL he belonged in the store, and
why he had looked at her like that. His
eyes were not bold She had not disliked
| the look she had surprised in them. Hally
| got her silk and some other rose-colored
| things and went back to the satin gown
She wished to get it all sewed up that
night.
| An hour later. just when everything
seemed to be happily right. she made a
| discovery. She had cut both sidebreadths
of the skirt alike! For few moments
| she could not realize what she had done
| II seemed too terrible to be true. She
| stood holding the long pieces of satin ir
her hand. staring at them miserably.
| hundred fears rushed in to mock her
| Suppose she could not get more of the
| same satin with which to make a new
| BREADTH 1t was too late to go to tn.
| store that night to see what she could do
! The store was closed. She must wait unit
| morning.
That was horrible night time fol
! Haily. She lay awake regretting fear
| ing. while the cold worked at clapboa rd
and shingles. drawing out nails with pis
| tollike reports. Toward morning sh,
fell asleep and dreamed of endlessly toll
ing over rose pink gowns, which woult
never come right. She awoke with ;
start. cold perspiration on her forehead
to see the cold light of day at the bed
| room window Nightmare had passe,
into scarcely less dreaded reality.
She dressed, saw to her fires, and mad
for herself pot of strong coffee. Tha
was all she could swallow. AS soon a
| she thought the stores would open sh
| put on her things and set forth to mattel
the pink satin.
Over the same way she had joyousl.
| taken last night she crept. now shiver
ing, heavy hearted and heavy headed
| The big store was open, but 1t was earl.
for customers. A few clerks were G1stini
and arranging goods against the day
sales They glanced up curiously a
white-faced Hally as she went by tn
satin counter. There was no clerk II
sight. She sat down upon a stool ant
leaned her head upon her hands. Sh
felt sick and dizzy.
Presently she heard q sound and locke,
up Into the eyes of q young man whom
she had noticed the night before. He
trouble over the dress had cleared he
mind Of all thought of him. Still sh
was struck by the oddly familiar friend
Illness In his nice, plain face. Shakil.
she pushed q piece Of the rose satin to
ward him across the counter.
Can you match that" she whispered
] "fll see" He turned to the shelves