Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-06-17

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"Chocolate!" repeated her moth
er, with a conscious stricken air, "
declare, l forgot all about it. But
I'll run directly and set it boiling"
Maude crimsoned to the very
temples.
"Forgotm repeated she. You
are always forgetting {! Ineyer saw
any one like you in my life. No, |
won't have itnow. Ifyoa can't pre-
pare my chocolate when want it,
you shan't prepare it at all. | should
think you might have seen to it,
Olive" 53H Z II iis
II am very sorry" began Olive,
apologetically; g fo- all that, think
YOU ought not to speak SO GROSSLY to
mammal ~
Hold your tongue" said Maude,
stamping her foot again. +" Am | go
ing to be tutored by your ! shall
speak as | please. Dear me how
that scissors grinders buzzlng makes
my head ache !"
Finally she swept into the house
like q fair fury.
When Olive came in a few min
utes afterward with six pair Of scis-
sors all sharpened up to a high state
of brilliancy, her sister was lying on
the sofa, with her face to the wall
and her eyes resolutely closed.
aOh, dear me p thought Olive. II
am afraid she is in enc Of her siilking
fits, that last twenty four hours at a
time"
She took advantage of the circum
stances to pour out goblet of ice
water and gave it to the swarthy
italian when she carried out the
money he had so hardly earned.
He bowed low once more, drank il
eagerly and astonished Olive by rails
ing her hand to his lips as he utter
ed the words, "Baon giomo, signort
aa 7" and departed.
~ suppose it is his foreign way
said Olive, turning very rosy. ~
ait is luck for you that Maude
didn't see him. laughed Eleanor
May.
40 Eleanor, don't tell her,n said
Olive blushing deeper than ever.
"Of course | shan't," said Eleanor.
"Well, what luck asked Guy
Mariner, as he sat smoking at his
window that evening, and hailed the
approach of Algenon Medicote.
/ "I'ye won my wager"
i "Now
4 "But by the shades Of Mohammed
havew said Medicote, sitting down
where the cool breeze of twilight
could fan his brow.
" How did you manage it 2"
Disguised myself as a scissors
grinder, aud put the family shears
| in perfect order.n II
did they suspect-the young
ladies, | mean2 ?"
\ EsNot in the least IagyHg IS,
I "And how does the fair one with
4 golden locks appear in the seclusion
of her home ~
Like sloyenly virago,o said he.
"Had it been anything else than
the testimony of my own eyes ]
couldn't have believed it. But OF
i've, brown eyed Olive, is a jewel OF
the first water"
$50 you have transferred your al
legiance from one sister to the
other " laughed Mariner. "But
isn't it hard for the divine Maude to
lose both her wager and her lover at
the same time ~
It's a rosebud MOUTH said Med
icote, gravely shaking his head,
" but the sharp words spoiled it's
beauty the hair is like spun gold,
but crimping papers are not becom-
ing to the female face. On the
Whole, / think | have reason to be
grateful to the scissors grinding fra
ternity forever
And beautiful Maude Satterly
could not understand why Algenon
Medicote had proposed to little
brown-eyed Olive instead of her."
I Everybody thought he was de.
voted to me-" she said diseonsolate-
ly.
Perhaps he changed his mind 7
said Eleanor.
/ OF course Dir. Medicote confessed
! the episode of the scissors grinding