The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-05

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Magnificent T.
No ionp.'
NO thick !"
And sofi r.
Aud glossy r
Tho invelicrs brown
With juSt tinre ~ Roll !"
!" And II WAVES ~ sweetly
II Vas ElnA and Allies bristol WIN
werr praising their Amt Caliasa's hair.
Aunt CAlssta piahe,i = and "r&hnwcsl T.
aud begged them 10 hush; Int u was
evident, after all, that abe was pleased
n their cnthnaiAatic praise cf what was
her only l,ositivr attraction. An atlrac.
tion of which al,e. poor sonl, liMl been
heretofore Int dimly consciouH, for all
her life, TINA far, had been m occupied
In caring fur others that ahc had no time
h think of herself, whether ahe werr
fright or otherwise; thongh fright
abe certainly was mot, for her complex.
Ion WA fair and clear. and her expression
was one of great sweetness and intelli.
gencc, too, ~ what matter II her feat
ires wcrc not NIL cast in beauty's perfect
mold.
A quiet, .oler, and, nj times. sorrow.
ful existencc l,nd been hers since her
earliest girlhood--kLe was now border.
ing upon oli.mni.lrnhocxl-.-w when, for
several years. she VIVA almost the sole
nurse nni companion ri nh invalid
mother: and then. later, when death had
removed from her clinging arms this
loved charge. her father was stricken
down with an incnrablc aud lingering
disease. and she wa. kept Close hut
not unwilling prisoner Wy hi~ aide ior
many more long, weary years, until now
he, ton. Was merciinlly taken 10 rest.
And she had come 10 make her home. for
n while, with nm only sister. who Ind
married and removed fnr from her native
place many yenrs before.
This sister and her two young lamgll.
tern were gay and fashionable, and !,
seemed like being In new world ~ her,
quiet old mail IN she wna, aud she kept
within the scclmsion III her own room I,
much ~ her lively nicces would allow
her.
do mot imagine. though, that she Va,
either awkward or vulgar. for shc N,
nothing II the kind. Her father lind
been man of high mental culture AMI
re0ncment. and the few friends who
visited him occasionally during his loun
illness were gentlemen III like tastes m.
advantages /; besides, tor. she. with him
had been constant render Of nil IN,
standard literAtnve, ~ iAst M II came
before the public; ~ TINT. although
slrcaalinp socicty, and shrinking ant
easily embarrassed when compelled Il
mingle IN II, she was far from being ,
person of whom her frends need To-
ashamed. hal they been much more scn
sitivc than they WEIR.
"Oh Aunt Cally,' pleaded Edna
do lat ~ dresr your hair. lust iii,
once. You've no idea what dilIerenc.
Il will make In yonr appearance 10 hny.
II done fashi1nably. Yom might i,
ntylish II yon only would. Why. YOU
hair alone u enough 10 mike your fort
nne |"
Make my fortune ~ sail Aunt callv
! don't understand. Sell Il, yor
mean r.
Catch husband with a
mean," laughed Edna. Now. don,
look - hoFriiiel, alnty, Yon nina
know that every girl and woman want,
p do thAt~-catch husband ~ hrtbe,
they will own II Or not"
Aunt Calista nas mortified. unite 4,
much - her looks exprexsesl.
Catch husband y shr sn.ne.l
Girls u your age talking like tint
Why, thought II waK women who ver.
caught il there was any catching In A,
cAee. ! didn't know that they hunted !,
fiahod for husbands |"
Well they de, Aunt Cally. !" nss..rt1x]
Alico, nhe, IN we'll m Eina. in,ennely
amused n their annt's "cnnntry aim
plicity, N they called II.
- Why, half the women here sr. .loiu.
tlelr very best 70 catch Lawyer Cbestsl
The boil. forward things y ~
claimed Aunt Calista, in great iis0nst
II he hHt any sense, he won't Inv,
any ~ them. ] hope neither III Won -,
included In the number"
Alice tossed her heal with little suin
anying !" don't care for 4 husbnn,i nll
enough e ~ my father, II liz Ii ricl
hnd popular and NJ for Eina" - viii
m arch look toward her sistof---. she Ia,
her flsh already canght ~ don't worr,
about ~; juAt W. nice, mud III IN brAlss
these beautiful long tresse.. aud m
them up high upon yonf head III Lowell,
cotl. and then yon'll l0nk Young nm.
pretty: and y0n shall catch Lawyer UhrU
ter yourself. ~ Won shalt. without tryln,
one bit.
You make mo ashamed. thonsh
know yon are only trAsine. II I though
yon were In earnest Al,0uld b. an9y,
with you, !" replied Amt Cally.
But the girls had their way with he
hair. though thcy ncarly hal their laho
fof their pains for when shc rscaf,rt
fFnm them Il lMat. md took lsof Il
hcrself IN tho glasA, abe gave i half
frightened exclamation II. 20. nv -.
nsnce y and nnconsciounly put up s.,
hrh.ls to destroy the wonderful str,iclurv
thy hal bnilt VI II. They both dew q
~ rescn%, laughing, and srxlne ~
hands. -
Don't. iouf, .nnty 4, tl,.y ,.,tl, IN.
treated; and Edna added: lyon l.oh
.pl.niiA; and yon'll ~ nsed " II III !
lieele while; ~. now. please pnt On yons
mat becoming ,lre.n, md then. Ii s,om.
psny calls. YOU must nA run III ana
llisir yourself ~ sODl Ax tllr lM.ll riuxS
lou look ever ~ much like mamma
nov, ooly younger, anil shes not