| Show o i k O s THE RED DRESS Katie IAta was only If 10 iQ years yearn old but sho worked eve every day d. d sho did not re rc rem remember re- re m member tho rho time wh when n she did not work Hor earliest recollections Vero picking over o potatoes 3 t with Ith hoc her brothers and sisters sis toril tora and Wen then she washed dishes for tor people who took summer boarders But now not Katlo was to work for far Mrs Dire Sillier who camo canio ot o ovary every Kumm summer Hummer r to the big house howse on hill hili and It t would not bo hard ti work ork for or- or orello she ello R wn ns to help belD tho rho cook and make mako herself herselt useful about the tho house hous and that meant seeing all the pretty pratt things In ht the hou house e and all aU tho rho who como camo there and their clothes Katie Katlo was poor do not nat think she was rasa resigned to her lifo of poverty pO Far from It lt It for tar she rebelled ay against a n aUfa lifo Ufa which denied to her ter tho tiro means to have pretty clothes Sirs Mrs Sillier had h. a a. little about the thee ago affo e of ot Katie and Mary Iary Miller had many pretty prett dresses and bright co colored or d ribbons war for or her hl hall hair Katlo often orton slipped away allay from the kitchen In the tho afternoon when n Mary latY wason was wason on an tho rho lawn larva In front of ot tho fife house hauso and looked through tho rho hedge with onvy envy In n her heart and longing in Jn her eyes eye alM al at M Mary Slaty ry Miller In n her pretty clothes Ono morning Katlo was sent upstairs with some soma linen and ard saw Mary Diary dressed to togo toso go so driving with her mother Sho wore a a. gingham m dress trimmed with faith red and shoes and stockings to ta match and sad her hoc hair was tied tt with a 0 red ribbon Katie almost dropped th the linen she w was carrS cartI carrying S' S when she saw MW Mary for tor she had never seen fleen anything so 80 beautiful Oh dear dar she sho said Bald as alto sho went treat down 11 stairs I do not oeo Beo wh why I hat havo hao o to work and she sho doesn't and she arts ane has all those pretty clothes I dont don't think It Is right All da day while while- Katie was waA doing loins her work t tho dress was In her mind and she wondered how haw much money it would tape take taketo to get tho rho shoes shots and stockings But after sho asked cook and hC heard her reply th the dress and shoes wore veto on only to tobo tobo bo dreamed of of at for Katie know that she he would never be allowed to spend half that amount for tor a whole outfit But she did dream of er the rho dress and shoes and stockings If Ii 11 I could put them on Just onto once sho fihn said arid to see how haw hawI I looked but hut I do not suppose I will ever ver havo a n chance Ono day doy not long after that Mrs Irs Miller IllIer and Mary Iary ra w n went ent nt Into the rho city and took tho mold maid with forth th them m I leaving I Katlo atlo and tho cook alone After th they y y had lied their lunch cook saidI sold said I T am going to have a a. nap you OU look out for tho house Katie sat Bat In tho kitchen for tor a while when n It tt suddenly occurred to her that now was tsar her chance to tr try on an the tho red red costume She ran upstairs to MaTs Mary's a room and opened tho rho clo closet et door There on a 11 hook hung the dress and on nn the tho floor were Fero the shoes shoos Katlo took them out and then she opened a drawer draw to the tho chiffonier and took toak out the tho sto stockings stock She Sho opened another drawer and found tho rho red ribbon Sho She pulled oft off her ter plain dress An arid and Sh shoes 8 and stockings and sat on the near floor She drew on the tho r red stockIngs stockings stock stock- Ings the rho heel came canto In tho middle of ot K font foot hut but ahe sho did dIrt not mind Rat nut It n was onas as different with Ith tho rho Kho sho n I Ifor for try I as hard as all sho would her hoc foot toot tt not i BO Ko In Sho put pui them m and tied the red ribbon on a lock of or her list hair halt then than ohoP oho sho II P put on tho dress That Thal A fitted ed and onto moro more a nho hot tried ri e d the fife shoes 1 her Her ier toes would go o In In and although the they hurt Katlo sat her r he heel I firmly on In the bade back of or the tho shoes and hoc her costume was Ras complete She Sh shuttled shuffled led along alon to the th long Ions lan mirror In tn Mrs Minors Minor's room and admired her her- self What did it matter If her poor little hands wore veto red and ancl cut from work She Ste had on the tho coveted dress She Sho was BO ao lost In to admiration that she shedid shedid shedid I did not hear henr tho rho hall door open or hear benr steps stepA on tho rho stairs lr and when some ono said sold I h Katie th what nat are you OU doing doln here sho eho was PO so frightened that she Ahe jumped and tho rho lock of ot hair U tied d with tho rho ribbon toll tell over o her eyes cyC making her look like Ike Ikea a 0 comic In the tho doorway stood stand Mrs airs S Miller Iler and Mal Mary looking as if It they thong tho l thought ht t Katie i had taken leave of or her senses Poor Katlo started to run but the shoes I tripped her and oho sho bo fell feU In n all her finery noo at t Mrs lira DI Millers Miller's ers er's feet Sho looked so runn funny that t Mrs Mn Miller Imer I and Mary l had hard work to control them them- selves sel They picked her up and Mary Man rescued d her shoes and took them to hc her he- room Katie was ing by this time time- and trembling so that sho could not answer but bat Mrs 1 Miller told her that no ono OM would punish her sad and she helped her to take tako ouT oft the dress and untied tho th ribbon rib rib- I bon Then she ehe put pit her on the rho couch and after a while Katlo become became quiet Now 0 OA tell me said Mrs firs Miller Duller how you happened to como come upstairs when wo w-o were out and why wIn you OU put Dut on Marys Mary's dress dres Katlo tol told tier her h how she the hated her plain I cloth clothes and wanted fronted Just onto once to i iwar wear war a a. pretty prett dress dreg I You Tau poor child said Bald Mrs Miller Sillier In Ina I a n low Jow voice and then sho Mn asked Katie I how hot she he would like to go Ro to the rho city 1 with her In tn tho rho winter You Tau can help the rho maids and Md if Ir I can get 1 you ou a place I as errand girl irl with a dressmaker I know you ou can learn earn the trade trado and some somo day dy you will be ablo abin to 0 1 havo o o the pre pr pretty tty y I dresses you n want ant I Ratios Ratio's mother wan wall VCr very Rail glad to haeher pare have her go so and for tor several years ears Katie lived with Mrs Irs Miller coming cominS' back with her et every erl summer I She tt worked with the dressmaker maker In the then n winter and she eho found time tiara to go o to night school too When Katlo Katie was as 15 sh she oho was wa given t a place In tho rho dressmakers dressmaker's shop with wages wag and It was teas not long Ions before she was able ablo to support herself Sho Sh has had moro many pretty dresses since the days s she aha envied led Mary Miller I but none of them hn has given her the thrill that sho oft felt when she hc first nest saw sate herself In Mary's Marys red dress Copyright 1914 by Dy tho Net Newspaper News s- s I paper Syndicate New Ne cw York fork City Tomorrows Tomorrow's tor Th Tho 1 tr |
