The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-08-11
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scared and worried about going; coe}o
see that, and when the day of the parry
came she just stayed up in her room nlest
| all the time. We started about half pa<a
seSen and i tell you Lefty looked lqSt
Estunning. She had lot of pink rose.
buds out of the garden that Just matehe1'
her cheeks. and her eyes sparkleds ike
anything.
;sJoe,p She saws, awe won't stay very
Hong if YOU don't mind. II wego 20 bed
early yon know we can get up and go
lsfishing before breakfast.
& .'.AA right. says /. any time after
the ice cream -
Mrs. Allen. seefned awful glad to see;
Lefty, buttIlat Was only Because she was
q, stranger. .aiisiIso she took her rouust
and Introduced averyb5dy assif
she had. been THE iQpeensa Tlie lawn
J looked festive With Chinese lanterns
strung between the trees, and croquet'
sets. and r;Istie seats Phil Young laSy
was there and She called Ned mfr. Ned
and he just thought she overtopped ep-'
! cry one else She had on end of a
faded blue thing; Lefty SINS it was baby
ls,le, asslI ma lasxv sIts aid l,ls ,.ectts 4
nice. only her teeth. 1t seems to me
should know enough not to smile so
much. if | was that kind.
Well and 50 Iwent oalwith the BOYS,
and by and By we had ice cream and
cake, and lemonade in the cutest little
tumblers. And L hadn't seen anything
of Lettie for \ long time and l was be-
ginning to think We shouldnh go fishing
if we didn't go home pretty quick, when
Mr.. Phil comes up 10 me, and he says:
''Joe. say he, Twill you escort one of
the little girls thatlive up yonr way? L IN
going home with Your cousin.
well, thinSs l, that's pretty cool, >
but everybody was starring towards
the gate and was getting awful sleepy,
SO / says:
+Auright. Fetch along the girl
Phil laughed, and says: There little
Miss Plunkett; 60 and ask her if you
shall have the pleasure of walking home
with her -aa -
Well, / just thought l should like
to hear myself getting off that rigma.
role, but anyway | went up to her, and
says l:
..AlIthe follows are going, Liza, and /
guess Mrs. Allen wants to clean up and
90 to bed some time tonight, so we might
aseHvell 90 along.
And She says: "AlI right, Joe, wait
till get my hat
Ididn'tsee Lefty again chat night and
we didn't go fishing the next morning,
for never woke up till awful late, and
Iwouldn' then If aunt hadn't come and
holleFed IN my ear. But if you'll be-
lieye it. the first thing l saw when l
looked out was Lefty in the garden with
great bunch of roses she'd been pick
ing and Phil Allen with her. But that
ism 6 ALL The next thing | knew he Just
n L I
and kissed her, and me looking out of
the window. but of course they didn't
know that / let 'em know though pret-
ty quick. Ijust opened the window and
hollered out:
'Its lucky it's nobody but me. Phil
Allen, for | shan't 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
sstss,sS1e down here, voS ,-5s8as. r,s-e.s
and my young lady wiliteH you what shs's.
says.n
But the most surprising part of all i
this. Phil had been spoonv on Lefty
long time, He knew her in Boston aud
wanted her to marry him. and she was
going TO make Up her mind while she
wSs visiting aunt And who do YOU
suppose were in that carriage but Aunt
Letitia and Lefty. And she didn't know
he lived here ut 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 ont 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 fail; and Lefty is going to
have me instead of bridesmaid She
says pages are the fashion now; but
She would anyway.
Won't it be bully Golden Rule.