Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17
CRIMPS vs.. CALICO.

"
those balmy, beamy days when the sky
smiles down as blue as a bed of blossom
ing gentian, and the air is rife with those
faint, underlined scents that make one
think of all natures sweet and gentle
influences.
Paul Graham looked wistfully heaven
ward from the windows.
I" It's the very weather for the country"
said Mr.. Graham to himself 81 think
I'm a little inclined to be bilious. | be-
lieve | need change. A day or two in
the country treshens one up wonderfully,
I've heard say"
How marVelously easy it is to do as one
pleases
And all the while Mr.. Graham made
himself believe that he did really need
change-that he needed the country
They've often invited me there" said
Mr.. Paul, looking out his neatest- fitting
shirts and critically selecting his hand
soonest necBties, land don't see why /
never have been there before"
SO Mr. Paul Graham took the train to
get change of air, and also to see Miss
Rosamond Hillgrove.
:" Wouldn't you like to maryland settle
down, Rosamond? said her friend, Miss
Albertis, with a sigh.
Rosamond cOlored violently.
"What nonsense you talk, Adeliner'
she retorted. Its so probable, isn't
it?"
Nothing is impossible" said Adeline
Albertis, thinking of Mr.. Paul Graham's
beautiful white teeth, and his facility in
walhing.
The next morning dawned fair and "a
diant, and Rosamond Hillgrove sang like
any linnet as she tripped along the path
way that made a short cut between her
house and that of Adeline Albertis.
Miss Albertis was practicing a sonata
on the piano in a fascinating toilet of pale
green delaine and beryl-tinted ribbons
She turned around in great astonish-
ment as Rosamond crossed the threshold.
Dear me!' cried she, "what is the
matter? A calico dress, and your hair
not in crimps"
blouse cleaning" said Miss Rosa
IHOuu, SuCClnCtly
You don't mean to say that you have
anything to do with it?" cried Adeline,
contemptuOusly.
Don't I, thought" retorted Rosamond.
. You'd better come and look if you don't
believe it, What I'm after to-day is to
borrow paint brush"
A paint brush! What for?"
''To do papa's room with. He'll be
home tomorrow night, and | am deter
mined the room shall be completed ready
for him. The painter has not come, and
see no signs of him. Consequently,
mean to paint the room myself"
Rosamondw
"Well?"
Are you craZy?'
Not in the least"
You know nothing of painting" cried
Adeline, breathlessly
CHOW, look here, Addy, don't be q
goose" said Rosamond, calmly.
took lessons in landscape painting two
quarters, and if [ can't make two doors
and scrap of wainscoting look decent,
why, then, my education is failure
You're the oldest girl ever heard of,
Rosamord," said Miss Albertis; g and
you do look SO funny without your
crimps''
Very likely, said Miss Rosamond
walking off But I've no time to waste
The step ladders are ready, and the paint
all mixed, like white, foamy cream, and
here so for the paint brush out of your
mothers lumber room"
Rosamond Hillgrove vanished like &
calico dream, and Miss Albertis went back
TO her sonata
Half an hour afterward there came 6
ring to the front-door bell, and Mr.. Ora
ham was announced.
Adellne turned d rosy pink with salts
faction and surprise.
"Oh, Mr.. Grahamn' holding out botl
her plump white hands: Il am so glad t.
see your
But Paul, wretch that he was, did no
return the saIutation in kind