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Elizabeth Allen, who made dresses for the
ladies of Bangor and vicinity.
"How handsome he is," she said to herself, as she gazed admiringly upon
the sleeping boy, "and how white and slim his hands are. A great deal
whiter than mine, but that, I suppose, is because he is a gentleman's
son, and I have to wash dishes, and sweep and dust the rooms;" and the
girl glanced regretfully at her own hands, which, though fat and
well-shaped, were brown, and showed signs of the dusting and
dish-washing required of her by her mother, whose means were very
limited, and whose dressmaking did not warrant luxury of any kind.
"I wish my hands were white, and that I could wear diamond rings like
the ladies at the George," she continued; "and sometime I will, if they
are only shams. Half the world does not know the difference."
Just then a handsome carriage containing a gentleman and lady, child and
nurse, and maid, turned in at the lodge gate, which Anthony opened very
respectfully, with a pull at his forelock.


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