The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-27

good de.lard g,g:.iag :a9re thar
either.
say. Leyinv." So hogan. after a
running sac 81 "pn.t.nts ON III,
Young mel If E.li-y:,is. YOU know
Clark iiamlin who rr..ched here =
month agn. don; v0H r
Lsviuja, choppinz pie meat a. fa-i
aad a. hArd A. ben hand could move.
stopped inng enough IN the process I;
>ay that >hc remembered his sermon
vasy well.
lila, il: Ike Won. Las..y.- r.
.poudci Auna Maria. "i:h -,a.e pe,u-
.ancp. Il didn't ask sou anylhine
about remembering the ..rmou.
Sermons are all bo>h auyWay bn;
don't vpn think he was sw;.!!Y hand
some -
Il don't know la the hast how tn
.eu'i-nsn looks. Anna. | onIy know
liked shat lie Ss.i n"-, lnau |!
ever .ixci any sermon before. OF
co8r,c. excepting ny fathers
"Laviar. / IL wish You'd hurry
with them pies lou "a. - ~low
when YOU Get - thiuAing about sar
MONS that il does really seem - IL
you wis possessed. c,'.,ria'e -
nave some miace-p;es tnr Csr.>Jma>.
dunno whether Won do o. no.
The sensitive blood ia,hei up to
cheek and brow, but the gil made
no reply. Size ought 20 Ia used 4"
this sort oi thing. she toll herself
Aunt Maria waited tiil her mother
had left the kitchen. AM then began
again.
r, ha- United Mr. iIualin fo
stop with as over Cari,;m \ ami he
wrote back again to pa that he'd b.
delighted to DO %. You never k-e~
i, Lavinv, bat he cam home With
nae from the prayer meeting the last
time he Was here. aud when he got IT,
the door and said Goad-nighi, he
squeezed my hand awful hard"
Perhaps that's his way" suggested
Lavinia, who supposed Anna Wa
telling the truth
"Oh, get ont" replied he girl,
with more force than elegance. You
never went with any fellows" she
pronounced ii fcllers YOU don't
know anything about EN-. Oh.
Laviny Leigh wonder how you'd
act If YOU once had beau?"
Il wouldn't waste my time ii |
were in your place, Anna, imagining
something which lie never likely to
happen" replied Lavinia with tn
dignity of queen.
Ike Denver is awful soft on you,
Laviny," continued Anna.
Ike Denver WIS a country hashp-
kin, who took care Of Mr.. Ellis's cows
and horses"
lyon and he can 90 to housekeep-
ing in the shanty down by the turn
pike. and when | want anything nice
done for company or the holidays.
I'll send you word. intend that pa
shall build q new parsonage, and |
have made up my mind to live there
as the Reverend Mrs. Clark Hamlin
Even this insult passel unnoticed
at least, to all appearance.
"Ike always looks at you like 4
dying calf" the heastless AMI isno-
rant girl went on, d tcrmined, if pos
sibIe, to force a reply from her proud
and sensitive companion. Without
joking, Lsviny. | really think You
might have a beau if you you'd only
give him little encoura@ nsnt."
Lsyinia's eyes flashed. and for sec
ond the rolling pin was suspended,
and her hand closed over it like n
: vice. 1t went down harmless v,
however, and performed It's delicate
mission with its customary deXterity.
The dough fitted tAe plate admirably,
and, she held it in the palm of her
! hand and carefully shaved the eds e
here and there, she remarked. in a
tone as even As her pie crust:
Want of encouragement on the
part of the young ladies of Ellisville
cannot account for their lack Of adj
mirers, Anna"
"Lor', Laviny, you incident be so
spitefuI ~ replies Miss Ellis. Per
haps you allude to me. If you do.
let me tell you YOU are a mile out of
! the way, at least" and with this
rather aimless parting shot. the young
lady fiounced out of the kitchen.
The day before Christmas the
young minister arrived. and outside
OF the kitchen everything went on
smoothly. Here confusion reigned
Liviny had b en- taken with Oh II
and a very sore throat the nj rrning
previous, and was obliged to give up
and 20 to bed. The intention to
keep her in the kitchen on this holt