West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-03-19
POLLY'S ALLOWANCE.
The Trouble and the Good II
Brought Her.

The ladies of st. Philips sewing cir
Gle always spoke of Mrs. Fuller's six
daughters as if they were an extraya-
gance in which she had wilfully in
dulged, and by good managementcould
have avoided. IF they had only been
boys, now" Mrs. Archdeaconess las
FOLLY Fuller called her behind her au-
gust back Nevins would say. "But
SIN good-for-nothing, useless girls,,
Perhaps the reason Mrs. Nevins object
ed so strenuously to Mrs. Fuller's prcf-
erence for the female sex was that she
had had boys; that is. she had had o,e
boy, colIege-bred. European-toured
with fortune in his own right. to saw
nothing of his prospective beirsbiI1
through Jeremiah Nevins. Sen tbp
richest Yestry-man in ST. Pbilip's
Church. And this adored, petted and
only boy was very fond of the Fuller
girls, and so attentive to Polly. the
prettiest of the lot, that Bloomi1odaie
was agog with excitement on the sub-
lect. So she would repeat: "If tbev
had only been boys-stalwart. hard
working boys! But six girlsr'
Now it was hard to believe-for the
archdeaconess was tall, grizzled. bonv
and she might have left Jericho at any
hour, for her beard was fully grown
that she too must at one fine have
been a girl, a Mr.. Bardell was once a
single gentleman; but this fact did NOT
>otten her toward her sex. II Jerry
But we are anticipating.
There certainly were six Fullers
Margaret. Jen, Julie, Polly. Lillian
Rosie. They lived i'm a little cramped.
up rectory that belonged 10 St. Pbilip's
a poor little church on the outskirts Of
Bloomngdale. Their papa was dear
wrOng-headed, clever. impractical
clergyman. Their mamma was only
q shade better, as she proved by bay-
ing six girls instead OF BOYS Her
light bread was apt to refuse 10 rise
ana her preserves had way of work
ing after thg second week.
II the archdeacOness couId bav,
broken of the engagement between
Rev AlphonSo Fuller and Susan his
WIFE which had existed for twenty-sey-
en- years, and sent the six offending
malden- back 90 chaos or 10 paradise,
and married them both to more .uita-
Die and more practical people. / SIM
pose u would have been better. PROV
ldence is a poor manager, COMPARED to
Mrs. Jeremiah Nevins. but She couldn't
20 IT. Philip had 10 put up with a
thousand dollar year rector. hi. shift
less wife, and his half dozen danob-
tcrs.
The Fuller- were generally ab,urdIv
prOvoEingly happy As long as one
has mo- objects Of bigotry and virtue.
" makes little difference il the cat docs
Jump on the parIor table. If the CARPET
is worn 20 rage, the tears ~ the maid
ot-a.I.WOrk may be dried With the re-
techon that "a cindcr or two dropppd
from the ash pan will do little dam
age
But about sis months previous IL was
borne ou the minds If these six female.
inai u they had am allow aurp they would
aIl pre- sent much better appearances.
ana aend less money loo doing b. knd
when the SIX Fuller girls made up their
minds there was au end of if Thew
interviewed their mamma thcy buIIicd
iheT papa. they built such splendid air
castles ri what they would do If thee
only could he allowed to udvo for
tnemseivo- that tnr iOnV-sunoriug
martyr consented, and promised 60 1T
fhrW nave their way Now promise
Boo tho Fuller family was as good a. a
bond better, for ] have heard MANY a
man besides ST. Paul declare himself
happy pecially after panic BOZ the
street except these bonds
But the difficulty about the allowance
was this The day these girls got their
money they felt 20 enormously rich
ihat they could not contain themselve-
spd Is They forge. 20 mesS ia. l.x