Show ML IL IDY M al 11 fie harper was just 21 a bragat ambitious high spirited girl wo wino earned her livelihood by teaching in a grammar school but ber her prosy pro feu ceslyn left her plenty of time to e Ns dream oc a larger and brighter future and sho she erected some very stately edifices in for I 1 dont want to drudge all roy my alf life 3 se eald said leoline Leol lne 1 I 1 am enough with a conscious lauR laug blag bag blancet clance glanc et t the mirror and land clever enough I 1 hope to make vay my own tu ture lure yes dear said aunt josepha Jo aepha who admired her niece exceedingly you aro are pretta enough and I 1 believe you arc are smart enough but still I 1 dont in der stand how you are golrig to do IV it see eald leoline with a bright smite smile and a nod and when kitty Topple flold wao taurel in tho the primary department of 1141 samo school told aunt josey about mr maurice the new trustee who was so 0 o handsome hand tome and wore bich superb diamond etude studs and admired a method of imparting instruction so 0 o eh she began to comprehend what her beece cevat J leo eald maid the she who when ehe she haa the rare chance ot of being lone slone with ner niece do you like this mr maurice Mauri cb the blood flushed into face ace of course I 1 like him aunt josey aid said she ale do joslove jou love halml him 11 1 I 1 I dort know whether I 1 might or not said aid leo coloring still deeper that Is it I 1 knew him better ho lie la Is a society man wan and I 1 haye have so few op ot if it I 1 was only in i t fash circio circle like georgae gow miss bliss georgia Fit fitzallan Fitza inn afta as a pretty dashing young lady tre the dauch ler ter of a rich importing merchant rho had been in the same class as lt allne harper at school ard I 1 Iol nc had nl at ways secretly envied her butterfly but sort of lie that seemed to bave so few of the elements of shadow about it 11 and added leoline ho be la to to he be it georgales Georg les birthday party and georgae has asked me to command come and and I 1 can cant t because I 1 hai ent any ming 1 fit to wear and I 1 do believe aunt jose it if I 1 could only go yes aes ca I 1 understand my dear laid aalt josey regretfully nut but really I 1 do not me how you can go I 1 if nor 1 either said told I 1 leo eo gairing bown n little 11 him lump thal somehow would keep rising in ber her throat so I 1 must just bo contented content Pd to give it up but half halt an hour afterward she came io 0 o ber her aunt with depended colo color and 0 41 I 1 iw 9 1 1 dont inow whether I 1 might or not lager alining eyes the newspaper in her band bands t look aunt jo josey seyl cripe she f la child said the old lady you I 1 cant see a thing without my 1 then ill read it to you end and leoti alz ilz unc mid aa its follow follows 7 for or ale sale at a bargain two silk evening dresses dree see one a blue and the otter canary color worn only once by a lady just returned from europe price twenty five dollars each apply to H C e no Rot herward beward catreet 1 what do you think of that aulty blue Is just my color and silk too tool I 1 i may I 1 ask mis harper if you order your dresses from worth why I 1 never had n real silk in my mr altel 1 I dont like the idea of secondhand finery eald said aunt Jase shak in ins her head bead cut but when you cant afford anything else pleaded Leol leolene lne oh ault josey I 1 do so want to gol go my dear remember the old table of the daw with borrowed plumes 1 warned aunt josepha if this man in 1 really a man of sense he will think as much of you in your dress as if it you wore the queena queens diamonds nut but leo believing that her aunt was bora lessly behind the age lers persisted isted 1 I will nill go to the number and ad drees dress I 1 will just look at the silks cf ct course I 1 buy inlets I 1 like them tho the house was a magnificent brown itono establishment splendor rather abashed our little school tetch te irb er if 11 C proved to be mile hur tense chanler Chen ler the ladys maid who he occupied an airy fourth story part ment to which the visitor was as coo con ducted by a ln footman leo loo lira lire felt altogether out of her element and almost boky that aishe had come but when she sho bin saw the superb silks ic arcely worn torn her heart leaped within her the alve one was trimmed deep white spanish ilond and proved to bo be the exact color to 0 o batca leos les bright beauty dadamo BI bestows these upon us said grimacing and anti twisting lt otter the manner manver of fre french T ati maids I 1 madame la Is all goodness goodne is leo bought the dress and it wa was kent ent horek that eight night yea yes it la 13 vcr ver pretty but all tho tame I 1 dont like you to wear ear a s secondhand cond dress said her let aunt A great many ladles ladies do the same ming aunt jo A great many ladles ladies do a silly thing aten retorted the tho old lady hut notwithstanding aunt jos dis dl approval leo fait very proud adf an happy wl ten en she he want off that evening dressed in the blue ellk which hau had required very little alteration to tit n her supple figure miss Fit fitzallan Fitz alana a parlors were full and I 1 eoe heart beat high with ith antica batory oy triumph as abe aw saw mr ilau rice among the acrond the icet moment she perceived that he was tio clone A tall and beautiful oung lady leaned on his arm with a pans pang ol 01 J jc elousy leo would fain have bave shrunk away but mr maurice advanced t ward her ber miss harper allow me to present to you lay my wife mn mr maurice laurice hiis ill Il harper arper oh ob I 1 seo sea boure surprised bo go am L she only arrived ted ir from om ew 1 k I 1 rone four days ago this with a smile leo tried to mutter a few cong consalo ata 1 citory words kords but could hardly mate herself audible mrs maurice put up her ea how very str st racgel argel rho cried my blue silk dress that I 1 had bad trade trad e at Wor Wort tue fi I 1 should know the trim ruing anywhere may I 1 ask alisi har per if you order our dresses from worth leo turned scarlet but ho be duns clung bravely to the anchor of truth no ste said sald alth ath morti flea fl catlon tion 1 I I am only a school teacher and can afford no such extravagance as that I 1 bought it secona hand 0 of mile hortense cheatle Ch enle ertle no rothen ward street my bly maid cried mrs maurice and ehe she stole it from me all the arni irni lra pretending that tho the packing cise erse imm contal it was lost on the me voyage the hypocritical a I 1 thing mr maurice I auglee stat comei from your foreign n brench maids said he be leollie harper felt her face elo with burning scarlet 11 II 1 am very ver sorry I 1 hop hope you do dc not it my fault she mid suld oh not at all perhaps I 1 should ns have broken ot of it but you see I 1 wa was so taken by surprise pray wear ear tai UK I 1 dress it Is so charmingly becoming tc you said tho the lady leo did not stay long irae felt a as it every one in the room must know that ebo she was wearing a secondhand dress stolen from its owner ala ana the fact now for the first time ascertained thai that mr maurice Mat irice was a married man seemed to take all the sparkle out of her life she went home early and cried herself to sleep the next morn arg she rent back the dress to mrs maurice with a note of apo apology logT and she has been a wiser girl ever since if my fortune comes conies to me well fand mod she said but I 1 shall not bot go step out ot of my way to IV it chicago journal |