The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-02-27
Getting TheIr Pictures Taken.

Hand in hand they passed timidly
up the stairs and went into the gal
cry and told the artist they had come
to have their pictures taken.
"In group or singly 2"
"Well' said Zeke, removing bis
hat, and wiping his face with q red
cotton handkerchief taken from the
crown, II don't. know edzsctly
Which comes the cheapest ?"
1t was explained to him that the
price would depend more upon the
size and style Of the picture than it
would whether they sat separate or
together, and so, after & whispered
consultation they concluded as they
had joined hands for life it would be
better to put them in one frame.
As the artist was placing them in
position, Zeke looked sweetly upon
his companion, and said:
Now, Polly, l want you to look
your purtiest. Think o. that picture
O. the Sleeping Beauty on the pan
mel o. your fathers wagon box, and
try your smartest to walk around it.
You kin do it if you try-you've got
the feechers that kin Law it in the
shade if you'll only compose 'em an
bring out the right sort o. expression.
You doL't want to look brassy, nu-
ther too timid but just kind o be-
twixt and between. You don't want
to be giglin' nur you don't want to
git that sanktimonious solemneholly
look about you that Sister Peasely
puts on whenever she gifts up in class
meetin' and goes to tellin' about how
fast we're all slidin' down hill to per-
dition. That won't do at all you've
got it every tit Jest as she has, and
not fringe missin'. Tone it down
some with a little touch of smiles.
Hold on-too much, that is-there
you go sg'in, an now yoo've got
that wild bloodtsirsty stare your sis
ter Susan has whenever the old muley
steps into the milk bucket Stiddy
there-hold easy-now you're edgin'
round to it-that's better Look
where the man p'ints, and don' move
a muscle till | get nv face 10 trim.
Don't wink or blink, Polly-there-
give me your hand, an don't git
skeered-I'm with you. All ready,
Mr.. Man. As soon as tap my foot
crackaway. Minimum, Polly"
Away went the cloth and the poor
creatures before the camera sat as
rigid as bean poles during the inter-
vening seconds, which seemed an
age; Just at the last moment, as bad
luck would have it, Polly had TO
sneeze
"There p exclaimed Zeke. "You
have blowed the whole head often
that picter, now, I'll bet bag o. po-
tsters, an mine, too, maybe Why
didn't you muzzle in minute or two
longer?n
Polly had-haded, and said she
couldn't to save her life-the smell OF
the paint had filed her head, and
something had to break.
The artist had been quick to see
the emergency and threw the cloth
over the camera, and said he guessed
no very great damage had been
done. In few minutes the picture
was ready for their inspection.
"Well, l swan to goodness, Polly,
if you don't look sweeter than a cake
of maple sugar, an Just as
natural as rail fence but I don't
have quite as sarchin' a look about
me as | would like to take home.
My hair might o. had httle more
roach to it, and it seems to me as if
my left ear was sOt round little too
fur, but the finger ring you'll notice,
shines out beautifully, and the brest
pin is all there | was too anxious
about you to get as easy as | or to
been, but don't know ss it could o.
been bettered much. It's a better
lookin' couple than any / see hangin'
around here, and so / guess we won't
bother the man to take aim at US
again. It's ahead OF anything I've
ever seen in Thompson township, an
SO guess we'll take it along-it's a
becomin' pictur-the more look at
it the better / like it If I'd only
had little more of roach on my
hair ] could not have been suited bet
ter"