Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05
Mrs. Ford had made with her own

lefeu 10 pefpetuaLe Lnem, tnOuSn Ii
Jennie often ''wished mother would
have cooking stove;" and her hus-
band, Oh summers night, often es-
capped from the smothering embraces
of his feather-bed, ,and spend the night
on the chintz-covered lounge in the
kitchen.
When Jennie had kisc"d her moth
er and father goodnight, that even
ing, and silently carried to her pillow
the problem of the mortgages fore
closure, the father and mother sat
silent before the red embers of the
hearth. The old mans elbows were
uNon his knees and his face in his
hands. He uttered groan.
''As if it wasn't enough TO have
things going the way they are,' he
exclaimed, "without having jennie
come home with her hair in bangs!"
why father"
''What sense is there in frizzling
and frowseling her hair over her
forehead like that? It's the foolish
est thing in the world! l knew that
Elinor would spoil her-I knew 1t
from the iirst!"
II think it looks very pretty, faith
er but
10 think a daughter of mine
should ever bang her hair!' groaned
the poor, gloomy man, as he rose,
set his chair back against the wall,
and took himself discensolately to
bed.
II wonder if I'll better speak to
Jennie about her hair?' mused Mrs.
Ford. 1T seems pity. Those lit
tie curls, just like tendrils on the
grapevines, MAKES her forehead and
eyes look 50 pretty. | guess l won't
just Yet. 1t does seem as though
trouble was making father dreadful
cross grained
No compliant was made to Jennie
of her bangs, She came down, the
next morning, with the same fringe
of little soft culls above her pretty
brows. but with broad gingnam
apron lied over her neat print wrap
per; and she washed the breakfas
china, made brown bread and pump
kin pies, made up the plump feather
beds, and prepared dinner as deftly
as il she were in total ignorance of
the fashions.
Mrs. Ford was satisfied that Jen-
ME was not spoiled, if her father was
not.
If Jennie had known of father s
disapproval, il would have been hard
for her to have abandoned those ob-
jectionable bangs. for some one else
had been especially pleased 10y her
adoption of the style.
Nj. Chester Childrcth was very an-
prCciative of nice effects in The toilet
of ladies', and at last reports, was
still undecided whether the loose
trcsses made tue deep fringed blue
eyes 50 lovely, or tue pretty eyes
made the little curls SO charming.
| The thought thrilled Jennie's heart
every time she looked in the little
mirror. and it would have been ac-
| tuaI cruelty to have deprived her OF
! her bangs. Mr.. Chester Chi!dreth
seemed SO far away-and though
/ she loved her home. it was very bare
/ of romance and the rctlncments OF
| the summer which she had found con.
genial.
/ "IIasn't anything done welI:''
asked Jennie, wipin- the tea things,
with her mother, and referring again
! to the mortgage.
Nothing but the ounces. Jennie.
Th"yy yc borne wonderfully well this
year, Nearly two bushels apiece,
and there's fifty trees. Bat thcr,
! isn't much sale for ounces about
here. think I'd betterput up cnougi
to last two Yeats, and father will gel
what he can for the rest of them.
Just then Jennie dropped lh,
snowy dish towel and had nearly
| dropped china tea cup; but though
her cheeks were very red she shut iel
lips tight, and would not speak I
word until sure. She only remarked
after lite:
II wouldn't he in a hurry abou
doing up the ounces, MOTHER
A few days later, Mr., Chester
Childreth arrived.
When they had kissed each othc
(though Jennie had intended to h'
quite reservcd), and read i'll cacl
others eyes all the truth of how the,
loved each other, and the old folk
had retired and left them in full pos
session of the coy, comfortable, old
fashioned sitting room, Jennie tol'
him her trouble, and about tn
ounces.
Now Mr.. Chester Childrcth was
druggist, and replied quickly:
"You are perfectly right, dear Jen
ME. Quince-seeds, preparation q
which is popular for dressing ladies
, hair, are now four dollars a pound
on account of their scarcity. wi
: gladly give your father that price to
them. and would if he had hundrc
t times as many more. Twenty-tiv
| pounds will net him one hundred dol
lars
He declared afterward that he neN
er in his life saw such a happy gi
as Jennie was at that moment.
"You see there's only two hundre
< dollars needed to clear the debt off!
, she cried II have part Of on
, hundred-tifty-that my Aunt Elmo
r gave me for my dress, the comm
} year. OF course, intended to Civ
e father that; but he has only twent.
five LAID away, and have thought
b., what if we could make out one hun
dred, there was the other dreadtI
=, hundred-'
t "The ounce seeds secure tha
Your own fifty and your father
t twenty five make seventy-five. The'
+ if your mother and yourselfwill maE
= twenty-five dollars worth of quint
d preserves for the market, | will S
: secure its sale with an acquaintant
O of mine, who is dealer in fresh ar
r preserved fruits" concluded M
a Childreth, who, though he won
haye gladly have given Jennie's fat
d er the comparatively small sum th
l. was needed, would not for the wor
d have offended the independence
/ the little girl he loved SO much.