Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-09-10
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Maria Ann Tcceniiy icie,ininei
10 20 d q risnio,
Maria Ann ls my Wif,-unfiria-
Tatcly, she hail Slammed 10 80 4.
al0se, 50 Tar as | VAS concerned, On
that picnic eNrursi0R; hul whpn
heard s,s0tt il iclermiugyi 10 ~,
sisl- Nh5 tTg'eairl she t,i kri5
glad, bal don't hclirEl s,,e Na'.
ia will IN y0u gnai % goi away
irom year work a isy, poor ii'lnw,
she sGli; ''aii L6 shall 50 mach en-
joy u cool morning ri,l, 0n lhe ears,
aRi dinner in ,ho w0als,"
on the morning of that memo,@,,
RE day Maria Ann gni up At hvu
o'clock, About throe minutes later
sho disturbed my slumbers, anl
told me n eomo an 10 brsakiAst--
| tuli her I wasn't hungry, bul Il
didn't Eiaks { ,'lt 0g dih,gcrre,
had 10 get up, The sun WAS up; I
had no idea tho sun began business
20 carly in the morning, bat there
Ee Was, of.
"Now," said Maria lar. "WS
must fy around for tho ears stari q.
halfpast six, Eat all the breakfast
Z you oan for you won get anything
moro bclpTc lcoh,"
] ooull not cat aryll.iHg at ,hal
Time IN tile morning, ahl Il, wai
just ns well | cnnli not, Cor | had
all ] could do. There was leo Ia hr
Iorndcd 10 90 around tho pail of
ico cream, add the sandwiches Ia bc
cut, and | Thought | never ,shnuld
I get tho legs Of the chickens fixed 50
that | could put tho cover on the
big basket, Maria Ann flew around
and piled up groceries for ME To-
pack, and gave directions 10 tho
girl about taking cafe dr tho honsc,
and was putting on her new dycsy
all at once. There Is II great deal
of energy in that woman-pcrhaps
4 tviNc 100 n!tcN,
st twenty h!inttci past I stood
on the front steps with Il basket o..
drG arm and Maria AIMS Water.
proof on the other, and pail in
cGch Hand, and u bottle OF vinegar
in my coat.skirt pocket. There
was It camp. chair hung 6R some;
where too, but forget just now.
"Now,' said Maria Ann, 1--WE must
run, or we shall not catch the ears
"Maria,' - said |, ",hat Is n rcasofr
able Idea. How do you supp6so I
can run with all this frcight?"
"Sor riirst run, you brute. You
always try. to tease me-. lfyou do
not want sccuc on tic streets, yot
will start, too
Sc ! rar.
had one comfort at least
Maria Ann fell down and broke her
parasol. She called me brute
again because ] laughed. Maria
drove nc al the way to tho depot
in brisk trot, alId wc got th Tho
cars; but neither Of us could get "
seat, and ! could not find any place
where could set the things downi
so | stood dHd held them.
"Mdria," | said in winning ac.
Ccl!ts, "how is tl!is for ii cool MORT
ihg FiiG?"
Said she, "Y5a arc brute, Jcd:
kins."
Said, "My love, YOU hdv6 mAdd
tlidt rciiiArk bciorS.'
l kept my courag6 Hp, actl knew
there would be an hour Of WRATH
when we got homo. While We
were getting out Of the cars THO
bottle in my pocket got broke, and
consequently [ had ono boot full Of
vinegar all day. THAT kept ldn
pretty quiet, and Maria Ann ran off
with Il big-whiskcrcd music tcachcl5
and lost her fan, and got her feet
wet, and tore hor dress, and enjoy
cd hcrscle much after the f,sl'ior nf
picnic goers. | thought it never
would come dinncr-timc, and Mari;t
called ME y pig, because L wanted
to open our basket Before the rest
of the baskets wcrc opchcd., ,.,
AT last dinner time came, the mice
dinner in the woods" you know
Over three thousand little rod ants
had got into our dinner, and they
were worse to piUli 6jit tlith gsl,
bones. ,rto it0 cream had melted
and thorc was no Vinegar for tho
cold meat, except What was in my,
boot, and Of course that @ds dl no
immediate use. The music todchci'
spilled cup ofhot coffee on Alaria'a i
head, aid pulled all the frizzlcs out
trying to wirc off the coffee with
ht5 Handkerchief I'lttn SIT on 4
piece OF raspberry PIC, and spoiled
my white pants, and Coricljidcd |
didn't Wdl anything Moro. | had
| to stand UP against. a tree the resf
of tic aflptndon. The day afforded
considerable variety, compared TO
ovcry day life, but there were SO
/. many little drawbacks that / did
| not enjoy it so much us [ might
: have done.