The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-31

yOesA AAOoAiO1 Skl6fst fflltH yOll' f0s a
baby So after she was gone aunt SAYS:
Letltia, what possessed you to be So
rude to Mrs. Allen?n =
Lefty, $ face was as red as fire, and she
burst out crying, and ran out of the
room. So then she turned to me and
said; ,lI.lIIf I
a,Josephus" s"-Aunt DONE approve oi
nicknames-" Have youany idea what !
the matter with your cousinp',
'Not the1east, ma am, says r. swith.
.tThroatr' says a Aunt IT staf sshfla8S' a9s non.
senses She takes after the Pendietous;
always were queer lot. old Abe PeTp,
aleton more than half crazy.'' s'nN
And off she stalks upstairs, and twas
lucky she did, for I WASH going to sit
there and hear my own. second cousin
called luny. Tn fond of Lefty. She'd
have made an awful nice boy, and aunt
don't think SO either, only she was kind
OF rlied just then, and was glad didn't t
get chance to say any ythine. a..
The next morning d. hrsakfast I.ettv
says: Il believe was rude Yesterday.
Aunty, and if Joe will carry it for me, !
will write Mrs. Allen the incest note /
can and accept her inyitation. y
- Aunt looked real. pleased and So thai
was settled; butyaH the1same Letty was
scared and worried about going; could
see that, and when the day Of the party
came she just stayed upin her room most
ail the time. We started about half past
seven and 1 tell you Lefty looked lust
stunning. She. had a lot of pink rose
buds out of the. garden that Just matched
her cheeks, and her eyes spark kledrIke
anything.
Joe, she says, 1--WE won't stay very
long ifyou don't mind. FIVE go to bed
earlypu know we can get up and 90
fishing before breakfast. ~ )
= !" All right ssaysI. s'any time after
Mrs. Allen Seemed Asfar glaa4o see
Lefty, but that was only because she was
a stranger,A ASlsd sd she Adoks hafs found
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 croauet
sets, and rustic seats. Phils young lady
was there aRasAeAa Ned ssAir.sNala
and he just Thought she .overtopped ev-
cry one else. She had on Kind of a
faded blue thing; Lefty saysit was baby
blue; and anyhow she did look pretty
nice, only her teeth z Itsseems 10 me i
should know enough not to smile so
much. if was that kind s's~'s
Well and SO went off with the BOYS,
and by and by we had ice cream and
cake, and lemonade in the cutest little
tumblerss Sand I hadn't seen sanythns1
OF Lettie for long time and [ was be-
ginning to think we shouldn't go fishing.
if we didn't go home pretty quick, when
MIR. Phil comes up to me, and he says:
q ssJoe, !" says he. sswill you escort one OF
the little girls that live up your wayp I'm
going home with yuur cousins':ss 49,
well, /" thinks |, ''that's pretty cool, &
but. everybody was starting towards,
the gate and I was getting awful sleepy,
can fright. Fetch along the girf. " 2 :.
Phil laughed, and says. THERE'S little
Miss Plunkett; go and ask her if you
shall have the pleasure Of walking home
with her. s
Well, i just thought I should like
to hear myself getting off that rigma-
role, but anyway9I aFentsap to her, and
'sAlI the fellows IS are going, Liza. and 1
guess Mrs. Allen wants to clean up and
90 to bed some time tonight, SO we might
IS well go along. g.'s'e,.a =
And she says: "All right, Joe, wait
I'LL get my hat e lst,HH
/ didn't see hettyagafn chat nj glks and
we didn't 60 fishing the next morning, /.
for / never woke up till awful late, and !
wouldn't then if aunt hadn't come and
lollered in my ear. But if you II be-
ieve it, the first thing I saw when /
ooked out was Lefty in the garden with
i great bunch of roses she'd been pick
ng and Phil Allen with her. But, that
sn' t all. The next thing knew he just
put his arm around Lefty Mason waist,
md kissed her, and me looking out of
he window, bat Aof scodrse they didn't
lnow that. / let 'em know though pref
yquick. Il just opened the window and
ITS lucky It's nobodybu ME, phfi|
Allen, for shanst tell, but what would
1our young lady say tothat--hey?''
= nO bOth jeihitgSd, uild A<CeUJ UluSlltu
o could see her way up there. Phil
aughed and says.
Come down here, you young rascal,
nd my young lady will tell you atshe
ays. -
But the most ssnfsrisinss part Of ALI is |
his. Phil had been spoony on Lefty a |
ong time! He knew her in Boston and
FantedhyF % marry him .santi she wasa
,oing to make up her mind while she
vas visiting aunt And who do you
uppose were in that carriage but, Aunt
4etitia and Lefty! And she didn't know
le livedshere at al, and when. she Ileafd
bout the other young lady it made her
mad; at least she says it didn't; but i II i
'et she thought it was mighty queer
Ind it turned out that the other Young
ady was engaged to somebody else. only /
lobody knew it. And what do you sup-
'ose? Phil and Lefty are going to be
married. this fall; and Lefty is going to
ave me instead of q bridesmaid. She
ays pages are the fashion now; but
he would anyway.
Won't # Be bully Golden Rule.
Albany, N. Y, has a-citizen eighty
our years old who can jump and crack
lis heels together twice before alighting