Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-04-26
MY APRIL FOOL.

On one of the moist, disagreeable
days of last March walked two miles
to the pOstOtlice; not that | expected
anything especial, but then one must
90 somewhere. 10 my surprise
founda letter. 1t was from my old
friend, Mary Ann Bromley, now Mrs.
Richard Remington Of New York.
This is what she wrote;
"My Dear Martha Bates Perry; You
know as well as | do that your birth
day comes on the Ides of March.
like to refer to it in that way. 1t
sounds classical. On that day You are
to receive your legacy from your Great
aunt Perry if you ask for it, according
to instructions. 1t follows that Won
must come to New York, and being in
New York you must come to me. To
cOniide to you a secret: do not find
life in New York perfectly delcctablc,
with husband who is ObiyiouS of my
existence eighteen hours out of twenty
four. But then, there are cOmpcnsa-
tions. shall present TO you Scpio
Africanus, a prince in exile, who
amuses me intensely, Moreover he
cooks me tootbsomc Ilinnors and drivns
me ont Rick will TAXA timc io Innl,
I'M from his briefs Ionr cnonch to os.
snre Won that he il ..vrTv rIaJ tn 500
yOu,' which will be the truth. DO not
fail TO write me just when to expect
YOU, that we may meet you-tbc nrinro
and myself-thn nrince will hn on tho
box. Yon know Won worn olwoys snnL
a goose. dear. buf always thn Jearns,
of dears, TO your friend
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,,,.,'' "N"'N D, 'hNiN"'"M
reau inns letter sitting on the settce
oenlhu inc nola'Ses caSk IN lhe post
o,nce, PuI u IN my pocNeti tIeu down
my veil drcW on my ,WoIlen mlttens,
anu nu,I S'nt,r9 ; IL, n",lIu % III .nG .e'In Oh 'He
,ion "'I" ad " n,,. "DoI. h ~ u,"Vu r1u'I
c"mG U Ip nnt "u non u,cr ,ru,, ",'m III my 'lS'
mlI had found Nru Neli w,s INV
ncyt yonngest sistrr Tam oomo w.. G
tween ms Tnm was ninato"n Va u
wos sevrntccn md ,Lor%h fnnr roori
vounger tbon sLo Voc ,ronJoIfrii,,
clever and conIJ sce dayIirbt tbro"rI
nernleyitv whiIn 7 y5s ,Lin.tinn
nv GLASSES, found Nell in tbc l,itrbrn7
tryinT tomoko tho iisLminnr Jnsnr;t',
nm cyort hori2ontoI with tLo lino ho- m
hind the stove She dcIibcr,tcIy
wined her hands and oovo ,Lo I;r,io
sheet burriod glance mn onJ down
(but in that one glance She tonk il NIL
inI ,bon handed Il hncl, Win a joo;J
od nod of nnnrovol WV
"pottv, ri otfrr Won INV bond II 7
wos suro of i,s hr;HT cInn1 y
"What would Won do Nall If vou
were in nv place"
az wnra In vorr r,ooo rou ,or,r
fer, wbv Jon't Won ast mo w what P I
would not dop" ~" ~ "''
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,uo,. n'' US % 1t, i NG',' ou rnn Scc your
way S,,'',,i"h =" ii,I ohG M VI every lli,S ocioFo
"'o1p,'' '''o ii'"' S.'P''
well theh' your hrst steps lie IN
lhe ulrecllon OF the poSt0ilice' WIN an
acceptance OF your friend invitation. "
,,,o,,, m1.imo" n,os ,n, mm"" h vo never W 1eeh
'"uu'y in'iIS iiVI' noho III ny MT
going aitcrp / have No iJra II 10
onvt6ino Inf q fow mnth.ontcn .trf
dresses 3
"Patty. never mind tbe lcgocv-
very likely it isn't worth the price Of a
new pair of shoes, but what of tbatP
it's the going to New York. and the
visit with Marian, and the nrincc ON
the box-and--n
"Oh," | cried hotly, "hc's n hmm
bug, ANYWAY have no faith in him.
and | shall tell Marian so when write
her; she was always taking I'M with
humbucs-and that's WHY she fool; I'm
with me"
"Tell her what youplcase. only write
herr said Nell, putting on the pototops
for dinner
After dinner | wrote nv letter Nal
insisted that | should 90 that very
week. at isn't but A minnie now to
your birthday any way, and You want
to make the most and best of your
visit"
"But. Nell where is tbc money to
come from p',
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o.noo 49, ,hn,' % potntaS 'uu nioo l, so mo 1"n
h,nL ln"Lae .n'.' Ttl'oeS L1 T So.l M ior % u
,a uuS.no' ,,iu, HUm' "nu nealu OH say Incre
"oiu 'n'i'S o"'ii'i' o'ei III 'iie oei'"r'
but the going, is only the begin
ning', cried l, throwing myself into
the old chintz'coVered rocking-chair by
the south window, What am to do
when get There! lts all very well
ior you, VINO have seen something OF
folks and OF places, you I've had two
quarter $ schoolingln Brown Academy
and you know something to begin with;
while I've digged and delved in this
Kitchen all my life you know | haye!,
She came over to me quickly, but
hadn't had my say yet. "its been
pinch here and pinch there with all of
us, and the only accomplishment
possess OF my chiIdhoods furnishing is
old Meb's warwhoop.'
II would do it then, now, if want