The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-11-09

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at is impossible, my child, that it
could have been anything but an over
excited fancy, and You mast all forget il
now and get ready for bed
No, Miss Jeanette, know, and shall
al ways affirm To my dying day. tina nav
senses were clear md I lid indeed So.
another face in the glass beside nv own"
answered ChriSta bel in tone of such earu
est conviction hat | was staggered for IL
II meat. The girls rallylng from their
scare, insisted 1t was true sign, and
now that Chrissle had sen her l,vey,
they would make one more IF ,rs" So
DAISY went to bed faithfully obeying the
directions:
" Turn your boots toward The street,
Leave your carriers on your fe It.
Put your stockings on your lad,
You1i dream Of tue one you're going to wedr'
while Kitty, pursuant to her "sait
charm" having successfully accomplish
ed the three swallows-wrnt 70 sd back
ward, aud lay down upon h.r right side.
determined TO sleep without starring till
morning. As my room was separated on.
ly by thin PARTITION from the larger one
which tue girls had imprOvlsed INTO a
dormitory for the sak Ike of being together,
| hat the benefit of Kttrys m4rtvrd pm
After they had chattcd some tirAe, [
heard her voice m0urnfuIlv exclairn, " On
dear if G. uld only stir enough to have a
drink I'm dying Of tnrst" yet refusing
I'll off.rs of reliet, determined not to
spoil her charm Then -
Ion girls h,ao | pity Lots wife. |
should think she would have swallowed
he Dead Sea-"
And again: "This is eUgr so much
worse than having your photo taken,
because you Gun wink then; besides, if
you do spoil it, you can have another
one taken"
Thus through the watches Of the night
came the lamentations of tins small
jeremiah, till suddenly there was bound
upon the floor, and burst of laughter
| rs poor parcbed Kitty made an attack on
The pitcher, and between swallows an
nounced that che was "curcd in every
sense of the word ;-catch her in such a
pickle agein, ii she never got married.
which was the last sound | heard from
NV dove cote.
The morning dawned clear and fresh,
and November seemed to borrow her first
| day hOm her predecessor, to get a good
start as it were, and l found my birds
could be larks as we'll as owls; for Gle
my own toilet was complete [ heard the
rustling and nesting and tw,tering,
which finally merged into general Cos
slping, and the click Of little heels across
he floor This assured me that my
breakfast preparations could proceed,
for neither superstition nor sentiment
can exist without food, [ find. Poor
Daisy was in great distress when, on
rising she found hSr tiny boots staring
at The barn instead of streetward, and she
was quite sure
"Some elfin sprite
On mischief hight"
had turned them. Wonderful visions
we've related at the table, in which hob
goblins and knights seemed to have an
even chance of it, while Kitty's demands
on my coffee pot betrayed her brny con
ditiOn. Chrissie was still trIfe pale and
preoccupied.
And thus ended, or seemed to end, the
! Halloween Frolic.
AS the last blue veil whisked out of
sight down the road, heartily wished
them all back But the sunlight and
laughter fingered long in the old house,
cheering me until the Thanksgiving pre-
parations commenced, when Kitty was
with me again ndswhile [ was engaged
in preparing "dlvers and sundries" of
sweets and pAsteS, flesh and fowl, her
nimble, tasteful fingers were identifying
the rooms with festOous and garlands aud
bright bouquets. Her blithe young
friends hunted through highway and
woodland for leaves aud moss, grasses
and pines, and came in laden. For sew
eral days the great hall was piled with q
beautiful confusion of dark evergreens,
trailing princes, pine, smoky wreathes
of graceful clemaGis, great clusters of the
scarlet and orang birter-sweet, and the
dazzling globes OF the snowbelry. Bask-
els of terny moss, too, and sprays of wild
cranberry Wasn't it lovely frame for
beautiful faces and graceful forms? Can
you wonder the old home was transtigur-
ed under the magic Of such influences,
and that proud hostess greeted the new
corners. as by twos and tens they all
gathered under the roof-tree? Every
/. nook was filed, from the great "spare
chamber bedded for the occa
slon-to the old mahogany crib for Ba-
by Maud!
Well, all went on finely, till just as
we were about to march in grand process
sion to the Thanksgiving feast, the door
burst open, and, to our great surprise mer.
ry Rollie Hayden, my young nephew,
in all the pride and promise of a nearly
attained majority, walked in, with
"How are you all, good kinstolk, and
my blessed auntie l was determined to
come, if it took a leg and though it was
hard to get off, I did it, and here's my
chum, Mr.. Richard Delamore, whom
insisted on bringing to see genuine