The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-16

mother Of them | burst right ont With,
oh, I'm so gladE There viii be SOME
thing done in North Bridgcdon al last.
But she said so calmly and -weetly 70,
we are going to UpasYlle. | feel that
there would be no society in North Bird
getOn aud beside ! couldn't have the
leisure | ought To have thc'e 80 have
iniuced Mr.. Ray To accept the other call.
what did you say then Madeline:
ION. ! was hOTrd "a usual said |
was aware there was nothing attractive
about North BridgctOn, except the souls
10 be saved, and that, If ~Ucicty wa- the
principal attraction to me, | shouldn [
marry man who pretended that all lac
wanted was to save SOUL, Mother stop
ped me. but May said YOu will think
differently about some things when you
are "A little older if that Is the way -hall
look at things. Society lot Of other
women tying hard knots in cord and
smperlng out directions for working
long-legged storks. Leisure for That
kind Of work :"
There. Madeline Augusta. YOU have
had your say. George it Your turn
well, dear said Gcorgie there
doesn't seem 10 be anything that we can
do about the fancy work You dete>t 50
much, 80 | wouldn't think Of that NV
about the children, that the real mulber-
~ bush isn't it? suppose and there
was CLEAN of mischief in Georg." brown
eye, suppose we 20 down TO MR. David
Burroughs and ask if We can hire the old
farmhouse Of hers for week. Then
we shall borrow things from everywhere
and fit it up as the House of the Future.
You can be gently sarcastic, Madeline. in
your arrangements Of things. Then W Il
invite the ladies To come and view it, pay
ing and admission fee for the privilege.
with the money from this loan eXhib-
bltion' we can pay the board Of two poor
children, at least at Mrs. RanstrohS and
know our mothers will each let rs have
one il we will take care of it That will
make live who will get out here, for a
breath Of Ridge air; shall We do it,
80 George cried Nell and | together.
And added, But mayn't | fit up one
room as Room of the PAST
"Of course. But let's 90 ask our moth
ers right away
SO we did. And the three dear moth
ers listened as mothers always to to heed
less, enthusiastic, sixteen year-old daugh-
tiers, dennrred little, tand then tcnderly
gave permission and advice.
"lf everybody had been like our moth
ers we wouldn't have had this to do
cried Nell, eXulting!y, as we harnessed
Niram to the light wagon.
Never mind" said George, "Driyc 10
Mrs. Burroughs as quick as you can,
Nell. Put ON your gloves, Madeline. We
must make as good an impression as pos
siblc.
Then I'll have to keep still" | laid
rucfully,
Never mind. You shall do all the
talking between places, said Nell, con-
solingly. "Gcorgie shall be spokesman,
and | II add dignity to the crowd"
We reached Mrs. Borroughs and were
ushcred into the parlor, whore she sat
crocheting lambrequin.
"Thank YOU, Mrs. Borroughs.' Geor-
gle said in answer to her cordial invita-
ton, I'VE can't say; our call is purely a
business one. Will You let us have the
Daniels farmhouse for week?
"Lct you have the Daniels farmhouse
for a week.
"Yes. You see the ladies of the Ridge
are so busy that they don't feel they can
take the poor children this Summer as
Mr.. Bastine wants them to. SO we three
girls thought we would rent that house
of you and yet up loan exhibition Of
fancy things, crazy quilts, rugs and such
things. We want to make it look a.
houses will look, we think, iifty Years
from now, and wen IN Ike one room as
they used to be to show the contrast.
Then we want to charge an admission
fee; and with what we have left after
paying for the house we will board two
children at Mrs Ranstroh's for a couple
of weeks. | think we could get enough,
don't you?'
~ by, yes, | should think SO. And
you can have the house and welcome;
but You shan't pay anything for it. And
if there's anything of mine You want,
you shall take it. can do that much,
guess. Why, if | had thought you chill
dren were going TO take it up 50, ld have
taken one of those city imps myself.
That was what they all said when we
went around and presented our petition
They gave us literally of their abundance
of fancy work but thay all said Why,
if We had thought and then they sort
of stopped.