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

tnen asked pa III he was SICK, anu Wnen
he sRid he wasn't, told him / heard
Miss Koopons call him q sick orphant.
"And father said more swear words
and told the coaehman to drive me
home. Ma and the girls, and two men
were In the parlor. The two men were
the same that talked about Lu and Rosy
at the club. The big feller with the
moustache told Rosy she was a cruel
darling, and she turned her back to
him.
"Then ma pinched Rosy's arm and
said she was q little fool and had no
feeling for her family. Rosy cried softly
right down OH the macaroons. 1 was
eating all the cake l wanted and nobody
took notice of me.
"Charlle forgot all about Lu' g temper,
/ suppose, because he said to her, My
beautiful queen, will be good and
obedient husband.' Lu laughed and hit
him with her fan. Then lots more came
In and they all looked silly like father.
All the old men told ma she looked like
Rosy's sister, but that amt so, because
ma Is awful fat"
BY this time the whole company had
risen and were trying to interrupt The
reading; when Uncle Joe, In voice of
thunder, commanded attention. They
all fell back into their seats, and re-
mained, with many curious changes of
countenance, silent to the end.
-.
Rosy went up stairs and put more white
powder on their faces, and looked into
the glass at their back hair. Lu said
Rosy ought to marry Mr.. Soregum be-
cause he was rich, and Lu said she was
going to marry Mr.. Hedge as he was
rich, and she said he was an old fool,
and then they went down stairs.
"a big, tall young man came into the
library, where had my candies, and
Rosy said out loud, want to show you
this nice room They were behind the
door and he said, Haven't you got any
New Years for me, Rosy p And she
said, Yes, Fred, and she gave him
kiss behind the door. He said, 'Oh,
Rosy, if were only rich = Then ma
came into the hall and they ran out and
looked silly too. H-a.
Then / went to sleep sitting on my
bundle Of candies and when ma woke
me up everybody had gone away and
ma said she hated New Years, and Lu
said the men were all monkeys, and
Rosy had headache. Then l went to
bed but something had made me awful
sick, though L don't believe it was cake,
and L went to Rosy's room softly. She
was crying and sitting on the floor by
the fire; then 1 went into mas room
and she was crying, too, and pa was
saying, We are living on volcano
tell you.'
81 was little scared because volca-
noes burn you all up and are very dan
gerous. Ma says, Samuel, L can't help
it, the girls must dress, and we must
keep up appearances; says 1, Ma, why
can't we move off the volcano and buy
new house up to Central Park.
"Pa says, Where did that young
scamp come from, and then the floor
jumped up and hit me, and ma said it
was because had ate too much terrash.
"And was awful sick all night. The
next morning Camil, the maid, helped
me get up and said waste go right off
to school again and the coachman was
to take care of me. went to say goodby
to Lu; she was in bed with gridirons in
her hair, eating lots of breakfast. Rosy
kissed me; her eyes were all red, and
she said, Teddy dear, they are breaking
my heart and promised her when 1
grew up would lick them all.
81 like Rosy pretty well considering
she is my sister. Pa and ma were shut
up in the library and pa had lots of little
papers on the table.
He said look at them.
Dresses, bonnets, finery, jewelry,
can't pay them, tell you we are living
beyond our means. So everybody Is,
says ma, but the girls will marry well.
Says pa, look at Rosy, she is in love
with that good looking rascal on twelve
hundred year.
"She shan't have him, says ma, now
don't be a brute and cut down expenses,
perhaps Joe will help you OUT. MY
brother Joe is stingy old cur, says pa
And if he knows we are head and ears
over in debt he would not leave Ted
cent
"'I don't want cent pa, says 1, five
cents amt much and cent amt moth
ing, and Uncle Joe is an old bear, says