Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-07-02

got some A No. l gowns, | tell you
Now, you just show me my room and
I'll GO straight to bed an stay there
till dinner time. You let your black
man bring me tumbler OF milk, will
you, along about two o'clock, and {
doughnut or hard. tack. I'm used tc
eatin' hearty in the middle o the day.
When the door was finally shat up
on Pinkie, her aunt and cousins ex
changed looks.
"Horrible.w cried the youngest
daughter, Carrie. It's worse than
ever conceived. How could papa send
for her,
ale has not seen her since she was
ten years DID," said Mrs. Bent, dismal
Iy. "Of course he could not dream
she would be like this. He had al
ways said her mother was a charming
woman. and they lived in Europe fol
several years when she was little. II
is horrible, girls
"Buok down" calculated the eldest
daughter, Sophia.
Fresh As rooster!" echoed Carrie
Mamma, shall go to bed myself and
be too i'll to appear tonight. | doD''
believe Mr. Morris will ever cross oul
/ thresholdsagain."
Then he is welcome to stay away,
said Mrs. Bent, hotly.
While this distressed consultation
was going on between Mrs. B.and heI
daug hters, pinkie, locked IN her room
was holding ane with herself-tear'
sparkling in her eyes. but her fac,
Was full of mirth.
''l will" she muttered. 81 will Dc
it, 1t will be good enough for them
| know | can.S Ii will teach them .
good lesson. BIT III have 10 work
/ like Trojan II get the dress ready
Let me see what have got that vii
do. Ha, | have it. That old tableal
dress will be just the thing.
How lucky brought it,. sh'
chuckled IS she shook out the folds o
a white muslin of the most antiquatet
country fashion. Now | can go Il
s.eep md rest easy for an hour. "Awk
ward and dowdy,' that is that | vii
he.' and in five minutes mlschlevou
Plakie Bent was sound asleep.
j., Anxiety and veIation had mad,
Carrie i'll, and il was with q most un
becoming flush on her harassed fac,
tha: she appeared in the drawing room
a few moments before dinner hour
There sat the cousin from Kansas
Was ever such figure seen in New
York drawing room before:
i \ plain white muslin made in tn,
shepherIess style, very full and yer,
short, scarlet stockings, a broad scar
let sash, and worst of all, on the heaC
a turban of white muslin, with scar
let poppy faunting in front. This il
what the malicious Pinkie had dom
with herself, whose trunks we're full
; of exquisite French gowns such as he
: cousins had never owned and not OF
ten seen. She knew at least that tn
opal, on her soft, white neck woul,
|, command certain sort of resp CT
even from iuhospitable relatives.
Thank heaven she wore them
That will show people she at last ha
money. That necklace couldn't hav
cost less than $1,000.
, YES" said Pinkie, nonchalantl,
Ma likes EN- best of all she's got
. They're mas. | like flowers better
I'm great on artificial flowers; al~ay
wear 'em every day"
The guests were already arriving
Mr.. Bent himself among them, h
; having, according TO the fashion c
New York business men, arrived hom
, only in time to dress for dinner. Hi
, heart was full of atfectiopase welcom
for his niece, whom he remembere
well as beautiful child Of ten, only
half-dozen years ago; he did not d
first note anything but the lovely ur
lifted eyes and the afiectionate voice.
AS the dinner progressed, even IN
J observant Mr.. Bent became aware tina
t his niece's attire was not what
/ should be, and that her voice was to
e loud. But the women folks can 500
r straighten that all out, and the child
3, as pretty as picture.
r SO also thought the Hon. MIR. MOI
y ris, who, to Carries vexation, bein
! told now by her that the young lad.
in white was a cousin, who had arrive
e most inopportunely from Kansas, ha
e exclaimed: "From Kansas Ho
= delighted | am! This is the State {
. all Others | am most interested in SET
; ing, | am going out there in til
$ spring. If all Kansas ladies have S
e wonderful complexion as your col
| sin, that is another reason for visitin
y the region. Pray, present me to he
!, will you? | should like to ask ht
t many questions. Perhaps, all "
e stammered with curious mixture
:, diffidence and audacity one often se'
r in Englishman, "perhaps your moth'
It will be so very good as to let me ha,
r the pleasure of sitting by her side
y dinner-that is, if it will not dsrans
n your plans"
g 81 am quite sure mamma will n,
l. relinquish the pleasure of having yo
= chiefly to herself at dinner" quick
IS responded Carrie, her heart full of a.
d ger and modification. Neverthelet
l. several times in the course of Dime
D. Mr.. Morris heard the shrill voice, al