Show THE BALL DiWfisJS I I oline Harper wa just 13 < a bright ambitious light spaltetl blrl who earned her livelihood bytes hlng in one ot the gigantic grammar schools of New York and S Ont a good deal of her leisure lima in dreantng of a brighter and happier future For Idont ant to drudge all raj life o said Leolfne h I jjm pretty rnough with a cmsciou laughing glance at the mirror and cleter enough I hope to make my own fortune for-tune II II Yes dear said Aunt J03epha who admired her niece exceedingly you are pretty enough and f believe you are smart enough but still I dont understand how you nr SOlIn to do it Youll see said kuhn with a bright smile and a nod And when itty ToppleSelJ who taukcutm tut primary deiiartuient of ihe same school told Aunt Juev nbout3Ir Maurice the new trustee who was go haudbom and wore such superb diamond dia-mond studs and admired Loliuei method of imparting instruction so enthusiastically sbe bean to comprehend compre-hend what her niece meant Leo lUlU abe when she had the rare chance of being alone with her niece du you ItUe tub Mr Maurice The book tiuahed into Lfoltned face Of course I like him Aunt Josey she said Do ypu love him 7 1011 dont know whether I might or I not aatd Leo coloring still deeper That is if 1 knew him better He 13 a society man and I have so few opportunities oppor-tunities I If I was only in a fashionable circle like Ueorgie Fitzalan I lio Miss Ueurgie FiUalan was a pretty dashing young lady the daughter daugh-ter of a rich importing merchant who bad been in the same class as Leohue Harper at school and Leoline baa always secretly envied her the luxurious luxuri-ous butterfly sort of life that seemed to bare so few of the elements of shadow about it IIAnd1I added Leolinc he Is to be at Georgiea brthday party t and Georgia has asked me to come and and I cant because I havent anything tit to wear And I do believe Aunt Josey u I could only go Yes yes I understand dear said Aunt Josey regretfully But really I dont see how youcan go II Nor I either said Leo gulping pown a little suffocating lump that somehow would keep rising in her throat IoSo I must just be contented to give it up But half an hour afterwards she came to her aunt with deepened color and eager shining eyes toe newspaper in her hands Look Aunt Josey cried she ilLs child said the old lady you know I cant see a thing without my spectacles Then Ill read it to yon and Leo rr IC line read as follows For sale at a bargain two silk evening dresses one a blue and t tie other canary color worn only once by a lady Just returned from Europe trios S2S each apply Ap-ply to U C noSothe ward street What do you think of that aunty Blue is just my color And silk too Why 1 never Led a real silk in m lifeI I dont like the idea of secondband finery said Aunt Jo3epba shaking her I head But when you cant afford anything else pleaded Leoline On Aunt Josey I do so want logo1 And f 25 ia a deal of money the old lady said Butt could borrow 20 from Kitty ToppleSeid until my salary comes due I and Ive got 5 of my own laid up towards I to-wards a new waterproof cloak you I know knowMy dear remember the old fable of II the daw with borrowed plumes warned Aunt Jotepha if this man is really 111 man of sense he will think as much of you in your cashmere dress as if j you wore the queens diamonds But Leo belicveing that her aunt Who W-ho Iesly behind the age persisted I will go to the number and address I will just look at the silks of course I neednt buy unless I like them i The house was n magiflcont brownstone brown-stone establishment whose splendor rather abashed our lit tie school teacher H C proved to be Mile HorUne Checeicr theladys maid who occupied an airy fourthstory apartment to I which the visitor was conducted by a I grumbling footman Lcolii e felt alto Jether out oC her clement and almost j sorry that she had come bet when she saw the superb silks scarcely worn her I I heart eaped witnin her The blue one was trimmed with deep pointed white I Spanish blonde and proved to be th exact color to match Leos biht beauty j Madame bestows these upon ns I said Hortenje grimacing and twisting herself after the manner Tof French imams j i-mams Madame is goodness i Leo bought the dress and it was sent home that night I Yes it is verrv pretty but all the same I dont like you to wear secondhand i second-hand dress said he aunt I A great many ladies do the same I thing Aunt Jo i A great many ladies do avary silly I I thing then retorted the old lady Bat notwithstanding Aunt Jo a disapproval disap-proval Leo felt very proud and happy when she went olt that evening dressed fin i in the blue silk which had required j very little alteration to fit her supple figure I Miss Fitzalans parlors were full and Leos heart beat high with anticipatory triumph as she saw Mr Maurice among I the crowd The text moment she perceived per-ceived that he ws not alone A tall beautiful young lady leaned on his arm i With a pang of jealousy Leo whouid I lain hare shrunk away but Mr Mau j rice advanced toward her j Miss Harper allow me to present to j you mr wife Mrs Maurice Miss harper Har-per Oh I tee youre surprised So am Iper Sheonly arrived front Europe fopr days ago this with a smile Leo tried to mutter a few congratulatory congratula-tory wordsbat could hardly make herself her-self audible Mrs Maurice put up her eye rJasaea Verr strange she cried My bIn bill dress that I had made at Worth 1 should know tuattnnpiinjr anywhere jMay I ask Mi Harper ICu IC-u order your dresses from ortn Leo turned scarlet but he clans bravely to Ute anchor of truth No she said blufains Sth iuc + rtifl cation rVIam only ashool tracnor amf can afford no such eitravagAnce as that I bought it tccond hand ot jlle tfortrnse Cheater No Rotherisard street I My maid cried MM Manncp and she stole it from ne nil llbe time pretending that the packing coic that contained it was lost on the voyage the hypocritfcal thing Mr Maurice laughed f That comes of your foreign Preach maids said be Leo Harper felt her face glow with it burning Bcarltt 11 ate very sorry I hope you do r not coniider my fault she raid Oh not at all perhaps shouldnt have spoken of if but you hoe I was ro taken by surprise Pray wear the dress i itis so char ingly becoming to you Said the lady l Leo did not stay lore She felt as if every one in the room must know that she was wearing a JcoonilliMnd dress stolen from its owner And the fact f now for the first time accrt ihid that Mr Mauric was a luarned man i Deemed to take all theparklf l out of her life bite went house tIIIh and cried herself to sleep Tho ntx + morning she sent hack the dreto Mr > Muunce with a note of apvo < y and she has been a WMT pirl ever since If my fortune cotrHS to me well and good the ad but I titll not go a step out of my way to sl ek it H |