The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-10
THOSE ARR0lfFa GIRLS.

THOSE tJEROMES GIRLS.
,4,> JI,ia +---lo741- aEIJ0l Ct
I The Jerome girls had piano, and what
Aunt Prissy called 4 "bristles carpet on
their parlOr floor. The had lately intro
duced into their front 'do0r.yard game
which the good Indy persisted in deslg'
hating as dcfockct," with d dim notion
that It was an invention made by Davy
Crockett, and therefore disreputable.
There wQs little, odd, cprnering win
dow, where Aunt Prissy oiten sat Mt work;
and from there she could look over into
the Jerome place, which had been fixed
up and improved until 1t was quite taste
full and pretty residence The -old" squat
farm. house. with sl blinking windows
and overhanging caves, faced by that I'D;
rniratiOn ofthe ancients, a red barn, had
been altered into a tasteful cottage, with
piazza cmb0wCred in 1ioneysuckle and
rose vines. The barn had been moved
out Of view, opening a. prospect to- the
river, with Its fringy willows. A neat, or
namcntal fence had been built, and trees
and shrubs planted, and flower beds rlAiq
out! ,rI :EUEotI ~ KS N hTI"Hs.n ~ r.
Aunt Prissy shook her head ruefully
over what she called those "dOin's" every
time she looked out Of the little c9rncrtng
window; and she did look opt many
times day, somewhat todthc detriment
other rcelfug md knotting on little
wheel, "Reminiscences Of her girlhood she
had never given up For Aunt Prissy
irhelheavily over the |degeneracy OF
modern stocking yarn; and, If anything,
to her mind, was an outward and visible
sim of the approa ching end f6fthe world.
It was them flimsy boughtcn. things
through which a body can poke her
finger" ,..
would have thought Of making such
changes IN the old place" Aunt Prissy
remarked to her Sistersin.law,9 2 blrs'
Babbett, who was fond Of good cd Yays
too and loved the store Of nice old7tash-
toned things in the Bahbett farmhouse,
and vet lad thought. more and lived more
in her time than Aunt PElssy had, J." II 1t
hadn't been torgthe hectorlng OF them
rlrls;n And tho old lady held up a long
Cotton sock she was knitting for her favor
lite nephew, Asa, (sho always knit Asas
socks three inches longer in the leg than
she did the otllcrs), and looked atit crit
COlly through her glasses.
ut does folks good to get stirred up
now and then" remarked Mrs. Babbett,
who was stepping about In her neat busk-
ms, TO brush up the tidy room, with great
patches OF sunshine lying on the rag
carpet and the braided mats, and lighting
10 a grain Of dust, if,there had been one ;
"and Uncle Abner, has appeared Younger
and smarter" she added, !" ever since the
girls got back from school, The improve
ment hus given him something 10 think
outbesldes his rheumatic OF / II
"Thcrc they are, crokcting agin," cried
Aunt Prissv, putting her wrlnkled old
face out between the dlmity curtains, win
SMELLS Of .Sothern wood and. sweet clover
coming through the window. - cant
for the lie, of!me, see what sense there 4
lin knocking them balls around. They'd
sirLt Better Being doing something useful
I'll be bound Uncle Alb don't get his ocks
mendcd once a month. 81. Do hear ,enl
laugh and holler like looms. must say
Miraudy, that sounds brazcnHreII
Its only a. bit, Of fun replied Mrs
Ba6bett, who was STICKING In her side
combs now, before the glass And, fol
my part, ! likfe e see young lolk!s 1, ENJOY
themselves. 1t, carries me back to my
own ng!daySPR u uH %DifEH
"Thero never was shch goings on wher
! we was gnls," remarked Aunt PriGsy
pushing her, cap.frill more out between
liz, windo curtains, and letting her knit
: ting work rest upon her lap. {, slt make
, nc ache, most .whenlI think how per
: tickcler Miss Jerome was about the house
and now look there at the doors all stand
nir stretched open, rs if,it WINS ginrA
| trainin', andithe muslin cuftins q blowing
out the frontrO6t1 windcfs, and the bul
: streaming right IN on 'that' bristlcs c1rpe'
and everything getting sPssEIeYdI Ylfh tn
"Sophy says she won't have anythinl
/ in tho house TOO good to- use every dnpy,
-, bht.h Mrs. Babbett, sitting down ln'he
/ hiayofite rocket, in one Of the patches c
sunlight, and gently osctllatlng TO md itc
! with tho big yellow pussy cat At her zee
n and a basket Of the weeks tnendlng clos
i by her elbow. "Shc wants to keep til
ICONS iiGht and bpGn, because they loo
pleasant, and her notion Is to make Ill
V EF&s%SSI@ slghtd Aunt Prissy, ."1shodl
think Door Miss Jerome would almoi
Sf6Sn ,fr5 Eer Eraye.i They know how I
. make the money fly; and man woul
need . purity long plss Hlet shoYld mqPFE
= one oEthcm girls. To my thinking, they,
: STAY single. many . long day. Scnsibl
young m6hi !ltk6 bur ASA; amt agoIng t