Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-04-12
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night before when, multifarious horrors, it
was nowhere TO be found
'Oh what has become of my waterfall !;
what shall do, cried Katie, searching up
and down, hither and thither, vainly for the
missing head gear.
''She remembered taking il off, just before
retiring, and laying il nj the head Of the bed
on chair, and now it was certainly nowhere
in the room.
"What will become of me- sighed Katie,
half crying, my own head looks just like lit
tie Shocks, aunt Poly's little ap-dog"
Al this iunclure aunt Polly appeared on the
scene, with the announcement that tho boys
were M and breakfast was ready.
katie's dolorons plight was soon made
known, and the search renewed by both with
vigor, but not vestigc Of The missing article
could be discovered.
Weary with looking and waiting, Katie, af-
ter good cry. and at aunt Polly's earnest So
licllation, consented TO brush up her soft misty
locks into pretty rings and tendrils, about neck
and brow, and appear upon the scene.
Say not II word about it, dear, said aunt
Polly, soothingly 'and they'll think it new
style"
SO Katie made her aelm, and was introdu-
ced to Johns friend and John, "contrary to
nntur," MS aunt Polly declared, ''didn't tease
or run her a btu There happened thereafter,
IN the course OF human events, sundry walks,
rides, pic-nics excursions, etc, in all OF which
Harry Lane, the friend aforesaid, and Katie,
seemed to pair off naturally together, and so,
ere the summer WAVED, they had determined 10
brave the shoals and quicksanas on the treach-
erous sea OF matrmony.
katie shall be married here, at the old
homestead where her ma was BORN said
kind aunt Polly, and so there was slaughter
ing OF the ieathered creation, and vigorous
beating OF fresh eggs and sugar, and golden
cream, and snowy -four.
"And we'll have big dance in the cham
ber" said John.
you II have to have n new floor in then"
replied uncle Joe /; and so carpenter was sent
for with Dispatch and the loose old time
stained boards were soon in process of tearing
up, to make room Cor the smoothest of white
pine floors, fora grand dance ut Katies we'd
ding.
Aud what met the astonshed eyes of uncle
joe as he lifted the boards contiguous to
katie's chamber from their resting place?
Why, the eosiest family of little rats, snugly
ensconsed in what was once Katie's waterfall
now carefully pulled to pcices and arranged
into n comfortable nest.
Uncle Joe had been warned by aunt Polly
on the morning of katc's mysterious loss u
never mention it to the boys, " for you see il
John gets wind OF it she II never hear the last
Of it, said sympathizing aunt Polly But
the discovery was too good to be kept secret
Katie was quickly summoned, and her ire
preside screams of laughter soon brought
John and Harry 10 the spot, and the latter, II
drawing the pretty head, with its little short
rings Of dropping gold TO hisshouldcr, whs-
percd in her ear, DO you know, Katie, darl-
ing, it was this little head Of sunny, natural
curs, that won my admiration, for had VOW
err to wed woman who wore that moustrous
abomination, a huge WATERFALL
. Then you may thank the rats for me, af-
ter all, - said Katie, htifpouting, 9 and weiifs
coax uucle Joe to eavd them undsturbud.t'
- Woods HoaSehold Kuydzfae.