The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-02-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
Same IhiUOs MFs. !ShriDsI, !Sd". anf
Some Things Which She
did N0i See.
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TiHs Is the wav the siuts tan. She sei alOn'
wlih her father and took ia plain sewing sns
hcr name vas Augusta ingtahAm New Their
j. uo iriirT blood out a. tile queen household
than the iugtsham bioud Indeed IL Is sais
,tH' hr ha, \ ia the iimr 81 the Chsrl.sr-. or he
iui" une Oi the nan" Wts hung With ssksI
cotd and what n,"t' can one ask For IL ob'
has Llas LloUd no ma'i.f about white bread
\ garden ran down W. .lnI'e behind the house
NiIh six great buS, hes al l'is-plani growing IL
~ thrifty aud health, "a. thiags will manag,
to h.. made out uf common dir. Across one end
oi 'hr garden wasa row ~ curttnt-bushcs, and
rr'uss the other An asiatagas-hcd and ihes'
thing together With various little matters Abou
the earden-sugh lettuce. cucuu,bcrs and
purple cabbagrs were taken. each in IL. season
douu 80 the market at the other end Of the village
even morning 10y Augusta father. lngrahan
though he was-b,cause ono mssf he, ever
though one great.gfandfnihcf had bccn IA bpir
marquis
Augusta lu.raham ~. handsome EVERY bod,
could see ihai-aud she Ma proud. Mrs. SHRIMP
said aud Mrs shrimp had great opportunity tC
KNOW for the window u her little ~ofs,ed sior,
was directly opposite Augusta sitiing.toOm win
doW aud Mrs. shrimp had SMALL spy-glass
which she always kept IN drawer nnder III,
counter a. the end n'arrsi the window
u ant make out what Tor work Augusta In
graham Is about To dat u IS something white
aud should say !, might be- shir; but il
shirt Who for questioned Mrs Shrimr. eye
sass N hand. I'VE great notion 10 make a.
crrsnd In there. as ever had 10 eat Wonld
YOU Coneurraucc -
90 would u was a mind 10. replied Concur
tan,r Who was farther named poscy aud was
dark iiule woman, with nose which went up
sus chin which went down She vas Tigh
han figh, car. figh, tys and sisni foot TO Mrs
shrimp. but when II came 10 tongue Mrs Shrini
had ~ all her own way for Coneurrance ucvei
spoke II she could well help 1t, and when she did
What he said did not amount 60 row ~ pins
Mr. shrimp gave another look though bet
glA.s Il wili | n run over and show her N,
new afghan pattern aud ask after Mr. lngraham'i
rheumatism Thcf, wont be much doing 10 day
and can he spared awhile ns well - 10, sait
she. putting the glass bacA hastily In i,s corner
aud looking up Al 'hc gray clouds Which wcr'
spiiefuly hinging down an occasional handful o
snow and then sulkine away though some
thing up there was going very much against thti
grain.
No there was little prospect Of customers
Sihce dinner there had been nobody In excepting
old Mrs Salier, aud she had the liver.complaint
as every body knew who had ever the pleasure o
Eve minutes conversation With her aud went fol
her health in all wea,hets, particularly in stormy
So Mrs shrimp muaicd herself up and went ou
into the cold world
Augusta inktahAm ui1 not httl spy ethsS
but she had pair Of very good gray eyes. and
she kaw she Was goiag to have call before bel
neighbor Was fairly through her own doorway
She has some question on her mind, nov
there s no doubt about that How ! do hate your
regular pr,es ," musrd she
Hut Miss lngraham was an extremely socia
Young lady, and rather enjoyed even com
rany which she dsspi'ed sometimes; so she receiv
Cd Mrs shrimp With nrighborly hospitality put
ttnfg haF the eaatagt ghnsr and hrippiuW her heg
embroidered fooisiool Then being SEATED Mrs
shrimp took from her WIDE pocket the white cot
ton feins shc was cfochc,ing for her shop against
Christmas, aud Augusta picked NJ her sewing
Aud w. Il was shirt
Is that shirt hlg enough for your father cx
claimed Mt shrimp, inercdulously.
''oh that i your errand Is Il r. though
Augusta Hardly y .he replied alOud, quic'l,
cutting a bu,,on-holc
Who are you making It for pursued Mrs
shrimp siill on knowledge bent
"for a .aaR who raivd here With The cloth
| didni ask his name lie looked able 10 pay
aud that u IN, chief interest In him replied
Augusta. Who was too proud TO be ashamed o
takiug la scwing.
40 Mrs shrimp went home as wisc as she eamc
III was a shirt sure enough but didn't &c
any thing more out of Augusta and I couldn
find out who for Gust ingraham is IS close ~
a clam when she runs Of a notion 10 he. Wei
watch aud zee who goes there. saia lbs I,
Concurrence noscy
"Ilmhm replied Conear,ance. And iha
was n gTea, deal for her 10 say when .hc had no
been asked any question
No they watched but, rot being Owls, did 10
sac the owner oi the shirt who called for II on'
evening when the moon didn't shine ifthcy had
they would have seen nobody hut Seth Found
Who worked ~ the smlIhy under the hill--a red
headed, good.hearicd hlusdering sort of ~
idiot.
Seth Pound took the shirt aad raid log II
| locking all the time NJ Augusta Ingraham ant
her pIalu hnme With an awkward sense Of some
thing like the discrepancy between waxen tape
and q lin candlrstek
"MIss Ingraham Is good girl. wish coul,
make Il pleasant for her somehow, thought b.
that night. lying awake 10 conslde ways an,
means, aud fccllng benevolent 10 the very tips o
his clumsy fingers. lie was Kind. hearted ne IN
day 10 long-hui the idea of calling Augusta In
graham "a good giri'' II was soGielhiag In
speaking u ve.afius ~ a sweel, pgetly bill.
Seth Pound did not stop turning over, droppInI
the subject and dropping 10 sleep until som
time along into the day after aud the consequence
was that, in less than week, Mrs. ShE.Eip, Gror
her seat AZ the alane.- Iable--w which was, for be
convenience, opposite the glass door opening int
the shop, and thus on lO the slTeet--saw tal
man. with bis bat well On the back u his hsa
knocking ~ the opposite do0g
She lumbled down the pie she was cutting, an
hurried 20 the front window wilh the air Of seein
smoke where smoke ough, no, 10 be- but IN ~
other minute cauie back, saylng--"Ofall thing
In thls wolld, Had, Il u seth Pound going ~ lu
graham's Now wondeg u be wants 10 get ser
Ing done7 I don't believe Augusta would Dc
mean herself TO work for the smllhy hands an
] think Heth has got considerable cheek 10 ven
iure upon asking her"
Tho p~rspn addressed ~ Rad vas yrr
lcan psssoa, aeag.sIghled With sac eye and blln
With the olheF but pretty faF-scclng ioT all ihes
little dsleels. lie was named Arad Shrimp. an
was, a. his wife happily expressed herself, In III
boot aud shoe business referring 10 u slual
FougLly .fuFulshed room III the rear of the hous'
where he meudrd those articles VI Faimegi IN N
mort hplching and gnOd.humoFed way. NJ
Hhrlmps usual tpFn VI conversation WAS by smut
log which be bad reduced 10 such q science ,ha, u
words weee necsssaEy 10 express the most dellea
shade " naeaning 10 the nind Of bis wife. Ma
more. She oflfn know what be mcan, hel.l
than be did hinself.
No now, IN reply 10 q shOtt. derisive snul
bsought out - her husband put d0wn bis bowl
chocolate and pushed back from the table, NJ
NhTlap snla eagerly--"why, saat 10 knOw
De you really thlnk she haa been working {
kssh roundV Well, we'll, woaldn't have flHMk |
kow don't you believe, ConeuiTance, that VI
hh very ldsmtleal shirt Augusta vas 80 ieTglh
private about The day vas ln lhsrs ~
"peThaps gn," FslaFNed cOneuFmnee Doss
bewlnnlpW 10 gather up ths dirty dishes upon 4
table - AF as shs coald reach them wllhu
! lrayinE her chair.
ThrR ,hs shopbtlI ,uas aad aIrse,ly NJ