The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
GALA GIRLS.
BRooKnAvEs, Aug, 1885.

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myself, us a matter Of course. Did re go
Did ever two girls Joke their heads to.
| grthrr for week before hand, and plan a
/ pleasure expedition that was not under
taken : Nerer! BE pent! We went
with the commculaJle intention of seek
ing some before ind open se a.
through which to sail unob.trncted right
on to- the North Pole Of fun, and we found
It. That whole region Of country may he
likened to great bav, through wlheh. if
you once get your vessel into its pleasant
waters, you float triumphantly straight
along t. the very height If happiness.
| After some few trivial adventures upon
the way, Wednesday noon found us dorni-
! ciled under the hoSpitable roof Of Mr.. Ru-
| fus Scott, father of the charming Miss Lu-
.ah whose bright face in days now past,
graced the halls of Whitworth, and where
VIC had the rare good fortane to find one
of Brookhaven's girls, Miss Lizzie Britain,
already established, and Mr.. Walter Be
thea new prosperous Professor Of Sum-
mi5, also sojonrning. Here, too, our de-
sire to witness that anticipated baseball
| game, was greatly intensified by the fnroT
which il had already created in all tha;
region round about and it was und r the
lash "i severe iinrationco. that We hiGcd
| the time that interviewed between us and
! the desires of our heart.
My friend ~ Bobcrt Burnes once said
The best laid scheme o. mice an men,
Gang aft a-gley,"-
Aud when, on that expected Friday morn
ing, We ~ osc and looked out from ON.
great desert of sodden grey, and tie
strpt cies of waodlands and fields that died
of in distance afar from Ms, dripping and
curmfortlcss i'll the steady fall of u slow,
Bob" by the hand (if indeed there were
any Of the dear old geniIrnaua paw that
had survived the decay and dust of his
long inhabited tono) AL ni1lt.n, 90
great aud learned Judge"
And 40 We missed the picnic after all !
! Foolish man that thou art, to prrcipitatc
| thyself so suddenly against that conclu-
sion! Not the deiuge that fell in the
! DAYS of old Noah could have k pit we four
| girls from the scene Of that game OF ball
Our fresh pretty holiday frocks were
packed in vaiscs and hoStiug our M
hrcllas, giving parting sd ute to our
| friends, Mcssrs. Scott and Bethea, who
stood on the porch and disapprovngly
shook their heads, we started. OF course
we got dripping wet, but what mattcred
| that Within a mile of the grounds we
refined up before the door of a very kind
looking lady and prnilrred "A freile re-
! Qncst to enter and lay off the saturated
rament that gave lis certainly an exceed
ing dismal and " favorable aspect for the
| festive garments that we knew smiled
sweet and compliment within the she tier
of our bags. How could the dear woman
refuse ? We crept into that mansion like
poor, half drowned chicks into the sun
shine, but ah! did we not sally forth, a
couple of hours later, like the own dear
|
| girls of the period that We are And
nobody, who basked in the light of our
smiling countenances that day were any
The wiser, and we devontly hope they will
never hear of this. Who should come
rushing, metaphorically speaking, int"
our very arms, upon our .Trivai AT the
scene Of disaster Chat expression il not
strictly originai) hut two of our very own
| Rrookh ayrn bONsf Ard when We had
nearrd the 81 attic field" wherein victory
| like to that CARED 10y the Pcrsians upon
the plains of Marathon, was that day
achieved by the BrookhaveniteS. The die
had been east and laurels won by our
brave boys in white and blue. even before
we arrived to add new ecldt to the occa-
sion, and it is unnecessary to add that au
excusable JOY and pride filled our hosomS
as we stood out there in that slUshy grass
undrr that uncomfortable sky and waved
orr limp handkerchirfS to the closing of
that game. We were consumed with still
greater pride in onr boys when, after
wards, we discovered how many friends
they had made among those kindly Jetier-
son people, who were unanimous in th' il
verdict of the courtr"nsnrss, pleasantnesS
and gallantry of the club boys,
The quadrille in which all the "'little
boy blues" participated after dinner, was
an enjoyable feature of the day and i'll
deed ended he finn of the picnic for them
as at its close they sought their wagon
and amidst many huzzahs and waving I"
kerchiefs, vanished from sight. At hv'
o'clock we sought our own conveyance
and in agreement to an invitation alread!
extended us, drove to the beautiful hom
of Mrs. Shaw, whose daughter. Miss Clan
dine, graduated at Whitworth College
and where we were entertained royalty
A supper fit for the Coils was spread be
fnle us and We hungry (Goddesses, yer
nearly wrote) girls with the rapaciousneS
D usual to BroOkhaven's daughters other
girls, have given it away, we proceed
, ed to devour.
Aftercards!! / wonder If any of m
readers have ever attended JetierSonia
dancef We did: 1t Was given at tn
home of Mr.. Clarence Shaw and was yer
largely attended. There are Il number,
: might say legion of handsome boys !
: and around that blest county and
II well, we danced until the east was q
- crimson as the face of "A sixteen-year oil
would he dud. when he takes his be-,