Sin Hester's Handiwork - A Vanity of the Poor

Sin hester sought not to acquire anything beyond a subsistence of the plainest and most ascetic description for herself and a simple abundance for her child. Her own dress was of the coarsest materials and the most sombre hue, with only that one ment, the scarlet letter which it was her doom to wear. The child's attire, on the other hand, was distinguished by a fanciful or we might rather say, a fantastic ingenuity,. Which served indeed to heighten the airy charm that early began to develop itself in the little girl. We may speak further of it hereafter, except that small expenditure in the decoration of her infant hester bestowed all her superfluous means