The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-12-08

with him on the subject, said 1 $ -
Smother is going over to, ,Aunt Rath's
TO spend the evening, aud wantsdae to
go. But I gpsssI won't. rve beer
working on fathers Shirts all day, be.e
,sidesdoing the dairy work, and. 'pl as
,tiredas can be. Sof guess they'll have to
gowithsut me. DonA;come until Sdcleok
ishal be through putting things to-
klts then, ah!ssS Act yaps IN.
81 :nfnsu JOSH II Az nor tstao.obtuse
eo9 9nfefst staud t1adt, and 4 tihs bash
nasssa \ far 4. s. ta AZ: = good
bye Kiss, which vas preemhteaily re5
sused; oa4oeyse. h
o..i shan t. Do take yoasel fuff.
Think. / didn't. see you fdgeting
arolnd Sarah Jonasat Deacon B Bger's
yesterday evening 2 I've llot4ol sotten
that. sirsss. :.rs 50.
I, s.Now Hettyys -
q But, the appeal was brpken, off I
tantaliaing little laugh;' 81
Apaiiig forward TO taxa a psd fit n
..y,epge on his tornentress, sho-slina
away and rap:an thsspath Is the he'd
where he saw Ne lie Aand. as & Z
Disappeared with De KITCHEN pore
and he. then turing ont tho
tayk the road swarGAss.. 4
Tho tea.t had Been esgsl lll
the table set sbaes against ffiS wall,
the ors1hbs bfashed froas the clean
home made carpets and uetty s work
Hstand drawn up ID aRFr ons se tle blazing
fire. A bountifully piled. waiter of
great red apples and a plate cfcrack
walnutswere on it,sin close proximity
to Hetty's work-basket.
On one side of the fire sat- Mrs.
Thomas fat and fair, and at peace with
all theworld, rocking Htid knitting, and
refreshing harself at sundry intervals
with bite from a half eaten apple
that lay on the corner of the table, and
touching every. now and then in a
caressing manner withlser foot sleek,
lazyrlooking cat that purred and wink
ed on therug before,her. Hetty sat on
the Other side, sewing, and busy in
thinking how she should tell her mo-
ther that she expected a visitor. z She
would have giventhe world to be able
to say in an off4band manner that she
expected Mr.. Hawley to drop in about
eight. But She rccollected with a
twinge of conscience how hard she had
tried to get the old lady to accompany
her husband toAunt Ruth's, spite of her
forewarnings of spell of neuralgia
how she had also plc0d headache as an
excuse for not going herself. And she
knew her mother was quite sharp enough
to draw her own inferenccs from these
facts and from her being dressed with
unusual care to spend an evening at
home.
81 shall not dare to tell her now.
She'll be sure to think [ wanted to get
her out Of the way so | might have Jo-
siah all to myself, and [ should never
hear the last of it," And like wise
little puss she was silent.
I'll venture my word on it, you would
not have wondered at our young far
mer's desperate enthrallment if you
could have seen Hetty Thomas as she
sat sewing by the fre-side that cold No
vcmber night.
Under pretext of being ready to 60
to her Uncle's, Ga thing she had no idea
of doing) she had, just before tea, in
dulgcd in an indiscriminate fixing up
A ncatly-ftting dark calico, with the
store Look still on it; fresh linen col
lar and tasteful black silk apron-these
were the chief items Of Hetty's toilet;
but she looked as sweet and dainty in
her plain dress as if hours had been
spent in donning lace and jewels. Her
rich hair, Of tire darkest auburn tiugc,