Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-02-06

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/ to have an establishment. Don't forget
TO be animated"
The six Miss Simpsons giggled, Just to
see if they could do it don't think any
one would care to hear Them repeat it.
Were you ever on farm? And did
you, just before dawn, hear the hens, and
the Guinea-hens. all begin To cackle? 1t
! is not cuphonious.
Ma ~ exclaimed Arabella.
MAJ called Victoria.
MAJ said Matilda
Ma" cried Sophia.
/ Now What is it?"
Here comes pa with Young man! "
Good gracious! Is that all ? One
young man One young man TO six
girls We are not Mormons! Just like
/ Jour father
The one young man was presented, and
/ the six Miss Simpsons bowed.
They all put their elbows back, and
( hung the tips OF their fingers down when
they bowed
Tho young man hazarded "A remark on
/ the excessive heat oi the weather, and
( the SIX Miss Simpson, sigSIcd
Their mn looked daggri, 1t was not
/ the Time To siegle All thc girls looked
/ frightened. Altogether, the inst even
+ ing va, 4 itd ~.
The following morning. Mira. Simpson,
/ the d;,untls-s took three timiJ Miss
Simpsons To- the bath they had not
bathing suit. Tor all. ii took so much
I flannel. YOU know. so they were going TO
take turns. Matilda went into the water
with gasp, and grHsped the rope; she
+ had hardly caught hold at it before =
/ huge breaker dashed her away. and she
. came Hat, along with whole lot at other
! people she didn't know at all. in fact she
/ didn't know who she WIS herself tor n
/ lew seconds, and when she did, she
/ heartily wished il was somebody else.
/ and that she was safely back in the city.
where they didn't have any breakers,
/ Miss Victoria. next eldest %. the six,
/ sat in her scarlet flannel suit, with her
I two long laxen braids hanging down be
meath her hat, high and dry on The sand
/ Nearer to the water she could no, be per
/ suaded TO come. and every time that the
spray fell on the tips OF her canvas slip
perS Miss Victoria opened her mouth aud
yelled Mrs. Simpson was distracted.
Arabclla, the youngest. really enjoyed
the fun, but then she was the kind to en-
/ Joy most everything.
The Simpsons were not quite so com
/ Portable rs they should have been in their
summer quarters. You know they have
n way ut these first-class hotels of making
you miserable by all sorts OF little in
! genious devices. For instance, they will
give YOU cot to sleep on, instead Of IA
bed. which shakes in a most unsteady
manner, no matter how steady the sleep
er upon il may be- Said cot Is usually
made with n remarkably hard head board,
and wo belide the unhappy mortal who,
in = moment OF forgetiulness. drops his
head upon the pillow, and gives it n
/ thwack OH that board. He sees Jupiter.
Saturn and Mars. all in one. for lew
minutes alter. Such was the Simpsons
experience. They bore their sufferings
in silence, with the healing ointment Of
fashion to assuage them; but Miss Simp-
sons violet moire antique often covered
very indignant heart
/ The girls were excessively fond nf
dancing. SO they attended every hop
Not that they always got "A chance Ia
dance, but Just to be on hand in case they
/ did
Thoy were very stylish girls, the Miss
Simpsons were. | don't know where
you would find six equal to them They
wore great deal OF panier, and their
hair very much Ia Pompad0ur; and
they had the highest kinds OF heels TO
their boots-braSs heels that made music
for them, and such chatter, you wonld
have thought It was tn Ninth Regiment
out on a parade Men they had all sorts
/ OF little ribbons around their necks, with
bits OF lockets attached Of 4 windy day
ii was quite u treat TO see these pennons
/ flying about. like the flags of all nations.
al half mast. II made one feel as patriotic
rs the fire crackers do on the Fourth of
July Mrs. Simpson al ways superintend-
ed the girls toilets herself. She would
give Victoria's dress few little scientific
jerks, so that II would have = stylish
hang; then she roalranged those new
curls that Matilda had just bought, (they
cost great deal, too,) and she made
them look just as natural as if they grew
on Matida's head. 1t is true they were
not exactly the same shade as her hair,
but then who wants TO notice these little
defects? The general effect was quite
imposing, especially when all The girls
stood in flock, as they invariably did,
except Arabella. She would slip away
from the family circle, and when question
ed about it, would arehly reply;
ooh, never mind it's all right"
However, she told Victoria, and Vie
toria. dutiful child, went straight 10 her
mother with the news, that Arabella was
having Irritation
And, oh, ma it is so romantic" ex-
claimed Victoria. "Arabela says he is