St. Landry democrat., 1883-03-31
RECoLLECTIONs OF A sHADE-HAT.

See, Nellie. here is just what you
want; it will shade your eyes nicely,
and be becoming. too. .
A pleasant voice spoke close beside
the counter, where | lay piled up with
a multitude of the --latest out .
The next instant was picked up by
a firm hand, which belonged to an at
tractive-l looking young woman, who
gave nv brim dip one way and a bend
the other, held me up in several attl-
tudes. walked with me to the mirror.
set me back on her head, pulled me
down over her eyes, and then tried
medium course, moved away. took a
view from over her shoulder, took me
off again, and at last replied reflect
lively: !,
Eyes, think could make it do. : :
So she bought me, and at her order /
was trimmed with some scarlet pop
pies, and lovely creamy muslin, and
{. sent horie.
I was very observant and attentive.
Z and soon learned that Nellie had refused
to 90 with some of her friends to a
fashionable watering place where, as
she said, z..you dress, and go to dinner;
dress, and walk out; dress, and SIT on
the piazza; dress, and go to the hop
No, she preferred to go to the truly
country, have no one to bother her. and
stay out-of-doors from morning till
night. n ;,
..You'l get tired OF that, Miss Nell, :
said young lady, who came to see her
the day we left. You'll get tired OF
that. and you Il wish you had gone with
us.
.Well, / have your address. and I
can find my way to the station" laughed
Nellie. :. Would you have me in case I
repented, and wanted to Gomez
- Yes, indeed, and if you promise to
come as soon as You want to, it will not
be very long before we see you. ]"
I'll give you time to unpack before
Won send the carriage for me-
Then she put me on, bade her friends
good-by, and we were off.
/ think the young lady must have got
tired waiting for her, because we did
not grow weary of it at all. Nellie 8
little brother was with US, but he soon
found more boys, who took up his en-
tire attention, and he seldom went with
us in our walks among the hills and
valleys. d. va
We had lovely time. Nellie told
Mrs. Grant, in whose hall L hung when
at leisure, when she wished there
was more there to interest her,
she would like to have the days
1orty-eight hours long, SO that she
might have more room to put the en-
ioyment she found in everything about
her. Y - s ,4ss,.. I. -
[ can not tell how long we had been
there, when, coming in from walk one
s afternoon, we found broad brimmed,
black-banded panama hat hanging or
my own particular peg. was so angry
a at the intrusion that I fell down three
times while Nellie was tryin to hang
me. and at last was put in another
pace bv sheer force.
The interloper was afterward WorT
by d gentleman, who called Mrs Grant
auntie, and whom Nellie addressed as
DR.. Wentworth.
thought him a very fine young man.
but Nellie did not appear articularly
impressed, and several times T thou hi
he would like to have joined US wher
we went out in the morning, but she
gave him no encouragement to do SO.
One day, however, we got into diff
Guilty. We were saunterIng ALONG
through some charming woodland; Mel
lie swl1ng me from one hand, while the
other held her sachel containing hel
novel. sketch-book and Worsted work
We were enjoying ourselves very much
when wh-r-r! buzz! and the whole ali
seemed full of wings! Something flew
against Nellie with. sudden force, ane
the next thing l knew I was lying OF
the ground, and she was in full retrea
in the opposite direction.
do not know how she felt, but I wa.
scared. Would she never come back
Was I to lie there always till sun, Wint
md rain had done their worst?
I had almost despaired of ever seeing
any one again. when big dog rushed