Diary of a refugee . magination we passed thevery spot where Evangeline was asleep, andGabriel, her lover, went by not seeing her. From the realms of poetic imagination wewere suddenly brought face to face with thestern realities of life, for we were badly inneed of clothes. My husband had no list ofthe contents of the store, so we were unableto form any idea of what we might we reached it, on opening the door hesaid, Now, girls, it is all yours, whichwas as welcome a sound to us as if he wasoffering us a gold mine. Just imagine a lotof women without sewing materials of anykind!—no t
Diary of a refugee . magination we passed thevery spot where Evangeline was asleep, andGabriel, her lover, went by not seeing her. From the realms of poetic imagination wewere suddenly brought face to face with thestern realities of life, for we were badly inneed of clothes. My husband had no list ofthe contents of the store, so we were unableto form any idea of what we might we reached it, on opening the door hesaid, Now, girls, it is all yours, whichwas as welcome a sound to us as if he wasoffering us a gold mine. Just imagine a lotof women without sewing materials of anykind!—no thread, needles, buttons, etc., to saynothing of dress materials—turned loose evenin a country store. No words can describethe excitement and exultant exclamations onopening a box to find the very things thatwe needed most, as we had become very sim-ple in our wants and tastes. There was noquestion of scorning anything. Oh, no! Wewere overjoyed when we found about sixtyyards of old-fashioned plaid barege, and such. HtffcMfriiiiriWiwW EVANGELINE OAK From a draiving by Rosalie Urquhart DIARY OF A REFUGEE 23 a plaid! The size of the squares and oddmixture of colors were very startling, butthat made no difference. We rose above suchsmall matters, it meant a dress. We filled the boat with our newly acquiredpossessions and returned to the steamer feel-ing happier and much relieved in our minds,in regard to the replenishing of our ward-robes for the winter. One must see the con-tents of an American country store to appre-ciate the great variety and possibilities itaffords, as it contains a little of everything. ALEXANDRIA. We are now settled for the winter inrather a well-furnished house, and are quitecomfortable. I have started the children toschool, my daughter and nephew. My hus-bands sugar is a blessing, not only to us, butthroughout this part of the country, as withit he is able to get in exchange much thatcannot be bought with money. His great de-sire is to get together by me
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