The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-07-17


statement we shall naturally infer that
the Golden family was golden only in
name. 1t was. Otherwise, of course
mean in money sense, it was niekelly,
and not that to as great an extent as
| desirable.
Father-well, any kind of steady
business seemed to disagree with father;
! consequently he contributed to our sup
port only by fits and starts. Daniel,
our eldest boy, worked faithfully as an
assistant bookkeeper in a publishing
house in New York City, and sent
nearly half his salary to mother the
first Of every month. George, our
youngest boy, was clerk with Ga hope of
some day becoming one of the firm) at
the Wildwood general store; and l, as
have intimated above, was the Wild
wood milliner. But work as hard as we
might, Daniel, George and /, we could
do no more, even with the intermittent
help from father, than take care of our
selves and the rest of the family in the
humblest way. (The rest of the family
consisted of mother-a darling grand
mother-another darling-and three of
the sweetest, cunningest little girls,
two, five and six years old, that ever
needed to be taken care off, So, as you
may well imagine, | was not only de-
lighted, but extremely delighted, to get
the chance of assisting Mr., Erickson
with the Reader And l confded as
much 20 Matt Brewster when we were
coming home from church together the
next Sunday evening. because, you
see, Matt" said |, ''if I succeed with
this, may be can go on writing until''
and caught my breath at the bold
ness OF the idea-s.I am found worthy
of a place in the juvenile magazines,
and, as successful writer, could help
the family much more than / can now,
for literary work is for all seasons, and
millinery only for two or three months
out of the whole year"
''You forget, said Matt, ''your rich
uncle who is coming here from Austria
liza soon, and who will, no doubt, SO ar
range things that the family will need
no help at all from your hands"
80 dearr said /, $50 Ibid. But he
has forgotten us for so many years
ever since | was five, and | was nine
teen on my last birthday-that now he
has condescended to remember our ex-
,
wonder that can't keep him in mind.
And we are not sure that his coming
, will benefit us any. He may be a
cranky old man, and very hard to
| please. 1t is more than likely he is,
for father with whom he could never
agree, though he is his only brother)
I tells me he was an unusually cranky
: young one"
go, you must make him pleasedawith
you,h declared Matt, decisively. "You
have one advantage, and great one,
{ over the others. You are his god
| daughter, you know"
II know it to my SORROW assented.
''Samuella! What name to give an
unfortunate girl baby! II it hadn't
7 been for that saving ELLA, what would
3 l have done? Fancy woman's being
called Sam all her life!'
, ''But you will do your best to gel
Y into the old chaps good graees, won't
: you?" said Matt, coaxingly.
5 ''Well, yes, / will, since your hear
: seems to be set upon it," / promised
0 though / wondered at the time why he
t was so anxious that should become {
favorite of Uncle Sans. 'Tll dc
0f0I GulilS1 Uub give up GHc hCaucI.
d Matt Brewster was chief proprietor
| of the store where my brother George
:, was clerk, and he was also my ackowl
It edged lover. The latter fact made
It me the envy of half the girls in Wild
y wood. for Matt was considered tn,
handsomest and most fascinating yonns
It bachelor in the place. He was tall ant
e slender, with very fair hair, light blu
d eyes, straight nose, and small
r mouth.
y Mrs. Leroy, the young wife of oil
e Captain Leroy--looked up to with grea
}. respect by three-fourths of the popula
d ton of Wildwood, because she had he
@ bonnet and gloves straight from Pari
y gave it as her opinion that his bro1
d was too narrow, and his chin too re
d treating. ''Give me-" she said, calml
d and coolly, ''the school-master, an
e day, in preference. He is not quite a
n tall, but his shoulders are broader, 6
n is his forehead, and he has a certai
/, manly look and way about him that
r utterly lacking in Mr.. Mathew Brews
/: ter.
a Strange as it may appear, I did no
e feel as indignant at this adverse crit
se clsu VI my DetEOtueu 10y the way,
had stipulated at the time of my On
= gagement, now two months old, tina
marriage should not be thought of fo
y at least two years. as some of the othe
e girls did. Nettie Haley. for instance
I, daughter of Haley, the builder, with
e snug little fortune in her own right, in
+ herited from her mother--was particu
e larly wroth.
|, ''She only talks that way" she said
r referring to Mrs. Leroy, '.beeause sh
wants to seem different from everybod
:, else, just as. she sends to Paris from thi
y out-of- the-way village for her bonnet
J. and gloves. Why, there's no CON
o parison between the two men. Mat
II dances beautifully; Mr.. Erickson dom
= dance &. step. Matt sings lovely; MI
e Erickson can only join in a bass. Mat
has a complexion like girls; and MI
e Erickson has one like"
J, "a MANS" I suggested, mischiev
ouslv, as she paused for comparison
!, 20, pshaw, Ella, what a tease yo
r are! And about your own beau, too
d But don't really believe you know