The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-12

out her throats made her delirious.'
"Throatn' says Aunt, ''stuff and non
sense! She takes after the Pendletons;
always were queer lot. Old Abe Pen
dleton's more than half crazy"
And off she stalks up stairs, and twas
lucky she did, for | wasn't going to sit
there and hear my own second cousin
called luny. I'm fond of Lefty. She d
have made an awful nice boy, and aunt
don't think so either, only she was kind
OF riled just then, and was glad l didn't
get chance to say anything.
The next morning at breakfast Lefty
says: Il believe | lCaS rude yesterday.
Aunty, and if Joe will carry it for me, |
will write Mrs. Allen the incest note |
can and accept her invitation"
Aunty looked real pleased and so that
was settled; but all the same Lefty was
scared and worried about going; | could
see that, and when the day of the party
came she Just stayed up in her room most
all the time. We started about half past
seven and tell you Lefty looked just
stunning. She had lot of pink rose
buds out of the garden that just matched
her checks, and her eyes sparkled like
anything.
Joe" she says, 1--WE won't stay very
long if you don't mind. If we go to bed
early you know we can get up and go
fishing before breakfast
All right" says l, "any time after
the ice cream
Mrs. Allen seemed awful glad to see
Lefty, but that was only because she was
a stranger, and so she took her round
and introduced her to everybody as if
she had been the queen. The lawn
looked festive with Chinese lanterns
strung up between the trees, and croquet
sets, and rustic seats. Pills young lady
was there and she called Ned "Mr. Ned"
and he just thought she overtopped ev-
cry one else. She had on a kind of
faded blue thing; Lefty says it was baby
blue; and anyhow she did look pretty
nice only her teeth. 1t seems to me |
should know enough not to smile so
much. if was that kind.
Well and so | went off with the bows,
and by and by we had ice cream and
cake, and lemonade in the cutest little
tumblers. And | hadn't seen ANYTHING
of Lettie for a long time and | was be-
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if we didn't 90 home pretty quick, when
Mr.. Phil comes up to me, and he says:
"JOe," says he, evil YOU escort one of
the little girls that live upyour way? I'm
going home with your cousin
'Well," thinks |, ''that's pretty cool. ~
but everybody was starting towards
the gate and was getting awful sleepy,
so | says:
"All right. Fetch along the girl"
Phil laughed, and says: There's little
Miss Plunkett; 90 and ask her if you
shall have the pleasure of walking home
with her"
Well, l just thought l should like
to hear myself getting off that rigma-
role, but anyway | went up to her, and
says |:
"All the fellows are going, Liza, and |
guess Mrs. Allen wants to clean up and
goto bed some time tonight, so we might
as we'll 90 along"
And she says: "All right, Joe, wait
till | get my hat"
| didn't see Lefty again that night, and
we didn't go fishing the next morning,
for | never woke up till awful late, and
Wouldn't then if aunt hadn't come and
hollered in my ear. But if you'll be-
lieye it, the first thing | saw when
looked out was Lefty in the garden with
great bunch of roses she'd been pick
ing and Phil Allen with her But that
isn't all. The next thing knew he lust
put his arm around Lefty Mason's waist,
and kissed her, and me looking out of
the window, but of course they didn't
know that. l let 'em know though pref
ty quick. l just opened the window and
hollered out:
cts lucky it's nobody but me, Phil
Allen, for | shant tell, but what would
your young lady say to that-hey?"
They both jumped and Lefty blushed
so | could see her way up there. Phil
laughed and says:
Come down here, you young rascal,
and my young lady will tell you what she
says
But the most surprising part of all is
this. Phil had been spoony on Lefty
long time! He knew her in Boston and
wanted her to marry him, and she was
going to make up her mind while she
was visiting aunt. And who do you
suppose were in that carriage but Aunt
Letitia and Lefty! And she didn't know
he lived here at all, and when she heard
about the other young lady it made her
mad; at least she says it didn't; but I'll
bet she thought it was mighty queer.
And it turned out that the other young
lady was engaged to somebody else, only
nobody knew it. And what do you sup
pose? Phil and Lefty are going to be
married this fall; and Lefty is going to
have me instead of a bridesmaid. She
says pages are the fashion now; but
she would anyway.
Won't it be bully.-Golden Rule.