The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-08
What They do at Church

was after the evening service. Mrs
coonton and the Misses Coonton had ar
rived home. They sat lstlessly around IN.
room with their things on. Mr.. Coontor
was lying on the lounge asleep, II had
been, undoubtedly, an impressive sermon
as inc ladies were silent, busy with theil
| thoughts.
"Emmeline," said Mrs. Coonton. sudden.
! ADDRESSING her eldest, "did you see Mrs.
Parker when she came in ?"
YES ma, replied Emmeline.
did she ?" "5'
NO" said Emmeline. "It ia no, re,v
hat. l noticed it the moment she went
down the aisle and says to Sarah. .Wbat
on earth possesses Mrs. Parker TO wear
such hat as that p says l."
such great prancing feather on such
a little hat looked awful ridiculous.
thought should laugh right out when |
saw it" observed Sarah.
81 don't think it looked any worse than
Mary Schuylers with the flaring red bow
at the back" said Amelia.
u don see what Mrs. Schuyler can be
thinking of to dress Mary out like that
SAID Mrs. Coonton, with a sigh. "AIarv
must be older than Sarah, and yet she dress
es as if she was mere child
shes nearly year older than | am"
asserted Sarah.
Ibid you see how the widow Marshall
was trucked out ?" interrupted Emmeliue.
one was as gay as a peacock. Mercy,
VIA, what airs mat woman puts on | would
IKE to have asked her when she's going TO
Drlng back that pan of -four" And Emme.
line Uttered maliciously.
"She's shining around old McMaster.
they say mentioned Amelia.
"Old McMasters! calculated Mrs. Coon
ton. why, he is old enough to be her
father" w ''e'
what difference do you suppose that
makes to her9" suggested Emmeiine. She'd
marry Methuselah, But pity him IL Inc
gets her. She's perfect wild cat"
SAY, En-, who was that gentleman with
Byxby p inquired Amelia.
"Ihats 3d." chimed in Sarah, with spir.
1t who was he"
"What gentlemen" asked Mrs. Coon
ton.
was Is tai Io,Iv-'.-,.- -,-,
whiskers."
ut couldn't have been her cousin John,
from Brooklyn" suggested Mrs. Coonton.
''Bother no, said Sarah, pettishly. "Hc
is short, and has brown hair. This gentle
man is stranger here. wonder!where she
picked him up?"
''She seemed to keep mighty close to
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 squash. Did you see him tumblng up
his hair with his fingers. l wonder what
that big ring cOst-two cents ?" and the
speaker Uttered.
"Well, I'm glad if she's got company"
said Mrs. Coonton kindly.
She's made effort enough to get some
one, goodness knows"
81 should say she had," conceded Emme-
line. ''She's got one of them Victoria hats,
see. If had drunken father I'd keep
in doors, think, and not be parading my
self in public"
Just then there was motion on the
lounge, and the: ladies began to take of
their things.
"Hello, folks" said Mr.. Coonton, rising
up, and rubbing his eyes. 'Is church
out ?"
eyes," said Mrs. Coonton, with yawn
which communicated itself to her daugh
| ter.
did you have good sermon!"
"Pret-ty good" accompanied by another
yawn all around.
"See many good clothes?" was the next
| query.
II suppose you think, Mr.. Coonton, that
this is all your wife and daughters 60 to
church for, to look at peoples clothes, said
Mrs. Coonton, tartly.
"That's just like pa" said Emmelne,
with toss of her head. "He is always
slurring church people"
Pa sloped to bed.-Danbury Ne"s.