The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-05-10
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Harper's Bazaar.
What time is it? Lor-r-d! We'll
have half an hour to wait. 1 do hate
sitting round in a hotel with nothing to
| do.
Amt New Orleans an awfully funny
place! 1t can't hold candle to Chi
cawgo. Some one told us to visit the
French quarter; but, my goodness
it awfully shabby-just awfully shabby;
and as for the French Market, you
get up at an unearthly hour in the morn
ing, and the coffee they have's fit to
poison you. 1 think it's your duty to
see everything that's to be seen; SO l
said to the chamber-maid, the other
day, "Where are the handsome dwell
ling houses?"
"Ah out Prytania and St. Charles,
mum, there's Elegant fine mansions"
she said.
So we went, and-would you believe
itl-they're all made of aO0Od! Did
you ever Yes; this is a dreadfully
queer place. used to have sort of
romantic notions about the South
thought it must be just PERFECT. I
thought, don't you know, you wore
white dresses all winter, and sat on
piazzas in hammocks, and that the
Southern men were all dark, and tall,
and very fiery; and the darkies wereso
funny, and sang, and played on banioS
but gracious! they behave just like every
one else; and as for white dresses, I've
never come so near freezing to death in
all my life.
Fred would say that's because Inever
read anything, nor listen to what any
ones saying. But that amt it at all.
You'd just die if you knew Fred.
He's the funniest boy. Awfully nice,
don't you know, only he will prose Sc
about literature and culture. Oh
he's too funny. Why, when he likes
one book by an author, he must rush
right off and read all the rest of 'em.
He read Dazqd Codfela-did you
ever read Da01d C0dfela2 Well,
did did qpsd5 spd I deslare thought I'd be old
promised Fred I'd read it. Well, then
he read all of Dickuns. Same way
about Thack'ray. He began Vanlb
Fair and just went crazy about Thack-
ray. Ever read Naniy Fair? Ain't
it simple awful? just struck. l told
Fred l just wouldn't read it if he never
| spoke to me again.
Then that Becky Sharp, too. A
girl at our school wrote a composition
about Becky Sharp. What did she say
about her? Lor-r-d! I didn't listen tc
it. All l know is, it was about Becky
Sharp.
Fred amt bit like me. Now when
1 like one book by an author, 1 never
read another, because l think I'd be
sure not to like it half so well, and
then I'd get to hate the whole lot like
poison.
But you mustn't think Fred ain't
nice. He's real handsome and fascina.
ting; has big brown eyes and the cutest
mustache; only he 7ovU be superior,
and it's so fatiguing. Now what's the
use of being superior! Why can't yor
just be happy and sensible?
I've known Fred for perfect ages
Why, he used to walk to school with me-
and carry my books. But that wa:
last year, for I've been out ever SC
long.
We used to quarrel like cats. One
day he said to me, "Marie Cassidy, dc
you ever intend to be anything but a
frivolous butterfy2"
"Frivolous fiddlestick's end!" said l
and I spoke very severely, too. Ell
you want superiority, just visit mommel
seven evenings a week"
Mommer's superior enough, gracious
knows. The way she goes in for gen
eral information is simply awful.
"Well," said he, "if you are content
to remain"
"Fred Delbert," said, "am l a grif.
fin or Cyclops?"
"Why, of course not" he said, open
ing those big eyes of his.
"Well, then, amt Cyclops, that
settled, and pepper has lots of money
Just dead loads of it-so what do
want with superiority? I'm sorry you
find me so unattractive. There's De
Lancy Witherington, he says my eyes
are like bits of heaven on earth, and
Fred got SO mad he regularly stamped.
"Don't quote to me the insane remarks
of an idiot" he shouted.
"Anyhow," said, ''he likes me
just as l am, and he isn't always tread
ing on my poor little pug"
EI hate pugs," said Fred. "They
always look as if they were making
faces"
Well, somehow or other we made uI
again, and l made him kiss Gigi, be.
cause he'd said such hard things about
the poor little pet. Gigi's just killing
you ought to see him.
Fred and l were sort of engaged
Not quite, though, because pepper said
Fred was young, and was young, and
he didn't want to give up his little
girl just yet awhile. That made me
cry, and feel real badly, because I've
never been anything but the bother ol
his life.
But Fred and had serious row once,
You see, there was a girl staying
with Mrs. Calvin, in our block Pane
la Stonehenge was her name, and she
came from somewhere East. Some
people said she was so elegant and
charming, and talked about her "clas
sic outline" but, Lor-r-d she was
SO tall and thin, her nose was miles
too long. And don't care what any
body says, it aoas long.
She was dreadfully profound and high
toned, and Fred began to fly aroune
| her a little I didn't LET ON / cared