The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-01-14
From the st. Loals home JoarnaI.
Not on the Program
BY GUY S. QTTs.

Percy was in a wonderfully good hu-
NOR that morning. She. came flying ou5
into the front yard, where I was engaged
in eradicating spiteful ten penny nail
from the plank pave, which had caused a
rent in my newest boots the previous
night, and drew up with short stop on
my right
ING to the far, and not with you neithe1."
"Neither p groaned l. Is
@Well, either, then, if you must be SO
prim. And you won't guess who am
going with--neither" -oa.
| am not naturally inquisitive, bot just
to humor her, guessed one Of her ancient
admirers who had two of the sweetest
children-"Andrew Sroggin?"
ePish that old widower!" 1880 E.#.
''Amos Keag ?ns4ai c.ags. d sm FL
mo, not AD108 Keag with q very
drawing emphasis on the name.
81 don't know, then; 50 do not irflteto.
meby further importantly, sister mime"
said /, using an old manouyerof mine $40
overwhelm her. 81. is3,s a..ga f. 81
you guess?"
A light beamed across my intensely Ro-
man nose, radiated athwart my brown
ish side-whiskers, and at the same time,
the nail came out, and | calculated, IN a
tone of disappointment: "What, Clum-
?ph9ta 2ai '.L
1t may not be considered strictly origi-
nal but havn't you noticed that the more
YOU guess, the nearer you make no ap-
nroach to the object? Who would have
thought of Clummy Gumfudgjn asking
Percy Qtus to go to with hlm ? And
AGAIN, would the same "who' have surmls-
ed that Percy would go with Columbus?
We went into the house, and found Mrs
Qtus, my ma, busy packing hamper with
edibles and bidible,s assisted by Miss Net
tie Jaypee,who is sort Of distant rela.
tive Of ours. Ncttie was slicing some
ham, and affected not to see US come m
So she remarks, ina blandishing way, to
the old lady, who is, by no means sim,
"Dear me, Aunt Ellen, you'd better come
too. You can sit between Cousin Guy
and me. Therel1 be lots of room; and
deserving US, she appealed ''won't they
Percy ?".lIrf8 I'D aaeas a..4aa,. 81,
Mrs. Otus is too venerable bird to be
ensnared by such artiice; so she just
dropped two or three pickles around the
diminutive pot of butter, disposed glass
of Jelly to her satisfaction, sqeezed al
alarmingly soft apple pie between the top
most biscuits, and then put the lid down.
by which latter proceeding she ran re-
fractory willow through the pie, lmpal-
ing fowl'slimb on its end. This we dis
covered afterwards but, for the contlnul
ty of the sketch, put it on record now.)
After she had done all these things, she
said, "Now girls, run up and get ready
Percy, child, you'd better wear your pop
lin, with the gored skirt, and your strip
ed shawl. Don't be all day raising your
hair to the right elevation, but hurry, fol
here it is half past seven, now, and yot
ought to be there by ten o'clock"
went out, and conducted old Oliver
Twist into the traces, and soon had him
hung on the front palings, with the dear
born, newly painted, at his heels. .-, &,
Before had got my left boot blacked
heared racket down the road, and here
came Columbus Gumfudgin, in his moth
crs rockaway, driving a young horse, thai
hadn't been broken to harness for more
than month. Clammy sawed away on thu
lines and just as he got opposite old On
pulled right round to the left. The" hrs
thing old Twist knew, who was standing
contentedly looking at his shadow, anc
whisking away the flies, he was rudely
thrust against the. palings, and Clummy
horse trying to walk over him wlthou
lifting his feet 9&eAA = 4Shso
hasten to the aid of the said Gum
fudgin, and we soon had things to rights
and proceeded with my toilet, while 20
lumbus drove down the road, then UP
and SO on for two OF, three downs and ups
when the steed was ,calmed and persplT
ing copiously. 45
Ii it took Percy and Nettle an hour Z
get ready it took them two; but at las
they came down, and we carried out IN
baskets; and Olummy's horse backs'
down the hill, and Percy screamed an,
the two shot off in the old barouche VII
such a racket! and Nettie and l laugneo
and then we started. f ye sol SIS
We never eought up, until we GOT I
Bimbo's, and there all the Bimboes cam
out in two-horse wagon, with Lou an
Charley on horse back, and preceedea.
drove up just behind the Bimbo Wagon
and, the first thing / knew, old Oliyt
Twist had thrust his long head right Int