"Quad's odds"; . -ster-ous ! exclaimed the was a moment of silence, and then one of thetrio spoke up: Did you know that Mrs. Lanccy had a new empress-cloth dress ? You dont say ! exclaimed the others. Yes, I do—I know it for a fact, for she wore it past ourhouse the other day. The dress never cost less than sevendollars—the bare cloth, and then theres the making and 293 294 AND THAT HAT. trimmings thrown in! Just think of a woman in her cir-cumstances going to such an expense! Why, if I hadntseen it with my own eyes I couldnt believe it! It is awful! exclaimed the others. And the
"Quad's odds"; . -ster-ous ! exclaimed the was a moment of silence, and then one of thetrio spoke up: Did you know that Mrs. Lanccy had a new empress-cloth dress ? You dont say ! exclaimed the others. Yes, I do—I know it for a fact, for she wore it past ourhouse the other day. The dress never cost less than sevendollars—the bare cloth, and then theres the making and 293 294 AND THAT HAT. trimmings thrown in! Just think of a woman in her cir-cumstances going to such an expense! Why, if I hadntseen it with my own eyes I couldnt believe it! It is awful! exclaimed the others. And the worst of it is, she seems to hold her head sohigh! continued the first. Ive heard that her grand-father had to go to the poor-house when he broke his leg,and yet she holds her head up with the best of us! Ofcourse I dont want to back-bite any one—it isnt mynature to talk behind peoples backs—but I will say thatI shouldnt wonder if such extravagance brought thatfamily to want for bread before spring comes!. ^Nothing was said for the next five minutes, and then oneof the other two exclaimed: Land sakes ! but Id almost forgotten to tell you LizzieThorburn has a new hat! What! Another! Yes, another; she wore it to church last Sunday!Think of that—a girl having three hats in one year! Shameful! they cried in chorus. I dont know what the world is coming to, continuedthe first. When I was a girl, one hat had to last me YALLER SOAP. 295 seven years, while now, a girl wants two a year—if notthree. I tell you, when I sat in church last Sunday, andsaw Lizzie come shying in with that new hat (must havecost three dollars at the least), I felt queer. The fate of thesinful people of Sodom and Gomorrah came to my mindin a second; and I shouldnt have heen surprised if Lizziehad then been stricken right down ! They pondered over it for two or three minutes, andthen one of them replied : So, Mary Jane Doolittle is dead, is she ? Yes, poor thing, was the reply; dead and buried aweek ag
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