The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-10-14
A NEW HAT.


bat in your whole ite," Delilah said to
her mother. "It had two, big roses in
4 front, one red and one yaller, and a
long wreath of flowers that went all
around the crown and hung down be
hind 1t was sich tasty thing and only
two dollars and half. Dirt cheap, and
just my colors, too. 3 1t would be so be-
coming to me; and I tell you, ma, it
would take the shine outer every hat in
Sunday school, Now as Delilah, or
Llah Winters, asshe was usually called,
was girl with skin so black that char
coal wouldn't show mark on it, it
might reasonably be inferred that. any
color would harmonize with her COM
pexion. But she had her own tastes,
and wouldn't have been seen with blue
or green ribbon for anything in the
world. Her mother, frugal Aunt Re-
becca, shook her head as she answered.:
res9 "e1n't Yen hS up your Gle g. shat, .chile9
n you got new ribbon and freshened
Y ',2ssisS's g aSwsFs you m9pght make it l9Rpk
Foranswer Lilah jerked down an old
hndhq4 from the tope Nfuen gsxmoire,
and taking out a disreputable-lo looking
straw bonnet, very much battered id
the crown and. torn in the brim, she
held it up with disguised look.
.ssWhm is xthe fxin' to GONE sfa, ma,
when there aint anything to fix?'' she
aid. "Look a here, how it's broke hp
and iammed. I've had it now goin' on
three year and the soakin' it got last
Sunday clean mashed it. Now just look
VIZ Ek.lkS @E.EssF.gs.k i
She clapped it on her head, and what
with the flapping brim and generally
aiapidated crown, Aunt Rebecca, look
ng at the forlorn headgear, was forced
acknowledge there was no renovation
orits'sItassin an awful smuss sure, -
ae said; !" but .whar in dis .afth you,se
gvlne to git two dollars and q half fur
saoder. beats me. I Ikintel you, Lilah.
puf daddy --', @s~ 49, ~'-'''
" Lor, ma, why don't you say pa or
ntnerp" Lilah interrupted, impatiently.
cne had been to school now for two
!ears and had exchanged the quaint ex-
plessive African Aphraseology for Ian
gaage not a bit more grammatical, but
WHICH she faneieA gave sherssupdriority
over her more ignorant parents. Aunt
aeoecca. however, stood up sturdily for
aer swn freedom of speech. -@ssss Z -
WELL reckon, chile, daddy and
,saer is much of a .muchness. seein' dey
long TO de same man. Seems to me
daddy is comfortabler, and you used
% say it sweeter dan you'se eber sed pa
q ffader. But dat amt gwine to help
!on to two dollars and a half. amt
s@ Ten cents to my name" sssss.. /
We'll, I'm not goin' to wear that
sontraption any more, not if I never
0es back to Sunday-school. Last Sun
sa saa i wsnt s|ppstyR2p ever my my eyes,
ses and calls out. Put up the to Of
,Oof old barouche.. Lilahs or it II punch /
Wl your eyes,"
SAs'sa sassy, ino-couht limbr,kAunt
asoecca cried out. touched to the quick
the insult. .Her nanny was a
assed teld-handwen I was lad US maid
ae big house. T was brunged DIP
~ ~ gentlefolks and she wild scrubs, and
,s urant are her nanny over afn. I
= nad twenty dollar, Lilah, I'd gin it
!. you rader dan hab a Grant a-crowin'
sss sssf my darter. But aint got no money
aau noting to sell.n
but Ihasr' cried Lilah, Triumphant
NJ. \. M1er minute S thought. "rve got
,sshsa sSs.Ia. tie fnestgyoung chickens. -EE-
.., .pody's chickens died this year with
sD ssO,ers and you can't get one in Swamp
.Saua Ssa lor love or money The folks
S;a' Ss.e tell me they'd give twenty-five or
,aly d.y cents fur brilin' size chickens. I
avn 40 can get my. price,
lou don't nebber mean to sell de
Gkly hens chickens?ass Aunt Re-
n CRED out aghast. s'Dem pullets
~: ,Uu've bin a-nussin' and a coddlin'
W vince dey broke de sheHan'ul.z
tiiynSN tlsse chickens were the delight
i alan soul. She had named them |
L.. sad the idea of ever parting with |
M nad never, before crossed her
~ l a nat, though, She must have, |
] ns.ss now else was the money to be |
sssms. The cheap, gaudy, dreadful /
nos. ptown hat struck her fancy as the |
saegant she had seen, but it was |