| Show 111 I I II THE DRESS IAKEn I I I II It Ik I She li teirotlful i I j IVmw Clarence you did not BPO her i I 11 She li I qulto ordinary looking I I saw her nil In tho fare find inch I ycs I never saw before In My life But f I you have not yet told 00 she OLD Is I f I Well then molt fastldloos ot luclio I I I I lors know that tile paragon yon Just mot i I was none other than Adele Graham my dressmaker I 1 I Adele I Graham repeated Clarence I A 1 Hope thoughtfully 641 have heard that I f name before surely I ho added She li nIt i anot the daughter of John Grolvarall who lj when I visited Clinton years ago was a 1 f 1 Wealthy I banker1 i Tho same Then Adele was n more I I 41 child W hen she was 10 her father bccnino n bankrupt and soon after died Mrs if t i t aGrahmals struggled along for some time II 1 kind BO Adolo went to the city and learned I the dressmakers trade and returned hero 1 H I Vvbout a year ago find ri cued an establish 11 Went of her own Of course all her old i t I j I I friends patronize her nnd treat her kindly ill I I but you know It would be Impossible to 1 I I i receive her And thus ends your rommucia 11 I Clarence Hope was a bachelor I tall I I handsome man of about CO Jill had Just returned front n European < took end being 4 I 1 decidedly wealthy was considered a great 11 1 I catch 11 Ho ho J come to Clinton to visit i I t I tils mothers only sister Sirs May it I I I widow tho mother of Nclllo May one of I tbo prettiest nnd vainest glrli lu Clinton Nelflo wooro annoyed titan oho wn Nelo lon t I I I I willing to admit to think that her hand i I tome cousin of whom sho had r o often I t t spoken in terms of tile highest comnicn I i I i station to tho mom be rnofhcr Bit should I i attracted 1 by pour Adelo Uraham the i I dressmaker i I I Clarence zinced up and down tho porch Ii 1 for half an hour or aimed puffin away on i I hh cigar 1 Clorone mine hero called Nellie from tbo library I I Clarence throw awaylibi cigar and ell i icrod the library Nclllo sat before her I I writing table holding In her hand n hit cf I I I paper on which was written a long list of I zuuneq There now I have completed the list Iii 11 dill want you to write mo the Invitations tat my party I Rend rao She list I ill Nellie roc over the cnmos of CO of I her 114 door friends 11 did not hoar the name nf Adele Gra 1 31 fn I isnl Do you not Intend to Invite herr t I I 11 Uynomoans Whutwould IlattloAr I nold and Julia GUI say to NO Adele Cm in f r FI Iiam our dnissinakir at H party of mine It deed this Idea is to ridiculous for any I J thing I thinjitVnry wl JII an you pIcAso hI If I II n the daughter of my old friend John Grain I Gra-in ml Is not Invited I must also decline tho I honor of being present11 I Nellie bit her lip with vexation I would novcr do to fall of having Cousin UI iI I Clarence present for she was giving I the I I party solely to Introduce him to the society i I I I of Clinton and yot how In tho world loukl i j she liver brook tho mortification of having I Adele Graham tile scamstTcsn thor film I I 111 I know there would be no the In nlulll the matter with law cousin Ho True dour mined and would not ghu up so she had it to yield I I 1 Tho evening of the party lit length arrived ar-rived Attain was nt first rtluctnnt to Ila I came She could not understand why hoI I ho-I was invited to this party after hi Ing not I lectcd 0 many yearn but hor mother urged 1 Lee 1 strongly 16 ucccpt that she brought I out from Its hiding pla < o In the closet her I 1 old white droaaand spent several hours lu I 1 fitting and doing It up to wear When Shot f had put the Lint touches to her toilet Mrs I i Graham aid I You never looked better Adele 1 NellloMay radiant In a perfect cloud I 1 of rose colored tarlaUm and by her side 1 stood CIA nee Hope to whom Olin Introduced i I 4 Intro-duced hor guests as she received them I An hour nnd all the passed by oi Invited gcests had arrived Many u glnnco of sur j j prlso wits cast upon Adele Graham as she t I zuovcd gracefully through tho returns II f Julia GUI n haughty Imperious beauty I the daughter of n retired pork 10rbant irushed up to Nellie < exclaiming I Why Nell what in the world possopHod I 7011 to Invite Allot Graham You know I I Che li I not In Boolety 1 1 I I know replied Nellie blushing Hbut my cousin I Insisted upon lucaura j her father happened to bo known to him I Tears nco I Ill put n fica In his car said the liaogbty beauty tossing her head with well affected wUlotd graoo I I Adele Graham as Alto hung upon the trill of Clarence Hope and promoniilrd through tho spacious parlors was n pretty Icturo of Innocent nnd njoYlenl cud OC1urooobrought let01 4 Clarenco brought Into requisition ail hl a funflofentairtallaingronvorsathan Many 11 an cnlol Rlonc wa ltw1 upon Adele and funny nn unkind epithet jnGm rthnn whispered as tile evening pumod by I Hint evening wlien ho hade Adele good I Jby at her mothers door ho said Miss Grnhnin I nU about to claim Ibo tfrlvllcgo I fn etlllng I OU ECO you during my 11 0 I stay In Clinton Your father wvs nn ra teemed friend of Initial field his 1 daughter nd widow must be the I masig IUt h Maine I I I nm suro my mother will Iw happy to I I welcome you replied Adele It was Home hours before Adele retired I I for PLO had so much to tell her mother boil i taro she Could clatial II her cycle In Ieelx And I il try attentively Mrs Urahntn listened to the recital of tho ovinlngs pleasures When Clarence icturnod tu his aunts I b found CdllslnNolIlu In n C of tho pouts Whats Ihn matter beret ho Sold us bo I Dung himself Into an easy chair Matter enough I should think The parly has been an litter failure You hare spoiled everything by yourotcluilve attentions I atten-tions to that dressmaker Then all 101 drnD the I girls com out In new drosses and did thtlr best to attract your attention and dritir from yon Ono approving smile but yon I were blind to every ono Dud everything but I Adele Graham 11 I And why ooU What do I care for n Bet of chattering fouls like Julia Gill and her followers I tell you Nellie Adele Graham I Gra-ham 1 has moro now than the whale of them put together So saving btt arose and left tho room I And Nellie burst Into txjars To think that I Le the Coughl Of whom oba 1 cIln o was 8 proud I find of whom Fhe had toasted HO much I should tall her dear friends a Bat ot chattering chat-tering I foolj 1 vvai too much At length Adele guv e up work Che W3 I too busy she said to accommodate her old customers end then they were satisfied < tout their conjectured were true Nor wore I they wrong Ihrca months after Nelllo I Mays party Clureueo llopo mail Adele Gra ham were orl Said after a rather extended ex-tended nodding tour they returned 1 Cite ton and took I their iibinlo In the stately muniIon that hud been the homo of Adile I Leforo her fathers failure bud dwtLLx haDgo As t Umburccr Ckfrie I The only choose that We import to tiny nitcnt from Germany I Limburg or Man burger anti citn In that cattle by far I lie largut portion cold here t milo in Wisconsin and New York 1 doesnt nalto much difference about tho keeping if ualitlca ct LltnUitR tor I I only rrl Filed by hose who Ore really partial tot to-t when I has reached that advanced I tagoItdrecmtio Ulen ym cl = ekes it 1 I t j f Ineuly oCinsxi 10 t > nt live ZT 7 Tho nrornpo Gal epicure along not cot mltltr Muiburg lit to enl until it ling lieroino thickly pcopld with I ri small i whim worm Which lio Fctma to relish I even Worn than bo docs tho cbcobc < 1 Llro lal 0 Ilillmlclpliin Time lJla i I I |
