Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-10-24
A SUMNER VACATION.
How narbara's Love 81 Advent
uro Was Gratitled.

uro Was 0ratthed.
40 mt-Fi just ~ cell have lsorn
sfr...r. I-l.ud tbs couuter In New
Nura .r. i..s lrH days. sighed har-
IHl lia.. frr aII fHa uut-oi-tho-say
a|trHrr- a..Tv had
Who raufs cot ~ .tho-way advent
ans said pH".as Dunn. scoraiully.
.lsH.ul tHr ruatrr indeed"
,Nn.d lu MARY Nauuccker Gan
So. rrAiHu iu ,iUy,r-suruted air like
tl- N.h.ud tHr rouuterF Caa you get
.hr muHrtau ytsw like this from
S.FfH ulHuur' What murs would the
r.H uauL I should l.ke 10 kaow p
uarnan sighed uuer more and shook
De- hu14
90 81. aiI sa tame she said II
IsHfuNHi gsprsioi Al all "
o.. Thrive eirs barbara Dorcas
nrU Mao w,rg sitting oB hin under
U. -hal, uf % grand old cedar treo
hHrHlrl. Who bad once taken guar
Ger. .r--Du- Boz drawing, had a sketch
luDrI Hn H,r .ap aud was trying with
huf .H.. success, ID must b. owned -
o. reproduce the lovely ribbon-like
U.r..- ~ the river that wound L. way
t.r.sh the valley below
May had her needle. work In her
'ap and Dorcas. with her hands
DH.pui under her head. had long given
ur H.| attempt 10 read The paper-cov-
erred novel that she had brought with
lrr
The -ky and the sunshine are "a
mu,h t,.ttor che said
lhrE rrrr thrca rhop-giris - bright
umnItIuua spirited young things. full
~ Doc aHl aspirations, even though
'hor urrr kept down by the force Of
circumstances aud tboy clubl,ed 10
E.fH.r their slender resources In order
o. enjoy their vacation 10 better Ad-
vantage
burgas. ihr business member u the
nrm bad bought an excursion ticket
tr-i. auJ travelled out 10 schepp's val
Jos tU -nH uuBt could b. done hut ID
BE- needless io ,ay that the hotel and
huarI.1E.housr prices wers far beyond
ihu.r simple means
o. fBsra uo place said che. whore
vr DnH.l obtain one room and the very
simplest ibrr Zoe less money!
You might try Old Man Morris. +"
sa.I rH. Iuriiy dame v be- kept the Val.
Deg ilw.-r Its a quiet plaza aud
NJ. Morris she aiu't no great u a
rnHa uut thcres them as has boarded
there. Ion told
Whore t' ~" eagerly asked dor
cas-
40 iHo laudIady vent 10 tho door
o. point out a slender blue thread Of
smoke that vas curling up heaven
whri from d mass - woods on a die
tAni hl.I aud once more Dorras set
forth un Der pilgrimage. this time n i'm
unidentified -uy,s-ss
Nh" rDEarrl enc room. Tho board.
iu 's -ur. vac plain. the beds a caar.s
hurs mattress. With blanket sprcad
uu il. Huur tur iurcas herself the
'urHlur. humc- made aud unpainted.
hH' There was ~ grove ~ pine woods
in ih' rear, she black birds piped their
silver huirs ail dsy long. aud the heos
dartcd boz and out 81 the rcd lilies BY
The garden wall. aud our three hero
ines believed themselves 10 b. in par.
udIsr
bui even a. Barbara thus bewAllsd
horsclL portentous shaaow swept
acruss She sun. and looking around
they saw TIA, mass Of liyid purple
thunder clouds had piled themselves
up along The western SKY. While distant
mutterings. and nov and then a sud
dou Hash, announced the coming Of a
storm
borcAs spranE 10 her feet. barbara
began eurriodly 10 fold up her sketch
ing apparatus, MaFy pot her thlmble
and scissors In her pocket
We must get home - quickly ~
possible' cried all three.
bot IN ayaiiing themselves Of q shor,
cut across patch u woods they 20,
hopclcssly lest The saA sel behind
The purple baitlsment of clouds. the
dusk icll quickly In these dense woods,
aud the rain began 70 pailsr down Ia
huge drops
barbara. The Hsplrant after advsnt
src. eegah 10 cry.
We are LOST" che sald.
LOST NONSENSE said brave Dor.
cas- ''Nhsa cen ses the railway trael
shining dovn below. Who ever 20.
Loot Gloss 10 = railway liuei Let's MAJ.
Tor the track.
"And re, run over" lamsntsd Rar
bara
MOI likely when there's oaly On.
train day. and that al noou. laughes
Doroas ~ we wAlk along The rail
way line re must cone out somewhere
dout you seegH
And besides. saded Mary. ''thers'l
o little raiaea cabin not Ear IRON her
where me railroad aagman uscd Il
live before thsy changed the loeatios
81 the siaiioa. ! remember Mr. Nor
rls showing a 10 mo onoa~
'Ohi ohf shrlekea barbara 4
could aol 60 therA The nagman wal
killed o. NE track Thervs g-ghoaI
here