128 TROTTYS WEDDING TOUR.

Rye brought the last three words out dubiously.

“ Any dozen girls in a town, who would make up their
minds that belts were prettier than sashes, or folds in better
taste than frills, or comfort of more importance than com-
plexion, or that dress-goods should be nicer than their trim-
mings, or that a pretty thing is better to look at than.dn ugly
one, or a sensible thing better to do than a foolish one,—
might set the fashion for a region. But I suppose you and
Trim would die in the house first!”

And I don’t know but they would.