Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
"a. LOVE OF Il Bon NET ,T I

Isl. ttOh, want TO 60! I want to 90 SO
/ Hnnchi's said Fila Haskell to herself.
u And to tnink that I must stay at home
Just for want Of bonnet, lis too bad.
II declare it is. ! might just as well
bought one last week when went to
town, bnt thought the fashions were
not settled yet. I can'twear black vel
vet with blue muslin. And it's the
INCEST picnic *we've had. Oh, dear!"
e ~ letter, Eli. Iva3been to the post
office gel 'en. And rice and sraisins
fort pudding" shouted little. Haskell,
tossing a white envelope upon his sis
tiers bureau rs he rushed past her door.
From cousin Hester" said Ella,
CHANGING at the envelope Full Of. brag
as usual, Isuppose? What airs she did
give herself while she was here, to be
sure! All because her father has made
little more money than pa has.
. wonder she isn't ashamed to write.''
+. However, she opened the letter at
q once, and sat down to read it. 1t opened
thus: 49,. .s...|,.~' =
DEAR Ella, Il find have left my bon
net box behind me put 1t on the upper
shelf OF the closet in my room; and as there
was no occasion for anything but my hat,
and the bonnet was really too handsome to
wear on ordinary occasions, rever looked
at it again. Please send it the first oppor-
turity. -? -
Ella read no more. The letter dropped
out of her hand. She Hew out of her
room, and into the spare bedroom that
had been given to her cousin Curing her
visit, and there;Jupon the upper shelf,
she found q box, which, being taken
down and opened, revealed dainty
bonnet of palest blue satin, with delicate
feathers to match. and two pale pipS.
crushed roses daintAy perched upon
the crown--a bonnet tilatbore upon its
lining the signature Of q Partisan MILL
ner. a.. go.
/. 1.-THE most beautiful bonnet I ever
saw" cried Ella. =
AS she spoke she perched it lightly on
her head, saw that it became her, and
on the instant was overcome by tempta-
ton.
"If could only borrow it and wear it
at the picnic" she whispered.
She caught up the hand glass ancMook-
I ed at her profile. 1t was the most
charming view of her face.
II will she added. Didn't she bor-
row my blue veil and, wear it entirely
out. and lose my silver thiDlble, and
tuck up the curtains Of her room so that
they had to'be dpne over again as soon
as she was gone? And it cannot do
much harm to a bonnet to wear it once
very carefully" A.
And Ella sat down at once to write
little, note Of acceptance to the young
man who had requested the pleasure
other company"
"Geing7,,': sad Mrs. Haskell, lifting her
eyebrows is surprise. "Well, 1 hope
you'll enjoy yourseifs but will, you feel
com forta bic in your old bonnet?' -.
"Well IN manage somehow, ma, said
Ella, not daring to meet her mothers eye
for She knew what her opinion would,
have been about her borrowing a hand
some bonnet IN that fashion,; and the
problem she was now solving was how
to conceal the fact that she wore it from
tue members OF tho family. The only
plan that Occurred 10 her was to cover it
with gramlua' s big brown veil, which she
Borrowed for the purpose receiving
many iniunchons not to tear Or lose it.
: SiIas Perkins came in his trap to the
door at the proper. hour, and. Ella IAN
out Of the house and entered the yehi~
Gle rather hastily, with her head appar-
emily enveloped in q snuff colored tur-
ban. g. IT,
Out Of sight Of the porch, Ella unpin-
ed ahe snuff. colorhd veil and, and sat
beside Silas Perkins in Il blue and rose
tinted bonnet that took. his breath away
with admiration, = 8T.'' ~. j.. 10
= In fact it was the. sight Of that bonnet,
and ths pretty lace under it, and the
tints Of gold it brought out in the way
ing hair, that made Silas forget that his
horse Napoleon would not bear the whip,
and gave him a graceful flick upon his
neck, Wherenpon Napoleon at once as
serted lis independence by running
away. The road was smooth, and in the
course of a3qHartersof All hour, as Silas
declared. he brought that horse to his
senses. The actuas fact was that Napol-
con grew tired OF Running and moder-
ated his pace But meanwhile a dread
full thing had happened. The branch o!
"a tree high glazed the vehicle in pass
ing had whipped away that dainty Paris
bonnet, which weighed next to nothing,
and Ella, as she elutched the back o. her
eatin terror ior her life, was utterly
unaware Of the fact In fact, the scene
of the picnic was. reached before. either
OF the occupants of the vehicle were
aware Of what had occurred. s ;4& ],
a Meantime .At1nty Wheeler, whose
house faced the road had seen the rum
away, and noticed the accident to the
bonnet; and had sent her grandson
E Peter, to take it from the oak DOUGH.
y After waiting at: her door for an hour
and a. half she concluded that either
J. Ella was killed or had gone where she
lost her bonnet, and returned to her
Kitchen. 3555.s y, u !. :SY8 ~