The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-02

golden hair and Mat,y has aubnrn.
And lmay send it, mayn't1?''
"Yes, indeed, you may said Mr.,
Remission, laughing much more than woa
necessary, Patty thought. MAY sae
itp' ''p'i f'i7At hNfti '1 llI'.i1I'0'0'o'
Patty handed it across the table, wit.
a glance Of mingled pride and apura-
hension, and this is what Mrs. Kenisto.
read: ''ih ''f 3i'iF't .'f~7
Z" MY DEAR Miss RosrNsrtA. A1SorR
LlEE;TI do miss You very much indeed and a
how wish we could see each other b.fo.sSs
wensday which is such a long way of hn1 y
suppose we cant Recourse Patty Kenisfo,ss
mother says she mustn't speak to Matty Mo-
roe till then Recourse they Ouareled. / horo
they will heoer quarrel again don't you? Ivy
i Patty Remission says she wont. She h,.
been very lonely without Matty and wondass
If she has finished your wedding dress who's
she hopes she has beconrse she WANTS .,s - :.
marryed wensday anyhow in her dollsnonse
She Is going TO have a reall frosted weSdirs.
cake for us and hopes Matty will bring oves
helths with the way they always used 10 10
you know. o bow | do want to see Won ana b Nv
marryed. Anser this soon and write a lono
letter for | am dying to hear from WOW -
own presious Rosinella. 'N W
1905 erL Ever your loving knife .-...
... SIR LEON DER MONTGOMERY
Mrs Remission laughed until she cried
and had to wipe her tears with bs,
apron; but all she said, when she gaye
back the letter, was, ''Oh, Patty! Pat.
ty! of all the children" tH
OF course the postman was late next
morning; but when he came, he was in
remarkably good humor. and wore a
smile that creased his whole counte.
nance as Patty danced up to him, ask.
ing. excitedly, "a letter for meP let
ter for meP' t.f,.. .t.
But he only chuckled, and ahook hs
head for answer, and then said. SLOWLY.
'"Wa'al, no, little gal; I'm sorry ter
disappint yer. but Their ain t." adding,
with twinkle. docs any BODY by the
name of Montmorenci live hereabout p'
"Oh, it's my letter! it's my lettetr'
screamed Patty. 500 give it to me,
MIR. Skinner" d. ,.e.1 anna ...-'
yl'.Couldn't posserbly.T little cal.
Tain t yours, yer see NJ It's d rected ter
Sir Leon de Montmorenc, Knight
That aint yoatr name, We know, said
Mr. Skinner, producing atiny envelope.
"Oh yes, it Isl! mean. it'smy doli'sm
shouted Patty; and seizing the precious
letter. she ran into the house with it.
and left MIR. Skinner still chuckling to
himself with a hearty enjoyment of tAs
little girls delight lH'1 .-".... ,
Here is the letter.: iHz sYt- uI
my DEAR SIR LEoN.l-Many thanks for your
kind letter am quite ready 10 be married
hatty made my wedding dress yesterday. IL
l. OF white SATIN n piece left over from her
Mothers and trimmed with white lace have
! lovely vail, Matty says she win bring the
raspberry vinegar (''She's spelled IL different
from what \ cfld,'' Thought Patty; "guesSshe
asked Lida) land some cruliers. And now
haoe an idear. Let us have TELEGRAPH You
at nine Tomorrow and Matty viii meet her
with her end of the string. | think it is nice
to live next door, Tell Patty Matty wont
speak to her SO she needen't be afra to come.
think your letter was lovely. cannot make
one-half SO nice but then your the gentleman
and I'm the lady 50 anyway 1t wouldent be
proper. love you. Tel Patty - be SURE
and come. Ever your faithful ladilove,
"ROsINELLA SAINT HILAIRE."
"How splendidr' said Patty. ave can
write all the time. then. may, mayn't
l, motherp" -...
Mrs. Remission nodded. She was try
ing on q dress, and her mouth was full
of pins. jag .7Hs' 9d ..'E .. a..i
And after that it wasn't hard at all
The telegraph was such blessingi
But still, when the week came to an
end. Patty and Matty flew into each 9TH
er's arms as if they had been sePAr--eu
for year.
"Oh, Mattyr' said Patty, and oh
Pattyr' said Matty, and Hi" said JOB
Twitchett, bobbing his head over the
fence, ''yer'u fight agen in fortnit"
go away, you bad boy" said Patty,
facing him fiercely. 1--WE shall NEVER
tipht aeainio 'H1 .'Jl1i ! iHuu
And though JOB repeated "Hi!" and
snapped his fingers, they didn' t--for
whole month. -Harper's lou~g People