Middletown transcript., 1870-09-17
For The MiddietOwn Transcript.
Ninety Degrees in the Shade.

cit is so warm ~
"You look cool. That pcarl-color dress
with the blue trimmings, looks just like
the little bit of water in the shadow of the
bridge with tho sky reflected iu it,
81 wish | was where the reflection is
think to be floating in the water would
be the most appropriate way of passing
this weather"
THE pearl-color would hardly do for a
second use under that discipline"
II suppose it wouldn't" and its owner
settled its folds with some satisfaction at
its beauty. "But that yellow of yours is
terribly suggestive of Pickering flames and
CLEANS of sunlight"
the stars, or the moons cold wintry
gleam."
"No, I tell you it is fame. l have
seen Just such, and the white trimming,
like the little lines of white ashes that
gather at the edge"
"Oh hush. your criticism is scorching
Isn't Flo down yeti"
"She is just coming Good morning,
Lazy!
at isn't; it is too warm. There isn't
any air
Amy air? You could hardly find any
heir to an estate to-day"
"Atrocicus Anybody guilty of such
pun ought to be compelled to sit by
warm stove an hour"
"You ought to have been down to
breakfast, we had hot rolls"
.nl1c T bo1 thoya oil ,,;0ht ,,
"Oh mercy! Fastidious Flo, playing on
words"
Il always heard diseases spread rapidly
in hot weather"
"Its all your fault, Emma. Evil COM
municatiOns, etc"
Don't be SO copy-platey. We have
enough to do to bear this weather, without
any additional horrors"
THAT little stream there, gurgling and
FLASHING, just aggravates one, by suggest
ing coolness that is unattanable."
1T is tantalizng stream, l know;
there are mermaids in it, and in that lit
tie nook where the ferns grow down to the
water and surround that fiat stone, know
the fairies have their homes. | have
heard rippling laughter and silvery voices.
Do you see that flash now? That is the
glitter of mcrmaid's glass, and the sheen
of her eyes,
Il wish | was one. l wonder if there
is anything necessary for becoming one of
the sisterhood, but carrying a small glass
in the left hand and constantly combing
the hair with the right"
81 think an oil-cloth suit might be ad-
visable-in wet weather, for instance"
"Just listen and amt she romantic %
"Who is that on horseback 2"
''Lee Thomas! and he is coming here,
as live.'
''Just to think of gentleman's coming
to see ladies, when the hot weather has
taken all the backbone out of them !'
'You mean whalebone."
Il feel like wilted cabbage leaf.''
"That is particularly appropriate, this
blistering hot day"
Emma you shall be banished."
''Let it be to Greenland's icy noun
tains, then"
"There's that horrible man. I know
he will suggest something awful. 1 won
der if he would mind our asking him to &c
home, if we did it right politely Y
Good morning, Mr.. Thomas. How
kind of you to come over this hot day to
dissipate our ennui. We are delighted tc
see you. Will you have fan? OF course
no, men do not appreciate tanning"
"You must talk about something agree.
able"
"What shall it be 2"
go, icebergs, or streams of running
water"
"Play croquet? Mr.. Thomas"
How do you play it? Lie in gras.
hammock and have some one to swing
and fan you"
| "A little more exertion than that"