St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-03
THE END OF GRANDPA'S STORY.

..We11, I'm sure!'' said Mahala to
herself, as she drew the plaid muslin
curtain quickly across the lower half
OF the kitchen window. s. What impu-
dence!'
Between Mahala's kitchen window
and the principal road OF Elmtown lay
only strip Of garden glowing with all
the bright autumn towers known to
nature, and set between box borders
and q tiny paling fence. The house
itself was olive, picked out with Indian
red; and on the fence hung a small sign
bearing the inscription, I. IsRAEL, CAMP,
M. ID. In fact, it was the doctors
house, and Mahala was the do tor $
daughter, and managed wonderfully,
the neigh ors said with one little col
ored girl from the Orphanage. AT pres
ent she was max ng role-poly for
dinner. and had been greatly aggravat-
ed, for, naturally, she desired to see
what she was doing, and had drawn the
curtain back-and wagon full of
boarders from Captain eeler's had
driven past, every one turning his head
to stare. And then man in gig with
lady, who had said aloud, III su b a
understanding tone: z What a pretty.
cottage!' And then a young man, in
dandy sportsman costume, with gun
on his shoulder, and followed by a boy
with "a game bag, had sauntered by,
never taking his eyes off the window.
= Actually glazing at me- said Ma
hala. ri declare It is too bad. M wish
the house WASH t right in the middle of
the road, SO that every body that goes
past can glare right into the. kitchen"
she added, in temper. It's like
living in a'peep show. y
.sW by Mahaly,'' = piped the old grand
father, from his splint-bott chair,
tilted pre- ariously on its hind LEGS. on
the porch why, Mahaly, you wouldn't &
grove. like the Cappen's folks attthe
HillP's
Eyes. / would, = said Mahala. with
e.eNa e.. Mahaly - 4lspeated the I'D
man, mildly, as one addresses a deliri-
GUS persons =. you eUfldn' 3 see no teams
go by. Don't you admire to see tearnsp
dos Eve seen .lnnss' sand Balls and
Peters and Peeler s since / sotl here. =
Oh. wen, grandpa" said Mahala,
recovering her amiability, and smiling
over the, huckleberries, s. ! suppose it is
interesting to those who like iii. and /
don't care until those. great droyesaof
summer ,boarders rush down here, and
keep flying by, all rugged un. glaring, i i,
at the windows, with their white feath-
ers and red parasols and black mus
taches, when i m cooking at the win
dows in my calico frock You'll own
! that's trying. '' f99as ia..ss
This speech, incomprehensible as It
might have been to q foreigner new to
the language, was quite ineligible to
the rerson to whom II was addressed,
who answered, sloWy az H; N fsI4
s. Well. those folks up at the Cappen's
do dress fine, must allow, but you're
prettier than any Of EN-, you know, Ma
haly.
flattery, even from one grand Faith
er, is sweet. Mahala laughed, and two
sdin,ples came into her cheeks. 4 = W
4. You favor your grandma, Mahaly, =
continued the old man, land she was
called the belle OF Elmtown when L
courted her. She had fprty-t two offers
of marriage, and was the worst, and
she had me. = ;ysf
80 /, We never had one yet said Ma
hala, rolling up the dumping in its
cloth, and looking into the boiling pot
as she carefully dropped It in. What
is more, there's no one to make me one.
Not single young man ID the place. z
perhaps one viii pass by on q team.
Then YOU won despise EN- So" said
the grandfather. II know gal that
lived away up on mounting, and not
q Twin, soul came by oncesa year, and
one day one of them civil eng neers. as
they call ,em, was sent to measure off
The mounting, and he saw her q milking
the cow, and