The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-12-27
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ABBY'S YEAR IN LOWELL.
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!, 'Mr. Atkins, ssyl Hasbsnd. wh
, ||can's you SPEAK! Do you bear what Abb
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4 Anything worth hsMngr was tho r,
y SlsPonse OF Mr.. Atkins, as he laid down 81
New Hampshire Patriot and peered owe
hls specIaclOs with look which seemed
;, say that an eVcni 40 uncOmno deserve
particular attention,
u why, she says she means to 60 to Lo
well and work in factory
We'll wife, let her 60, and he took u
The Pairic, again.
But | don'' see bow lean spare her; tn
spring cleaning ls not done, nor the .oq,
made, nor The boys summer wear; an
you say you intend to board your owl
men folks, snd keep two moro COWS thai
Iyos did last year, and Charley eau scarce
lIy 90 alone,
'Bus you say she does no, assis. you on,
about Tho house
We'll. husband. she migu.'
yes she might do grea. many thing.
which she docs not think Of doing; asd, a,
/! do not see thai she means TO DO use
IuI hsrs, We will 10. her 20 to the f,clc,
rics.'
Father! arc you in earnest may % 10
Lowel!' said Abby, and raised hsr brgh,
black eyes to her father, vlh look Of sx.
quisi1e delight.
Yes. Abby, il you will promise no one
hing, and .ha. is, that you will stay a
whole year wlshou. visiting us, except hin
sase (sickness, and lh,, you will stay bul
ma year.
IN promiss anything, fa,hor, il YOU will
'oIy let me g": | though. you'd say had
better stay at home, pick up stones. weed
no garden, and rake hay: bu, don: wan,
80 do such work any longer. May | GO
with the Slater gills next Tussdsyl for
that is the day they have SET for their 10.
Iurn.'
'Ycs, ify ycu will remember you srs 10
stay a year, and only year
Abby retired to res lha, night with q
1eari funerns with pleasure; for, ever
since the vsIl Of the Slater girls, with, nav
,ilk dresses, Navarino bonnes and flower,
ace Vei)s, anil gauzs handkerchefs, her
,ead had bsen filed with visions Of fine
'lolhes. She was naturally vory fond Of
lrsss, and often, while little glrI' had she
AT on tho grass by the roadside watching
he stage which went daily by her father,
Iweling and whcn she saw the gay rib
'ods and smart shawI' which passed Iiks
,hanlom before her wondering rvhs, rho
hought that Nhen older she loo would have
such things and looked forwa,d TO woman,
lood a. to a state in Which tho chief pleas
ire musi conaist in wearing Are clothes
But as years passed over her,she became a.
ware thai this was source from which she
on|d never derive any enjoyment while she
emaneC at hone for hel father wss Meth
r able nor Wiliag to grsufy her in that re-
pec', aud shs had began 10 fear that she
must always wear me same brown cambrc
'onneI, and that c1Ilco gowr would al
vays be her soLO-ncet dirss'-bul now
What bright picture had been formed BY
lpr ardent and uncullivaled Imagination!
I es she void 90 to LoSell, aud earn all
hat she possibly could, and spend those
arningi for beautiful attire; she would
ave srk dresses s-Ono Of grass green, an
,Iher Of cherry red, and another, upon the 1
olor OF which she would decide when she
purchased il: and she would have a new
Navarlno bonnet lar more beautiful than
Judith SIaters: and when at las! she fsll
,slecp, il was TO dream of satin and lace
md her glowing fancy reveed all night in
l vast and beautIfu! collection of mIliners'
inely.
Very different were The dreams of Abby'o
mother an when she awUke the next
her first words to her husband
we're, Mr.. Atkins, was you serious last
night when you told Abby that she might
20 to Lowell! | thought at first YOU was
v,xed because interrupted you, and said
!! 70 stop The convelSallon.'