The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-21

me perfectly insane to mention such
thing, and my daughters would consider
me q hard-hearted tyrant to send them a.
way to snch fate
If you would like 10 have them sent
out OF the city next month, will tell my
girls TO manage the matter with yours =
Girls you know, can do almost anything
with each other. What say you, shall
the thing be done2'
! should be very much graliied if i
could be pleasantly brought about re-
turned Mr.. Ashton delighted at The idea
The cars were at the Park. and the gen
tlemen hasted, each his separate way, tc
business. But the mornings conversation
wss not forgotten.
Mr.. Ashton did not mention n word Al
home of the subject of his wishes. Poor
man! he knew it would be the surest way
to defeat the proposed plan. But'the very
next evening his daughters were visited
by their friends the daughters of Mr.
Armstrong; and before the evening was o.
yer, the consent OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ashton
was gained that their girls should accom-
pany their young friends to tho country
to stay all summer if you choose said the
mother, 'but shall expect TO see you back
in a week
A merry travelling party the seven
girls made, pheasant journey was :heirs
10 the place Of farms. Agnes and Sarah
Armstrong took Ada Ashton with them,
while Grace and Florence Armstrong and
Julia and Carrie Ashton boarded togeth.
er They were made cheerfully welcome
by the honest farmers, and eat with keen
relish ofthe good supper provided for
them. The ashton girls owned that they
had not felt so hungry for year.
I'VE will puta different color on those
pale cheeks, my liltlo dears, said the
pleasant Mrs. Stone. the wife of the farm,
CT where Julia and Carrie were to board.
The girla fell in love with Mrs. Stone at
first sight. She had tho sweetest, most
genial face in the world, her voice was as
pleasant as her countenance. All, she
was q charming and admirable woman
No wonder that the girls loved her as
soon as they saw her.
1 am sure you are Very good, ma am;
and we shall be happier here than we ever
in onr lives. fec! at homo already said
Julia Ashton, impulsively
As the travellers were weary they re-
tired early 10 their rooms. Sweet. white
washed rooms, fragrant with fowersSand
clean odors. The snowy beds invited
them, aud soon they were lost in dreams.
Meanwhile the other members Of the par
ty were equally pleased with their recrp-
tion and accommodations. a
How many girls want to see splen
did sunrise?' cried the next morning the
voice of a man, standing at the foot of the
stairs.
Ilis Mr.. Stone cried Grace. leaping
at the same moment from dreamland aud
from bed. Jump into anything girls and
hurry down! We will carry towel aud
wash at the brock
Wait! we are all coming, called Flo
renee, opening the door little.
We'll. hurry. for l cant wait long,
In three minutes the troop was at Mr..
S;ons's heels, and away they wenllo the
field.
The four girls haslened like young
ducks 10 the fresh. running water, and
happy and rosy they looked when they
stood by the farmais side.
lie gazed admiriugly at them, smiled,
and said - ...... -,.
You are pretty creaturcs--all Of you.
The sun rose in all his majesty, and
and after seeing him safely above the
horizon and then taking good scamper
Acloss the fields, the girls returned. hun
cry as bears, to the house. Mr. Stone
was there before them, and the table was
spread with most inviting breakfast
alter doing justice Mrs. Stones bounte.
GUS fare, the girls ran TO feed the poultry
and to hunt for the eggs. This was new
work for the Ashton girls, but i; delight.
ed them greatly. They were joined by
tlie other members Of the party, and had
regular jumping match in town. Then
they all went into the kitchen, and picked
over dried fruit and greens for dinler.--
AT twelve o'clock they parted, and after
dinner the Ashtons we're so tired out that
they were glad to go TO bed. But every
day they grew hesrlier and stronger, and
wilder also, and before they had been a
month in the country, they were, as AIDA
said, "as good as new"
Rainy days they spent in writing to
their parents, or in helping the larmei s
wives make rag carpet or mats. Time
never hung heavy on their hands. There
were plenty of books, magazines, and pa.
pers to read; and the boys. who were
nearly men, we're always ready for story.
telling and riddles. Those boys were
tine fellows, and very agreeable compan.
ions. but it is not worth whileto say much
about that. There was boy at college
Mr.. Edward Stoue strangers called him
but they called him ed" at home. He
was at home week, and the girls were
not sorry, but it isn't worth while TO say
much about that either.
Miller was the name of the family
where the other three gills boarded
There were ral>'bboys' there too.
X X *
We'll, Armstrong, said Mr.. Ashton to
his friend. on finding himself again seat
cd beside him in downtown car, my
young ones are so in love with the coun
try that l can't get them home. Carrie