Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-11-10
SELLING STRAW BERRIES,


SELLING STRAWBERRIES,
81 tell You rs all nonsense said
Uncle pel,g. "Charity-benevolence
-pity,-iGs all played out! Your big
fairs may be all very nice, but people
don't come there because they pity the
poor; they come because it's fashion
ablem
Iloratia Mere shook her pretty head.
you sec, child" said Uncle Peleg,
taking snuff, "you'rc on the wrong plat
form ever to get peep behind the cur.
tain. You're an heiress, and you're
tolcrably good looking, and have 4 way
that people like, and thely''r the
world puts its best foot forwal . far
as You are concerned. If yo we're
Mrs. Skies, the washerwOman, q Bet
ty, the orange woman, you'd see =, lite
Il different aspect of things"
"Nonsense, uncle" said Horat, l.,
still mconvinced. "Be a good, darling
old Uncle Peleg, and let me have the
delicious liiomphode GaHd strawber-
rics in your south garden border for
my rptreshment table. Remember I'm
to sell the Strawberries and cream, and
| want my table TO look the prettiest in
the room
"Who do you suppose will buy your
strawberries at the outrageous price
you'll put upon them?" he demanded
sourly,
every body" Horatia answered
saucily. Come Uncle Peleg, be gen.
crous and graceful, and say | shall
have Them
Uncle Peleg took snuff.
"On one condition you shall have
lhcm,"
IIootia clapped her white, rosy
hands,
And that
Jus. wait until you hear said the
Old man dryly. You can't have my
fifty quarts of T,tomphc de Gaad
strawberries, each one as big as Il
pigeons egg. until you have first sold
Z dozen quarts from door to door"
Iioratia opened her brown, wonder,
ing eyes, like twin wells of hazel light.
II, Uncle peleg?'
oYou, uccc lIoratial Am | to
~, rs,o"' ~ '
e'' , IN.
"lI WI. be lun, cTIeu IloiaIIa, WIN
. y gay E~so. H'd 'n't as soon DO 1t as
ho.' 90, ,. ...,. ;.
Perhaps IL VIII be iun, perhaps It It
won t. S.'o Ih2Ie Leles, MU i, all
events ! wan. you 10 get one glimpse,
I'll least Oh me through strawberry
woman 8 Gye'' ,,,, ,,,
Am ! To be a'SSllSed' Uncle
Pelgg%
go he sure you are. MISS lloratla
Mere would nave no alliIcuLty III as
posingoi her wares; a lrlehuleSs straw
berry girl Is ullieieht.
"AiI the more ueiighIIul-l regulal
/ td5'taN tLrRH5. ct'eu Horatla merIi,
| ". "Ntll, uncle, whete am 10 go:
'lll write down ilst OF names ioi
| you, lhal shII De cUlleu o'I OF yoUi
dearest lIlenls-NlrS' Montague MIS-
Dy3arL Miss ferrars ana the IKE
They VIII AL Otiy' cSied HOratla'
"Neil see, l hcle l'eleg sad ARE
you really Wiling TO Duy the IrtoMph'
de Ga"iS at such price as thls' Hora
tia?
az any price, the g'ri answered
sIeellIiy,, -,
"hou don know now ulSaSreeaOl'
you may una H. :,
Ut VIII Do a perfect adventure e'
s'id llorata LecKIeSslY
"Iinl mlnd' you're TO Keep II a Sc
cre'.
"As the grave, his mlschieVou
niece answered, Win mock sOlemnlty
Miss lloratla Mere would scrcel,
have been recognized by her neares
friends, when she was dressed Tor IN
curious part she was TO play TOR on
day only as she declared A Gallo
dress; thick boots, in which her tim
feet felt mwontedy clumsy; worl
, waterproof cloak, borrowed fror
Mary Ann the cook, and worste
hood onyelOpcd in Il faded black val
and Il basket hanging over her arm
these were the details of her costume
Strawberries" she cried, raisln
e. her sweet voice TO ~ above. "Ol
Uncle Peleg, it will be such a joke"
And she tripped away, delighted a
? the prospect of playing at the realitiG
Of life,
E Uncle Peleg looked after her rattle
doubtfully, as he resorted mechanical
t to his unfailing pnacea for all h,
2 man ills Or perp!eXities, the snuff-bo'
( "l'm almost sorry | sent her on sue
{ an mpalatable errand," he said to hin
self; "but it's just as well that sh
[ should see the world as it really il
Her life has been all cOltleIT de yOS
| and no wonder. The strawberrie
. will be a dear bargain, after ALL"
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