Show A S c J hut we tw have new dresses for icea said audrey ns she sat on the heartly rug in front of alio lire her shapely arms folded behind glicr head her eyes meditatively on ho gleam and linco of alio shining coals 1 of course wo must said muriel glancing sleepily up from tho pages of the book she was reading sirs yelveton Yel ceton a till handsome matron who was amusing Ja panesa tans on alic wall looked perturbed a the words reached her cars girls said abc dont talk nonsense where are wo to get tho money for new drca es id liko to know besides there are alio lemon colored silks that you only wore twice lemon is hideous anywhere except at a ball said muriel critically alion there arc your white drw daiil mrs Yol velon 1 I dont dare to think aliat the dressmakers fiill will bo for tho making over of mamma if you want us to go into a convent say so mildly dawned yawned audrey a tall blonde beauty with hutta yellow lair liquid bauo eyes and a complexion heightened by cosmetics but dont humiliate us by expecting us to wear made over dresses on hew years day all tho world comes out in their best and brightest garb tm sure I 1 dont know what to do said mrs velveton bursting into tc ir why order two pale blue dalaw said muriel serenely and let mada nc make them and supply aliu ti immings you will be sure to have everything comno il hut tivo hundred dollars cover tho belll cried mrs people who move in society mini keep up with the times remarked you think I 1 have ft eold mine at roy command shrieked mrs velveton driven nearly to desperation by alio llio pl icid istance in of her two doll hac daughters arito to aunt tabby suggested suga eSted complacently viewing the tip of her satin toot as it buried itseK in the fleecy pile of the while angora nig ive written until I 1 am ashamed said mrs yelveton hysterically in the alst letter I 1 told her that I 1 arul opened a boardinghouse boarding house and she sent sent me to help buy furniture for tho bommera bom lera and liow can 1 havo the face to apply to again make up some plausible new story murmured muriel the use of having an old aunt made of money if you cant squeeze a little butof her doiy and then tell her dead and heros got to bo a funeral or say youve broken your arm and yon must pay an accumulation of doctor s bills nonsense said mrs ton gloomily aunt tabby tho fool you take her for well by somo hook or crook now dresses we roust have announced audrey and must set the table he does get up things so stylishly we man age the refreshments ourselves said mrs vevelon Ve helon wistfully so dreadfully extravagant in his charges ami when wasa girl we used to make the chicken salads and pickled oysters and cake ourselves and 0 when you were a girl repeated muriel with calm insolence that was in the dark ages of the world mamma surely you cant expect us to go back into those times mrs velveton sighed slie had lived a life of show excitement display sho had brought up her two slaughters to anro only for society to aim only for the goal of rich husbands but hero they in alio third season and tho velveton acro alio mis its yelveton mrs yelveton had far slender income she was hopelessly in and haunted constantly by alio horrible eions mions of duns bills and sales and now audrey and muriel declared that aliey mut leave new dresses tor the coining new years day you ennst do with the lemon colored places or the whito groi gram she A for anything new its entirely bulof alio question then said andray well close the house and direct Snit fun cosay that we aro home I 1 wont appear nt nil it I 1 cant appear like a lady mrs velveton looked mcw acar day was a cirnat inhibition day so far sa llie gentlemen there was always a possibility that muriel and audrey might make an impression upon sonio glided anuth on new years day lipply terminate in matrimony themselves would be social suicide and mrs was just opening her mouth to remonstrate when shillen Sn illen lie tall servant man whom they kept because ho was so much more genteel thin a maid brought in a letter if s from aunt tabby cried mrs velveton and she mad ehaste to open it out fell a cheque for live hundred dollar made payable to the order of venetia yelveton mid signed tabilha clai k audrey picked it up with a shriek of delight ami surprise the old arling br ling sho cried its a present fr as of courna a new years pros cirt othin tho sort i mra vel with a gradually elongating vla ago listen lo whal she says girla ardear nines till la to that I 1 ahto thit tny mabel wilton ba bern let BI orphan at no martoi street V oj that ho 1 in great want I 1 a chegne tor pvc Imi drol doll sir in anler that you mar her out binl for tier u lit oa a mitchlee mitch lne the relvue of tin mony atler h ivis acea libato for guch it liny arv let me know when the money n til abt uy tint aln I 1 flitter thu I 1 can b aalt 10 both you her so no more at pro badt from your aunt CoTrA OE Cisto rJ conn D 13 i mihly old hiir our daiil muriel looking it thu elegant room tin was just lighting the wn candles label wilton rc petted airs victon 1 I nor caro about her A factory ditl I 1 or something of bortl ril tell you girls ive 10 fidei ive a cooil manil to tako jahs money nal buy your for xiii biars Yi ars it realff seem to leavo come to us quite providentially and new atals is over I 1 can po to Willia imburg or or whenever it is ami take your coinon few ami div o acra anil benl a for her for a month or two ahon UR nolion 0 bringing glicr liere you see is simply preposterous I 1 ot said to lo 10 iro the new beil and badamo elisette herself composed to tins satisfaction satis fiction 0 even alic misses anil curie blanche to set alio table and van aloir giai thu llover anler and MM velveton tant wai yew duars canic cold and blear and glittering sparkling snow bd low ind 11 ting alsing went alic bell afore SQ jsn hal on liis new 11 very coat our birst call said audrey giving alne train a shake out can it possibly be to come at this time im anro I 1 cant imagine said 7 lier faco into tho regulation delighted smile and in walked a little old woman in a colored suit and round spectacles followed by a tall pilu gill ia shabby banck aunt tabitha cried mr alio in a dio of blaak satin ind a ruby necklace had just swept into tho room yea said tho old woman looking around her yes you aro rii lit ii aunt tabitha and mabel wilton how caino I 1 herod mabal in her loneliness and trouble cimo out to cranberry farm and appealed to me to my amazement sho had never even hoard of her corsini co usini the tho check wa duly cashed ni banker inc but I 1 said to myself poor hoarding house keeping is a grinding business ril go myself and sen what alic trouble is upon mv word you live in royal stylo hi rc with a manservant man servant and carpets and frocks I 1 should say ai much as lefly dollars apiece many boarders do you keep and what do they pay you a u ack mrs velveton burst into tho bitter sarcasm of aunt loica the mocking light of her cyrs were absolutely unendurable especially as alic elaborately costumed anesti were beginning to and stared in aava ment at alio llio little old colored color cd woman aid a id her tall pale companion w lioe dresses cre such a cantrist con trist to alio inac in tc and court trains of the missca Veli elon 1 I sec said the old dame crisply no Venc lii dont begin to mike excuses you anve told mo lies enough already I 1 dont want to bo deceived any more you have deliberately robbed tho orphan and alic fatherless to add to your vulgar ostentation you aro such a line lady with alow tant you arc no longer in need of jour old aunts hard earned savings so I 1 adopt mabel wilton in your stead young ladies and wish you a happy new year and many af cm for you will never see mo again and so the old lady went away mabel wilton in her triin muriel and audrey smiled and sim igli all chit weary day and alio next day alio doore of the mansion were closed they finally had left town left their debts left their creditors left all li ollow false unreal castlo of social position which they had reared so patiently around them all taco struggling ambitious unprincipled with aunt linin cial supplies withdrawn they knew too well was unavailing and mabil wilton became the old heiress after all ali aw arrest |