Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09
IDLE WORDS.

eyes, we had . most magnificent
time at the sociable. All the people
were perfectly delightful and the music
was charming and the decorations just
too lovely for anything! The room was
frightfully hot, thought was fairly
melted"
remarked Lucy.
"And I got tired to death before it
was over, things dragged so dreadfully.
I thought that Glee Club would surely
go on singing all night. And what an
awfully shrill voice Janet CRANKY has
it really deafened me. Don't you think
that dress of hers is horrid-with
founces piled on by the dozen?"
81 thought, it had only seven"
"The salt must have got into the ice
cream, did you notice? There was
enough in the s%aucerful I ate to freeze
a whole freezer full. Wasn't that a
splendid bouquet they threw to Susy
Merton! So big it almost covered her
up"
"Indeedw quietly exclaimed grand
father, who was sitting near. "Is Should
like to have seen it. 1 have heard of
the wonderful things florists construct
nowadays with cut flowers, but I had no
idea they made them so large as that"
"As what, grandfather" asked Ma
bel, pausing before launching into an,
other stream of talk, she having, as was
usual with her, forgotten her trifing
words almost as soon as uttered.
cit must have been-well, you did
not give the dimensions, my dear, but 1
should guess it could not have been less
than four or five feet in diameter"
What diameter, grandfather"
why the diameter of that bouquet"
"What b%ouquet?" Mabel looked be-
wildered.
"The one you have been telling
about"
81 never told of a bouquetfou or five
feet in diameter, grandfather. You
must be dreaming, Sir. 1 never saw
such a thing in my life"
"Then the lady you spoke of must be
very small, dear"
"What lady, grandfather"
"The lady whose bouquet almost COW
cred her up"
"Oh-h-h!" Mabel burst into a hearty
laugh. s.Why, grandfather, that's Just
my way of talking. OF course Ibid not
mean that she had a bouquet as large
as that"
.Then why did you say so, Mabel?'
"Oh. well-mamma does scold me
most outrageously for it. She says I
exaggggerate things horribly, but what
harm does it do?"
81 am sorry to hear that of your
mother" said the old gentleman, grave
ly. 81 had always supposed that her
behavior was far within the limits OF de-
cency and propriety."
..:My mother! Grandfather, you are
very queer to-day! What do you
"Look in the dictionary for the
definition of things done in an outrag-
eous manner dear. 1 am only taking
you at your word. But 1 am afraid,
Mabel, that your health will suffer from
the effects of eating so much salt"
81 hav'n't been eating salt. grand
father"
II understood you to say your ice
cream contained enough salt to freeze a
whole freezer full"
''Oh, now, grandfather, you are q
most fearful critic"
81 shall try not to be alarming: How
did you manage to reduce yourself to a
solid condition so soon after being
melted?"
"Oh, 1 only meant that the room was
so roasting hot"
eft must have been quite a danger
Gus place-you were attacked with
deafness, too, you sayP-you seem to be
recovering from it"
"But you know / didn't mean any
such thing"
Then why did you sayit, dear? Was
it true?:"
"Why-it wasn't so, of course"
s.If it was not trae, what was it?:'
Mabel looked as if this was a soberer
view of the matter than she wished to
take. i.
Ibid you really think the Giee Club
would sing all night?"
"No, sir"
Then, when 70. said you thought