The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-12-09
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tain crystal clear sprin g, into whose
depths che had often gazed to lool
for the traditional rings displayed
by tho fairies to those who are about
to find their true lovers.
II was her favorite mirror, and
just at this period Of the sunny SUN,
mor day it WAS clearer than any
sheet OF looking glass.
"ilorrid !" said Erminie, grimac-
ing at the GoldenNred tinge Of her
hair reflected below.
But just then some languil move
ment Of the deep, still waters
focused the suns rays in sort OF
circle for a second it seemed as il
a ring Of gold shone far down, and
then disappeared.
Erminie's eyes sparkled, and her
heart beat rapidly.
"The fairies wedding-riug ~ sho
gaspcd. "l saw il With my own
eyes Bot, Of course, nothing will
ever come OF it as long as my hair
is such hideous-hideons color.
will get it dyed - Aud iu her mem
tai consciousness she remembered
that Harry Boyce, who went to col
lege with her cousin Simon, would
be there that very week, and that
Harry had once said, "What o pretty
girl that little Minnie was !"
"But, of course, he couldn't have
noticed my hair" thought Erminie,
mournfully. 1T doesn't show so
awfully bad when l sit in corner
who're it's pretty dirk. It's tho sun
shine that brings it out such an in.
tense carrot color. | will dye it ~
So that very evening, in the
Observation-Disclosures OF the purple
twilight, Erminie crept down to
Mill & Tweezer's, aud waited pa,
tiently for an old farmer to buy an
ounce OF Paris green for pota tobugs,
and his daughtor to select bottle
OF cheap perfumery, for two tall lads
to get a ply ysician's prescription
made up. end q plump-cheeked
child to buy a cents worth OF pep-
permint.drops before she came up
to the counter.
well, miss said tho sleepy old
druggist, who moved like a patent
perambulating toy which had got
out Of order, and winked drearily
behind his spectacle-glasses, "what
can 1 do for you ?"
Erminie's heart seemed to leap up
into her mouth, every drop of blood
rushed to her face, while in q guilty
whisper she murmured:
"Hair-dye, please"
"Dye = repeated tho purblind
and partially deaf old man. "What
kind of dye p
IL don't quite know, sir Tho
usual kind, 1 suppose. Anything but
black" she added, remembering
Barbara's remark.
And with "Yes. yes" and a pa.
tronizing smile, old Mr.. Mill put her
up bottle of the brightest aniline-
red that be possessed.
"Gals is always partial to bright
colors," he said to himself.
And Erminie ran all the way
home, as if the whip-poor-wills and
rabbits would know that she had
bottle of hair>dye wrapped up in
her ocket'handkerchief.
Once safe in her own little garrett
room, she rubbed the mixture we'll
into the roots Of ber hair, brushing
it out to the very ends according to
Barbara's description of the "city
boarder's' manipulations.
She had scarcely finished. when
she heard her mothers voice call.
ing:
"Minnie Er-min-ie |"
sMa'am 7" she chirped feebly back.
"Come down stairs quick II said
Mrs. Hitchings, in q sort OF stage
shout up the back stairs. Here's
your cousin Simon and Harry
Boyce, come by the night stage, and
supper to get for EN-, and nobody
knows what all Do make haste !"
And momentarily forgetful of the
chief sorrow Of her life, Emiuie ran
blithely Downstairs to be kissed by
Simon and chivalrously greeted by
Mr.. Boyce.
Both student~lamps were lighted,
and Mr.. Hitchings had even gone
to the extravagance OF q pair of
mould candles on the mantel- piece,