The Red Cloud chief., 1876-08-31

| MI. Shelby, were matched against MIS-.
| Vanderpool and two Of her daughters,
| and a young gentleman from the VII
lage.
Mrs. Vanderpool. on her second turn
| Of play, succeeded in cpquettIng some
| body's ball against Mrs. ~EanHaydens
| foot, causing that lady 10 turn pale. and
| give evidence Of having felt the bio"
| quite keenlv, much to the delight of the
| LADY, playing, and her daughters. who
| Uttered behind their handkerchlets, as
| Mrs. NanIIayden limpcd of Ia the cor
| ncr, where Lefty WAS holding MI.
| Shelby, spell-bound, by her recitals Of
| some thrilling event.
Mrs. EanIIaydcn watched her op-
| portunitv. and removed a hair-pin from
| Mrs. Vanderpool's hair without being
| caught at IL. The result of which was,
| that during an exciting turn Of play,
| Mrs. Eandcrpool's chignon tumbled off,
| and Mrs. NanIiayden screamed out I"
her opponent that her back hair Was
| coming down just AZ il came off, making
her look like Il hen in mOulting-tlme, as
| Miss Lefty remarked to Mr.. Shelby;
| whereupon that gentleman vent OFF
into another par"Xysm of delight, willie
| the Nandcrpool trio looked black with
| rage, and the maternal member Of tn"
party picked up her chignon. and pro-
| cceded To readjuSt it. AT which Mrs
| VanIIaydcn very magnanlmously re-
moved several hair-pins from her own
| hair, letting it come down all about her
| shoulders, so that evcryhody could see
| it Was her own, and rendered the pins
| to her chagrined opponent, who ac-
| copied them with very ill-grace.
Pretty soon Miss Lefty accused Miss
| Maria Of cheating, and ~thereupOn fol-
| lowed an angry and heated discussion.
| in which some remarks, not strictly
| elegant, but highly forcible, were made
by both parties. 1t Was during this
little squabblc that Mrs. Nanderpool.
who was determined To win the game,
made Il famous run, and knocked Mrs.
EanIIayden and Lefty C1t, helped all
her side TO become roveIs, and SO dis
| PLAYED her skill and generalship, that
i'm five minutes more she hit the post
with her ball, and looked around upon
the vanished party with victory
perched upon her banner. Whcreupon
Mrs. NanIIayden remarked to Mr..
| Shelby that il was easy enough for any
one to win the game who didn't scruple
to play unfairly. For her part, when
she caught any M cheating. it always
destroyed her interest in the game.
Other players took the place of those
who had just vanished and been van
quished, and Mrs. Van Hayden and
Mrs. NanderpOol sat down with agrOuI
Of elderly ladies to say cutting things
To each other. while the young people
Strolled off in all directions. Mrs. Van.
derpool saw, with delight, that Mr.
Shelby had transferred his attention t,
her daughter, Maria.
Presently a little shower came up
which drove them into the parlorS
Some one called for singing. Miss Ma
ria considered herself i very superior
singer. and her mother requested her t,
sing that beautiful new song she haC
been practising. Whereupon she sal
down to the piano and sang an operate
all, to the great amusement of the Van
Hayden girls, who remarked that the,
liked that song very much when il
wasn't murdered. They liked to SEE
people undertake something suited I,
their abilities, and Miss Jennie fol
lowed up this remark by saying tina
she had heard Miss Vanderpool sin!
some light easy pieces with conSidera
ble taste, but for opera, really
When Miss Maria had finished he,
song. Miss Lefty WIS called for. Mis-;
Lefty did not sing. her mother said
that is, not much; she was too modest
but..she played with superb effect. Pro
feSSOr Tremblewski had said she coul,
make sensation in society, if she care,
to. He had never heard anyone pla,
like her, ut which Mrs. Vandelpoo
smiled knowingly, and whispered {,
Mr.. Shelby that she never had, either
and did not know that she wanted to.
Miss Lefty fumbled over her music
for some minutes before deciding wha
to play. She did not practice much
q now. She was afraid she couldn't pla,
Lc5sel hing. Finally she decided on In
az Bird. and ratified it off in
er dr0,us C. y manner. with Il great man,
$. ItN .nc,,1nd some. variations.
AaA,ck. AM ,7ust that asked Mrs. Van
a.S'. and conclusion of the piece
Meter . Everybody knew that,
kAe.Nunc''" ITS as old us TN
lent H. Mrs. Wander
2u; * is,h surprised
IS han.hird playe,
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