Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-02

ful kween will be a good abbediunt
husband loo LATED & hit him with her
fan then lots more came in Il they all
looked silly like father & all the ole
men told ma she looked like rosys
sister. that aint so bekause ma is or
full fat
By this time the whole company had
risen and were trying to interrupt the
reading. when Uncle Joe, in a voice
of thunder, commanded attention.
They all fell back into their seats, and
remained, with many curious changes
of c0untenance, silent to the end
then Mite come on & Loo 4 rosy
went Up stares & put more wife pow
der on there faces Il looked at there
Back hair in the Glas & loo said rosy
ort to mary mister Sore Gum bekause
he was so rich & loo said she was
going to mary mister hedg bekause He
was rich All tho he was fool Il then
they went Down stares.
"a big tall yung man come into the
literary were had hid my kandys Il
rosy sed out loud want to show you
this Nice room they was behind the
door & he sed haven't you got eny new
years for me Rosy & she sed yes fred
4 gave him kiss behind the door &
sed rosy if was only rich Il then ma
came in to the entree 4 they ran out &
looked Silly two.
Then | went to sleep sitting on my
bundle of candies & when ma weke me
up every Boldly had gone away Il ma
sed she hated new Years & loo sed the
men were all munkeys and rosy had a
Hedake. then went to bed but Sum
thing had made me orful sick tho
don't believe it was cake & went To
rosys Room softly. She was crying &
setting on the floor by the fire then
went in to mas room & she was erwin
too {. Pa was sayin We are livin on a
Volcaner | tell you.
i was kinder skared be kause vol
kaners burn you all up 4 are very dan
garus. Ma says samuel kant help it
the gurls must dress and we must keep
up appearances says ma why kant we
moov off the vokaneer & buy new
House up to Sentril Park.
pa says wher did that yung skamp
come from & then the flor jumpt up &
hit me & ma sed it was kause had ct
two much terrash.
'tS was orful sick all mite The
next morning Kamil the made helped
me get up & sed was to go rite off to
skool Agen & the Coach man was too
take Care of me went to say good BY
to loo she was in bed with gridirons in
her eting lots of Brekfast, rosy kissed
me & her eyes was al red 4 she sed
teddy deer they are braking my hart Il
| promised Her wen grow up to lick
them al.
i like rosy pretty well considerin
she is my Sister. pa Il ma was shut
up in the library q pa had lots of little
papers on the table.
lie said look at them
Dresses, bonnits, fineary, jewelry, i
kant pay them tell you we are livin
be yond our menes. So is every body
says ma but the gurls will marry well,
says pa look at rosy shes in low with
that good lookin RASCAL on II hundred
a year.
She shant have him says ma now
don't be brute an cut down eXpensis
perhaps jo will help you out my broth
er jo is Stingee old kur says pa, Il if
he knows we are He'd an ears over in
Diet he wuddent leve Ted cent.
L don't want sent pa says five
sents aint much an one sent amt moth
ing & unkle io is an old bare says i.
Send the boy to skool he makes me
CrayIy says pa & ma kissed me in a
kurry & pusht me long to the dor.
pa had his he'd burryed in his hands
& kept sayin rooined, rooined, and all
for appearance So am tired ritin sich
a long Compersishun and the coach
man took me hac to skool Il that is all
know Bout new years
Uncle Joe quietly folded up the
scrawl and looked out from under the
thatch of his eyebrows at Hedge, who
glancing Lou and seeing she was
dangerous, silently left the room and
the house Sorghum followed, also,
politely escorted to the door by Uncle
Joe's steady gaze The method failed
with Fred Tremaine, for the look only
sent him as far as Rosie's side, where
he sat down with determination. Mrs.
Gloss was sobbing hysterically, and
her husband seemed inclined to drop
down dead.
WELL Uncle Zoe began, well, arn't
you pack Of idiots to sacrifice your
comfort and honesty for this wretched
show of fashionable life? Now fvc
always disappointed you in the money
way, and III do it STILL Mr. Sam
Gloss trembcd. IN do it STILL for
you think Pm going to see you go to
ruin and | won't. | will look over
matters with you, Sam, and find out
how can put you on your legs again
But stop this high-pressure living, and
give this girl Rosie to Tremaine, wEo
is a good fellow, if he is poor.
Rosie and Fred tried to say some
words of thanks, but falling to do jus
tice to their feelings, consoled each
other by clasping hands.
There is worse misery than poverty
Uncle Joe went on, and Miss Loo had
better cast about for some good boy at
thousand dollar salary, for no brokers
will desire her dowry to mend their
capital. As for Ted and Uncle Joe
rose to go in the library with his
brother-'he's an example to all young
wrters-exact, truthful, impartial. |
value his manuscript. | shall keep
him in pocket money and make him my
heir
-"IIow Can u Woman Tell z" is the
title of a recent poem. Humph ! How
can she help telling?
Mr.. L. X. McCousiy, Hellam,
Pa, says. browns Iron Bitters re-
lieved me of dyspeptic symptoms and
gave me refreshing sleep"