The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-19
.ANGELIcA'S MAKING.


"No May flowers in May What j.
ii cailed May Tor. thenp Why, Kent il
full OF thcml" cried Angelica; and sh,
tied her hat with firt-a pretty fiir
that only made her the more charming
For little Angelica, who had happene,
to spend several summers at school in
England. could not be brought to up
derstand, after returning to her native
wilds, that the climates OF all English
speaking people were not as much on
and the same as the tongues they used
And having settled the point to her
satisfaction, as usual, by declaring il
was so, anyway, and If it wasn't, ii
ought to he, delighted with such form
of speech because it would never have
been allowed her at school, she started
out TO make it so, apparently, by letting
the climate see what was expected of il.
81 hope you have overshoes on, Angel
said her grandmother, rather timid
about eneroaching on Angelica's newly
hedged liberty.
"Nonsensel Overshoes! This time
of year! Well. to oblige you. little
granny" and she called for her tiny
sandals. But moment after Angelica
ran back. believe l had best take
overshoes," she said, and she tore off
her sandals for Nora to put away. Let
us where's my blue scarfP"
"Take your tippet, Angel"
Furs in May, grandmam and she
was gone again. only to run back,
nevertheless, and exchange her mantle
for thick sack. "And they're bare
headed in Kent to-day" she said
Angelica called her grandmother,
"ifyOu really are going into the woods,
do put on another flannel petticoat."
Humor the weather in that wayp"
with a laugh like bell. And this time
she was decidedly off, by the slam of
the door, enjoying tremendously those
first experiences of her American liberty.
kpw absurd" said Angelica TO her
self presently, as she was passed by a
band of ragamuffin children decked out
in paper roses and garlands. As if they
could not have some real flowers by
ibis time. the idle little things! With
the woods full of them, tool " If there's
anything disgusting, it's the unreal, the
artificial, +" she thought, and she still pur-
sued this line of meditation after getting
beyond the garden border of the town.
I" All the girls are now wearing false
'Nhite-Weed in the bosom, when the fields
IRE white with them probably. How sur
prised they viii be at home when l come
in with my hands full things are al
ways there tor the eyes that know how
10 look for them. Mr.. Wilston had to
confess that he had picked liverwort
himself in the third week of March. /
wish lie wasn't so positive about the bad
walking and the cold ground and the
swamps He acts as if he had a right
over me already, and I've never said
Whether / meant to give him the right
or not. And if he isn't careful, I'll say
not, and he needn't be looking at me
with his lordly glanees. don't care
whether mans as handsome as An
tinous or not, but / don't want tyrant
for lover. And Of course" she con-
tinued. coherently, " everybody knows
there are ViOlets, and eolumbines, and
ground d-laurel-" Here Angelica paused
TO rescue an overshoe from the mud
and. finding it difficult, to leave the other
one beside It. Il don't care" she said.
Good thick boots do for England
they'll have to answer here.n and she
went gayly Onward into the edge of the
wood by the river.
"The idealn said Angelica. I'm
awfully afraid they're right at home
Not leaf on any tree, nothing but the
beggarly willow catkins, and the oak:
looking callOw as goslings. Why, ISM
America q civilized cOuntryP Oh, yes
there's a maple, all red and blushing
/ told you SO. / knew there were flow
ers. And she stopped for cluster o
4 vioiets that were shiYering in thl
breeze, and put them into her basket
Dear mel it won't take long at thi