The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-10

"Did you cut this loaf, and then leave
il here in this hot room todry to chip ?"
demanded Miss Gross; and then she
added, emphaticaIly, without waiting for
an answer: "But. of course you did.
No one else would have dared to do it.
And how dared you, knowing that 1
never allow bread to be cut in my house
! until it is at least a day old?"
81 am sorry, aunt" began Dolly;
but be looked so hupgryr's
'rIef. screamed her aunt, regarding
her with a look Of horror You gave
it away, then! And to 'hel' A tramp,
I've no doubt, who will come back some
night, to rob the house, and murder us
all" 'sat 100 1 II - : 79IlT -
please, aunt" entreated the young
girl, "don't be SO angry. He wasn't q
tramp; indeed he wasn't; but hand
some young fellow with long golden
hair"
"a wig," snarled Miss Cross.
"And the most beautiful blue eyes,
Dolly went ON, "I ever saw in all NV
life. And he wasn't near the house.
And he didn't ask for anything. Oh, do
listen, aunt, while tell you all about it.
was on my knees in the path, picking
up some currants I had let fall, when /
saw him, through the hole in the hedge
Brownies calf made the other day, COM
ing slowly up the lane"
| |Egs II you had beenlooking at what you
were doing, you Wouldn't have seen
him, said her grim listener.
"He didt see me, of course" said
Dolly, cor shouldn't have looked at
him 30 intently. And, oh, Aunt Lorinda.
it was just looking at a pietureP =
Stuf!~ said Miss Cross. ~ n
"He was so handsome, and SO dusty.
and so shabby, poor fellowl And he sat
down under the old tree, took crust of
bread out of his pocket, and began to eat
it as though he was very, very hungry.
That went to my heart. = Il ~
: "Rubbish!" said her aunt.
"And / got up softly and ran into the
house, and cut a slice" J4r 81 aa
- slicei Great griefr' interrupted
Aunt Lorinda ga piece big enough
for the,breakfast Of o whole family =
x"And 7 butterei II.
- lon buttersa it' #@g n
Yes aunt: I only took the butter that
was left in the dish?
4 Half . poundt You go. without
bntter Tor b week
| "A" And i ran ont again. and into the
lane, as fast as / coaid," continued Do
txo&hxs apparently nndismayed by this
/ xhrelk = 10x f6ax I might lose coura9e;
6n6 1(qr I1k suddenly before him. y -
I VIZ L<o1d IN III hand and said. II a,I
I soI1y f0r x0lI aud trirned to r151lnz1 ~
when Nv 2sIzed ny hand and Kissed =
I (Miss Lorinfa Cross became ri4id Z ~
marble) "a1id said. These ara fb8 n II
kind words I've heard since cam6 %
this beastly country. Tell me yoar na1h6
little one tDorothy Waldo, said I.
Dorothy WeIdo,' he repeated; II shall
never forget 1t /; and he raised his hat and
went away Dear aunt. had Won been in
nv place. wonld Won not have done as i
| did?' - ~ ~ N
"IY" cried Amt I,orinda- -aT carry
meals to strange men ON the public high
way2 let a FOREIGNER who called NV
| country "a beastly country' kiss nv
hend2 No, indeed; heA never would
nsged my hand n q an sasEazEr,
-"ft Perh3 net = said Dolly With O,
i MQmentary TWINKLE N her eyes and then
hdded, .pIeadmgiy, But don't be
Fy any longer, aunt. ~ make an
other Loaf OF bread n9ht avaJ x E.S
but that twoHt 'Dflng back ~whaSs You
have wasted" said her infexible rela-
tive. "4 pretty wife you'd be for q man
i who hasflf dollar To call his own spiiys w
ing away bread by the loaf and butter bey
the pound (AIiss Cross had retained: af
least one womanly trait--a slight tenxlen-
cy to exaggeration) to all the thieves
4 and tramps who happen TO come along.,'
\ \ t1Oh, @auntl1S exclaimed her niece;
"he looked like a prince.
4 s ga prince f'-1wifh q snort of scorn.
"Your head is turned by that trashy
poetry you read. A prince A likely
story-in shabby clothes and nibbIine a
crust A disguised burglar, in my opin-
ion But burglar or no turulai ~ sbe
continued, it must be confessed with
some irrelevancy, " you shall never mar.
'ry a man who hasn't a dollar to call his
own, with my consent, and If ever yor
marry without my consent you make
mar OF your mother In her grave.
Aunt 4 have told you again and
again said Dorothy, firmly but gently
"that never would. / have not for
| COTTON my mothers last commands"
Then don't be encouraging that Dan
iei Howell to meet you every tack ant
turn; and if you must have some one L
walk home from church with you-T car
go and come by myself, thank heaven
~ there's Arthur Brown, and he has ,
thousand dollars in the bank"
But, aunt, I've known Dan SO long
and he is away SO much, that when h,
: Is at home feel as thought mean.
mean, wouldn't like to hurt his feel
ings." sz =
"A Bahp' retorted the grim maiden
Men have no feelings. And as fo
knowing KNOWN Em n% as LONG sua 9s esongb think yO
, but If he had thousand dollars in
Z stead Of Abner Brown" aucs stone,
~ Dolly, with more spirit than she had We
!, shown. q - '1iYcEsRo .1'e n5s Esil "a
That would be, in his favor, certain
ly. BIT ~ hasn't pnd ney@ viii have
with That Old father and mother y demnend 81 %