The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-12

mine, anu yesterday be gave IL back to
me with very good" marked on II, and
he said for me not to leave IL lying
around loose, 80 ! guess he thought It
was pretty good, and guess will send
II to you, 30 rs you can see make some
progress. brush my teeth very care
fully every night, aud am entirely out
OF pocket money. Your aft son,
TEDDY.
A murmur of amused admiration went
around, and every one composed him.
self, with smile, for further listening.
AN ACCOUNT OF NEW YEARS.
Boys and girls have fun at Christ
mas, and have presents in their stock
ings, etc., but New Years time Is for
grown folks. Christmas Eve children
have lots Of fun 30 / think grown folks
ought to have fun New Years Eve. 1
don't want to be mean about anything,
so didn't answer back anything to my
sister Lou when she called me a horrid,
troublesome boy, for sitting down in
her room after dinner.
New Years Eve she was scoldIng
little woman, who was dressmaker,
and had brought a long.trailed pink
dress home somehow fixed up wrong,
and she had her hair all in little iron
gridirons to make 1t 'skullup' nice the
next day."
Miss Lou flushed, then laughed aloud
nervously, to show that she enjoyed the
joke. Uncle Joe, without 30 much as
culver of his bushy eyebrows, went
on:
Rosie was sitting with her feet curl
ed up under her, eating candy and
reading story book, in her room. She
said, Go away, Teddy and ma, she
was in her room having row with
Camil, the maid, about her clothes, and
she said, Go away, Teddy then, too.
1 said, Where shall gop' and she
said, You may go to the club and find
your father / know where Phoenix
Club is--just round the corner - but
father was busy playing cards with
some men, and he said, Go sit down,
my son.
I" So sat down and looked at some
pictures; there were two men talking,
and guess they didn't know me, but
they knew my sisters good, cause one
says, Charlie you go in for Lou if you
can stand her temper, and I'll go in for
the blondy, then we will make old man
Gloss settle our bills IN brake her
temper if 1 get her. says Charlie, 'and 1
will get more capital for the firm'.-
'Blondy is meek and will stay at home
and not interfere with me, guess says
the other fellow; any way, we will
share the profits.'"
A funeral silence fell upon the room.
Hedge looked unnaturally child.like and
unconscious. Sorghum pulled his NOUS
tache over bad imitation of a smile.
"Then father he after while he got
up and put on his coat to go home, and
just outside the door of the club house a
man said something to father and father
he said lots of swear words that amt
allowed boys in Professor Whacker's
school, and it was all about settle
ment.
And father said he hadn't got the
money for it, so thought it was New
Years present that man wanted pa to
buy him.
"Then we went home. Mother says
to pa, The girls will look elegant to-
morrow, and they will be sure to catch
something worth while at last
" Father says they had better catch it
pretty quick then, for things is coming
to an end. Then all of sudden pa
pounced on me and sent me to bed.
"The next day, which was New
Years, nobody eat breakfast down stairs
but me and father. Father looked
splendid, and so did 1. We had on our
best clothes and the carriage was ready
to take us calling. When ma and the
girls came down they were beautiful,
especially Lu, though like Rosy best.
" Ma said, What do you think of our
chickabiddies,' and then kissed him.
''Pa said, Humph = And we went
out and he banged the door,"
MIR. Gloss used every wilo to turn
Uncle Joe's attention; but he went on
mercilessly;
Some of the ladies we called on were
old and some were young. The old
ones, mostly, had no necks to their
dresses and good many had awful pink
cheeks, and had dirty eyes with black
smudge under them.
I" But pa said the same thing every
where.
g. How charming you are to-day pa