St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-16

roruf,L'v at Tom, while she hounced
I'D f. the table, and, sitting down,
.1rcad ont her rich silks upon the rag
,.r,.t. Her brothers relfpossession
G:l not forsahc him, however, until
IT,. too, was seated when a new
difficulty presented itself, in the shape
o.. his primrose kids. His hands had
become swollen with the heat and the
exercise Of refining in his highly met
tied stcCds, and now it was impossl-
Die to draw them off.
81 can never get rid of these pes.
tcring things what shall | do !"
said he, in a low tone.
"Cut them" rCjoincd Kate noncha-
lantly.
IL haven't any knife"
"IIcre is one" and the color mount
ed to his brow as their polite hostess
came out very noiselessly, from the
pantry with the desired article, and
then Withdrew from the room but not
before they all perceived her inward
amusement at the circumstance.
Tom struck the sharp blade into his
delicate gloves with a savage pleas
urc, and sought to hide his chagrin
and vcxation with a gay laugh. But
the bread and milk must not be neg.
lccted. The party knew that it would
not answer to slight the hospitality
which had been begged and 50 cheer
fully granted. They swallowed their
liberal allowance with a disagreeable
sense of stuhing, for well-flled din
ncr table had appeascd their appetites
only an hour previous and then, with
many thanks for their entertainment,
took their leave.
Upon seating themselves in the
carriage again Tom CURLY remarked,
there girls | hope you are satisfied
with astonishing the natives now"
And yeu arc satisfied with GRE
ating a sensation in those Gloves
rather disagreeable one for your
hands though" retorted Kate.
Tom laughed good-naturedly, and
they rode on in silence for some time,
when he suddenly halted in front of
beautiful country residence, embower-
ed in shrubbcry, and halt-hid from
view by a shady grove OF majestic
trees.
"Mr. Hart lives here. did not
know that we were so near his estate,
shall we call?"
"Oh, yes, certainly!" calculated
the ladies.
Miss Ida met her old acquaintance
with undisguised pleasure. The par
ty enjoyed their call extremely, ane
ere they departed, Kate and Elvir;
eagerly accepted an urgent invitation
to come out the following week ant
spend few days in this charming re
treat. The appointed time saw tn
Misses Anderson at Oak Grove, a
Mr.. Harris place was called
Ida cndeavored to entertain he
guests as agreeably as possible, ant
one day informed them that several o
her neighbors, who were her intimat
friends, would spend that Afternoon
at Oak Grove. While Kate and FL
vira were dressing, they INDUCED il
some sarcastic wittcisms at the OK
pense Of Ida's "country friends )" bu
their modification and chagrin wa:
excessive when they entered the par
Tor and found the lady who had actec
the part Of hostess to them, seated on
the sofa, as one of the visitors. She
was attired in plain, but rich silk,
and her manners were at once grace
full and refined. She did not appear
to recognize the sisters, and they be-
gan to feel more at case.
The afternoon passed away very
agreeably to all but when Mrs. Mills
was taking leave, she turned to Kate
and Elvira, smiling pleasantly, and
saying, al would be very happy to
have YOU call upon me again, and par
take of my bread and milk"
The mortified city girls could say
nothing although they endeavored to
stummcr forth apologies but hastily
retreatcd from the room as soon as an
opportunity offered. OF course, Ida
Hart became cognizant of the affair,
and as her notions Of good breeding
did not accord with such preconceivcd
plans Of Astonishing the Natives"
she did not hesitate to cut the ae
quaintancc Of her city friends. 1t is
10 be hoped that the disagreeable ter
mination of their adventure " taught
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