The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-09-01
w HAT THEY SEE AT
CHURCH.

It was after the evening services.
Mrs. Coonton and the three Misses
! Coonton had arrived at home. They
sat listlessly around the room with
their things on. Mr.. Coonton was
lying on the lounge asleep. It had
been undoubtedly an impressive
sermon as the ladies were silent,
busy with their thoughts.
"Emmeline," said Mrs. Coonton,
suddenly addressing her eldest,
"did you see Mrs. Parker when she
game in2"
eyes, ma, replied Emmeline.
"She didn't have that hat on last
Sunday, did she?"
NO." said Emmeline, 'sit is her
old hat I noticed it the moment she
came down the aisle and says to
Sarah what on earth possesses
Mrs. Parker to wear such a hat as
that ?"
! "Sucha a great prancing feather on
such a little hat looked awful ridic-
ulous. I thought / should laugh
right out when T saw it," observed
Sarah.
Il don't think it looked any
worse than Mary Schuyler's, with
that daring red bow at the back, "
said Amelia.
EI don't see what Mrs. Schuyler
can be thinking of to dress Mary
out like that," said Mrs Coon
ton, with sigh, "Mary must be
older than Sarah, and yet she dress
es as if she were mere child"
"She's nearly year older than I
am" asserted Sarah.
did you see how the widow
Marshall was tucked out % inter
rupted Emmeline. ''She was as gay
as a peacock, Mercy, what airs
that woman puts on. I would like
I to have asked her when she's going
to bring back that pan of -four. -
| And Emmeline Uttered maliciously.
"She's shining around old Nc.
Masters, they say" mentioned Anne.
liza.
cold McMasters!" !" calculated
Mrs. Coonton. 'Why, he's old
enough to be her father
"What, difference do you suppose
that makes to herr" suggested EN-
incline. "she'd marry Mathuselah,
But I'd pity him if he gets her
She's a perfect wild cat"
"Say, EN-, who was that gentle
man with Ellen Byxby?" inquired
Amelia.
"That's sol" chimed in Sarah,
with spirit, "who was he?"
"What gentleman?" asked Mrs.
Coonton.
"Why I don't know who it was,
exclaimed Emmeline.
"They came in during the prayer
He was a tall fellow, with light
hair and chin whiskers."
1T couldn't have been her cousin
John, from Brooklyn" suggested
Mrs. Coonton.
"Cousin, no, said Sarah, pettish'
ly. He is short and has brown
hair. This gentleman is stranger
here. I wonder where she picked
him up"
"She seems to keep very close tc
him." said Amelia, "but she needn't
be scared. No one will take him
unless they are pretty hard pushed
He looks as soft as a squash. Did
you see him tumble up his hair
with his fingers? I wonder what
that big ring cost-two cents 2
and the speaker Uttered.
"Well I'm glad if she got com
pany," said Mrs. Coonton, kindly
"She's made efforts enough to gel
some one, goodness knows"
"I should say she had" conceded
Emmeline. "She's got on one OF
them Victoria hats, I see. If I had
a drunken father, I'd keep in doors,
I think, and not be parading my
self in public"
Just then there was movement
on the lounge, and the ladies began
to take off their things.
"Hello, folks" said Mr.. Coonton,
rising up and rubbing his eyes. Ills
church out?"
eyes," said Mrs. Coonton with a
yawn, which communicated itself to
her daughters.
"Did you have good sermon 2
"Pret-ty good" accompanied by
another good yawn all round.
"See many good clothes?" was
the next query.