Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-29
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Bstsey's Bonnet.

steps taking to plain country farmel
in suit of homespun gray.
'Waal, no. not quite yet. John.
want to yet Betsty o bonnet a rea
nice one as Yorker might want
Cause Betsey's worked awful hard TIL:
spring. Tunes are gooi, too. So
guess we'll see if my Betsey sha n,
iook as good a. ANYBODY S'pose YOU
don't want 10 go along with me. dc
>ou|
Let me sec-four O'Clock III
90. Uncle Abel. I'll look at the pretty
glrls, though; yon wont MUD that
Come on
SO they walked off up the street. the
fashionable attire OF the Young law, er
contrasting strongly with tie antiqua-
ted cut of The farmers garments, winch
at home were wont to lie in solemn
state IN the spare room all the week,
on.v 10 be worn on Sunday with be-
coming carefulness. There was little
likeness in the face-a trifie too fair
for manly beauty, with its blonde
moustache and setting of close brown
cnrls-to the bronzed and bearlless
one. with the few locks. spare AMI gray,
beneath the well-brushed hat but tue
blue eye was the same in both, and like
those that were closed forever undcr
the sod by the apple orchard on Uncle
AbeFs iarm, where his aead sister was
Land when John was a tiny child. 1t
troubled John not whit 10 be seen
with the plain countrymln. In spite
Of hI- pcrrumed hair aud well glosed
hand his heart was true as steel 70 the
good friend OF his boy hood, and the
lnguiring glsnces of his companions
gave him no annoyauce whatever.
They reached Madame Rozeties AZ
last, and John lounged IN the door way
and stra'ghtway engaged in thc @huda-
bic employment OF finding out the
preti.cst face among the girls IN attend
ancc. JOSIE Moil,t. radiant with smi. .cs
and-aud think little artificial
hiuuu. came forward with her most
bv"It hung glanccs To wait upon the
"id iarm'r who brought So attractive a
person with him: and, fanc,iug that
she would show her superior ahliIty by
81 doing. made up her mind 10 quiz
| nc,e Abel gnmcTcilully psol I'D
man He never WAS SO miserable IA
his life. la Hop,ovn he would have
had no trouble whatever Miss Crab
tree. in her plain dress and cap with
lavender rihbors. would have tod him
at once what 10 get an'i hen Iitgle gra:
eyes would not have confused hlIn IN
the least
But here was a fine lady with great
circumference OF black silk tra..ins out
along the carpet, waist no bigger
than wasp, 4 head on which The halr
seemed struggling IN crinps aud curls
togetaway from shining bands Strapped
tightly around II, aud pair OF great
".aek eyes looking straight at him
While the dalnsel heid up one sly lie
after another, or tied them on coquct-
tishly, Uncle Abel locked at Joh. ln-
plorlngly but derived no help from
him.
Now. Young woman, show me some
OF your best bonnets-real good ones.
None OF your oldfashioued poor things
for my Wife
Having said this Uncle Abel felt tha,
he had stated the case clearly and
should have no further trouble.
Miss Josie sailed abou, aud returned
with white chip gipsy, trimmed with
blue, shirred green satin with "A red
rose on It, and gray straw trimmed
with scarlet poppies.
Now this will be just what you want
l am sure only twenty-five dollars too
so cheap and so becoming
Uncle Abel confessed afterward that
he felt quite confounded at the great
price, but did not mean TO let that
Frenchltied girl know it, so he only
said. oh, that's the style, eh? 1t amt
u blt like Betsy's old one though
oh no, Sir, the fashion has changed
entirely. Now this gypsy is just the
newest thing out, and your wife would
set the fashion in the town, | don't
doubt.
She looked up at John Dare merrily
but could not interpret the look in his
eyes; so, taking it for granted that it
was an expression of admiration, she
pursued the same strain.
just fresh from Paris; am sure
your wife would like that. Shall try
it o. for you"
'Wa'al yes, can tell better how it
looks then. Now it looks jest like q
dish
'There-it goes on this way and
Josie pitched the little thing over her
rosy face. tied the strings in a biz bow
knot, and swept down the length Of
the room. Don't YOU like it,
'Wa'aI. it's kind O purity but it's
awful queer, amt it John!'
John thus appealed to could oulv
answer that be knew nothing in the
world about women's bonnets : and
took up his reverie whatever it was,
just where it was broken oil. But look-
ing idly in the long mirror opposite be
saw Josie making signs to another girl
and he soon found that they were
amusing themselves vastly At the per-
plexIty Of their customer. He saw,
too, that pale quiet girl, with smooth
brown bair looked up from her work
Indignantly. and be rather saw than
heard her cay, For shame : aud grow
crimson ~ she spoke.
His own face flushed little as be
became aware that Uncle Abe. was
being made the butt of their Jokes
good Uncle Abel, who was looking SO
admiringly At the fabrics incompre-
hensible to him, his old heart only full
OF the thought how he should make his
present worthy Of the patient soul for
whom it Was intended.
Then John was greatly perplexed ;
for IS he said truly. be knew rothing
about all that mysterious and bew ilder
ing arrangement of dress that be saw
every day.