The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1873-10-31

up rather wosrily from the brown lion
she was working on Aunt Debhy's sofa
pillow.
You ough' 10 try to look pretty, be-
cause YOU have to sirg colo" REPLIED
but If you cant think Of anything bet
ter, dress as do Thank fortune. there
are two OF those monstrous teatherI fans
up IN the garrett | shall rear one of grand
mothers gay-aowered chintzes that she
had when sue was glrl, and big collar,
and string Of gold beads, and shall IA n
myself all the time with my huge feather
fan"
well, Meg, dear you age 80 merry and
funny that YOU can do that way and it will
just suit you, said Faith, but couldn I
carry it Oft well at all.
I'm surc you used to be just NJ merry
and furry As any OF usl retnrted aud
had it on my lips 10 add that ifCharlie Hall
hadn't taken to spending lis evenings at
Blanche Roots instead OF at cur house, she
wouldn't oe SO spiritles- and Indifferent now .
butt seemed rather unkini to harp upon
that sutjcct, so kept still Faith thread
ell her needle afresh and counted stitches
up and uown the lion : name.
A locker on can often see things more
plainly than the parties directly Concerned
in them, and | loresaw sunshine for Faith,
tor | was almost sure that one OF the mob
lest men on earth was deeply in love wish
her, .snd now that Charlie Halls iickleness
had taken him outof the way, Hervy North
would come forward llks "a king, claiming
his own. He was Il physician who had re
Gently settelel among us, OF high charllc-
ter and brilliant reputation aud there was
that in every look aud tone that showed
him "a man OF men" Faith had met him
first by sick bed, and the acquaintance
thus formed. had specify riyenel into
friendship in which, | iel,, lay something
more intense, waiting Ike the spark OF fire
in steel.
As for the Charlie Hall love affair, that
was well over, and wa glad OF il, tor !
hal never lad any great opinion of Char
lie. 1t was provoking that Faith should
have had to endure even one little heart
pang because OF him; but then che was
twice a, -weet aud lovely now as before,
and could almost forgive him, seeing
how Providence was turning every thing to
goSd
Somehow, felt that this Old Folk :
Concert, to which we were looking or
ward, held the crisis OF events 1t was to
be in the Church, aud the proceeds were ,o
go towards reducing the big debt, 20 eve.
rs one was interested, and all the hest vol
ces in the neishborhooi wer, called into
the service Among The ha,se- DR.. North
sang best There were plenty OF sopranos
and altos and about half "a dozen teuor-
cOnntin. in Charlie Hall Cur leader
trained Us well in the good oil hymn tunes
familiar to all, and can tell you it would
have male yorr pulses bound to hear no
sing $50 iatlon
We girls We're all loo a huitcr bout what
we should wear, for our dresses were alI 10
be m some ancient sy aud there were a
good many difficulties to surmount ",
hell counsel with grandmothers and great
auut-, ransa,k-i garrett. and overhaulcl
mo,h-ealeu trunks. drartin- forth TO I,U,
al the oil gowns p.l b,1ne,s ,hat the
thrifty bellies vi .ong a., hal sr,reiawav
when they were no longer 900 fashion.
Now, suppose Aunt Debby AMI Ann,