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12° _ BEAUTIFUL BUT POOR. =~ a waiting and watching at that door for almost an hour, peeping through the crack, for-it was not ~~ quite closed, to see how and with whom she would return. But this was a fact., And when the street > lamp close by shone on the grand carriage and noble horses, with their gold-mounted harness, Miss Scrimp saw, with envy rankling in her heart, the __- tall footman leap down and open the carriage door, and Mr. W——, even. him on whom she had bent e longing thoughts, hand Hattie Butler out with his = sloved hands, as daintily as if she were a princess and he a lord in waiting. ' . — There was a courteous ‘“‘good-night’’ passed be- _. tween Hattie and her escort, then he sprang into _ the carriage, and it was driven off, while Hattie ran _ . lightly up the old stone steps in front of the house and laid her hand on the bell-pull. — - (ae “Oh, you needn’t yank at that bell!’’ cried Miss _ _Serimp, throwing the door open. ‘“‘It’s after hours, eS but I was up, and a-waitin’ for you!”’ Pe | “You did not have to wait long, Miss Scrimp. Not. half the city clocks are yet done striking ten. I may _ be thirty seconds late by. the City Hall!” Sgr ‘‘Long enough, in a chilly night uke this. Where - have you been?” ee ‘You have no right to ask, Miss Serimp: But hav- ___~ ing nothing to conceal, I will reply—to Mr. Legare’s, — . on Fifth-avenue.”’ : a ‘‘Sakes alive What did them grand folks want of you?” - ~*~ —“To take tea with EPS and to purchase a few aot ig ee drawings of mine for a thousand dollars!” said Hat- a tie, well knowing this last stroke would almost an- - nibilate Miss Scrimp. “Sakes alive! you’ re ° joking! ; screamed Miss