Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-09-07

apron Nv courtesy fdtHcE tudH pIOpflcty
"Why, Bessie Howe! going SO early?'
This to a newcomer, standing in tn
hall-door.' aS so e es
"Yes, and shipped to tell you Bel
Tripp has given your flower-tahle to thu
Misses HoWland--the new family up o.
i the hill. Bell said there were plenty O
other places, and she would explain to
night. !" g *'-1'l, = :, - a. =
9sBut suppose Z dom choose the othe
places?" said Chatty, flushing angrily
'.Oh, it's twice as much fun to b,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. little caps are aw
fully becoming and that apron will b.
perfectly exquisite"' ,saaz- 5iHf1 n,
i with half q dozen cups of coffes
turned over it? Thank you; l prefer
the fower-table, and intend to remain
there. Bell thinks those rich Rowland.
will take heraup. L can see straight
through it all, !" pursued Chatty, holly
lee". Charity athinketh noevil,a u whis
bpered aunty, stopping to examine the
~" What do you, think Bell propose.
this afternoon?'' resumed Bessie. '.Oh
the girls were so imaginative had s
dreadful fussr' 90 7.tf fs. ..
a""rm glad of it; good enough fol
her," sputtered Chatty. f15
Charity rejoiceth not ininiquity, ;"
came from behind the screen Aunt
Lovely had drawn between herself and
the glowing CRATE. II
9 You know we have. always hired
dish-washers,n continued Bess, taking
the shrug of Chatty's shoulders for an
Interrogation point. 90 Of course we
didn't want to do that; but somebody
Co. I,
only two or three offered-you have to
stay in that old Kitchen and Bell
said - .ay..e+ a.-..s 49, esfs
Perhaps she expected me to stay in
that dingy old hole; it's too mean for
emphatic stamp of her pretty foot.
ROOM said Bess, "and you needn't
pepper and salt, and keep people live
ly. Go in for good time, 1 say" al
The door shut with a little bang
80 Doth not behave itself unseemly,
said aunty, disposing of her screen.
punched Paul into me that way there'd
have been.a disaster. So that is what
you call Is easy distance!'i And I've
promised solemnly to do or die. Hon
estly, now, do you, or did Paul. expect
us girls to live that sort of thing, right
through fairs and fussesp'' tl7sa ~
Fuses never flourish where that
chapter is truly lived. think fairs
might rejoined the other, quietly.
Possibly I might; but, aunty, it,"
"sBeareth all things, believeth all
things, hopeth all things, endureth' all
things,''' finished Aunt Lovely. .@;isa}
Probably the new version reads
Bear with Bell Trips aboniiable
treatment; believe she had good rea-
sons therefor; hope it will all work de-
lightfully, and endure even that black
hole of a Kitchen laughed Chatty, un-
tying the pretty new apron. It's dis
appointing, to say, the least, after loca-
ting Paul $ charity up among the clouds
to find it anchored in a dish-tnb.
Where's your biggest calico. apron,
mother bird? The new edition Of Chair
ty about to be issued needs more ser
viceable binding" s..,.. ...,. .......a.
Two hours later she stood in the
dingy kitchen with Bell Trip, who had
both arms plunged to the elbow in a tub
of steaming suds. Chatty was drying
the dishes in an interim of filling orders.
y ''It's perfectly splendid in you, Bell,''
she was saying, '.' but so queer you
should think of it con-temp-o-ra-ne-ou GUS
" with Aunt Love-yr'l. !. "a ~ Il l. /
Give been thinking some 7time,''
said Bell, Selling a huge pile of plates,
chow much OF real charity paul
kind, as you call it, there was in these
affairs. Seems to me deal of selfish
ness gets mixed in. Of course the fun
is all well enough; but I set out this
time not to put that first. / knew it
was for the good of the cause to enlist
the Miss Howlands, and there being
two of them had to GUST you as, well
as myself 1t was good of you. not to
mind. The dish washing was more of
a trial; but a penny saved being equal
to two earned, there was the good of
the cause again, besides an opportunity
o drowning self completely''a---tais z
81 cit must, be drowned, boiled and
baked by this time, and you may thank
Aunt Lovely that didn' t add fuel to the
fames,' laughed Chatty. 9. If anybody
pretends that Paul made up that picture
out of his own head, Just let them try to
copy it. / begin to think I am rightly
isn't it charity that covers a
multitude of sins? Do my best, [ can't
feel a, Bit amiable inside to see the
other girls having SO much nicer times
. There's the trouble. / was real
cross !. this afternoon because they
look at, things as I did. But
doesn't it say in that chapter. Charity
suffereth long and is kind I think Paul
knew said Bell, softly. - Christian