The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-24
A GENTEEL FAMILY.
But Somehow Charlie Did Not APP
preciate Gentility,

"Oh, goodness graciousrn cried Mrs.
Patty Parl0man, dropping the open
letter from her hand in dismay, what
will be done? and the best rocking
chairs limb is broke, and the looking
glass on the toilet bureau is in frag-
mentsl Mercy mer'
What is it, ma?n queried her two
daughters, Hannah and Angelina, in
chorus.
What is itr' cried Mrs. Parkman,
Indignantly; oh, heavens! what isn't
itP"
II don't see that the house is on
firer exclaimed Hannah, with irony.
Daughter, beware how you address
me! Only hear this epistle read, and
then decide il there isn't cause for dis
may. 1t is from your second cousin,
Charles Eastford-the Philadelphia
lawyer-hear what he says:
DEAR AUNT PArTY-The physicians tell
me that my health requires change, and as
the warm season is now approaching, and the
quiet OF your little village looks enticing-I
purpose to infict upon you my society for
couple OF months-if agreeable to you and your
family. Probably, I shall not be out before the
frat OF June. Please drop me a line on the
subject at your earliest convenience. Present
my love to the girls-telI them not to engage
themselves until I cOme-and accept for your
self my most dutiful and afectionate regards.
Your obedient nephew,
''CHARLIE EAsTFORD.
There now! who ever did hear the
like of it, Not but what l should be
delighted to see Charles, for he is al
most millionaire, and of such an old
family on his fathers side! The East
fords were so genteel! Why, his grand
mother Eastford never cOmbed her
own hair in her life, and his father
always kept a servant to open and shut
the door after him! l should be
charmed to receive Charles, but our
house is so old-fashioned, and the fur
niture so much the worse fOT wear!
And the strawberry preserve is all
gone, and the carpet faded under the
windows! And, oh, dear! there's the
napkins! / never thought of them be-
foreI they are literally in rags! What
will be doneP'
Cut up q tablecloth" suggested
Hannah.
Thank you, my dear; so we can.
You and Angelina can make them up
this afternoon; and girls in mys-
terious Whisper Il want you to do
your best toward captivating your
cousin Charles, for he is rich, and will
not care so much for a wealthy wife as
for genteel one. And, Angelina,
dear, don't call your sister Hannah, it
is n horribly vulgar name! your father
would have the poor child ruined with
that name, because it was his mothers.
Call her Anna-that is more proper.
And Anna, do try and break yourself
of that dreadful habit of putting your
fingers in your mouth when you are
spoken to; it is terribly uugenteel.
And as I said, want you to look your
prettiest, girls, to captivate this fine
young city aristocrat"
Both of us arc to marry him, then?"
questioned Hannah, sententiously.
Anna, you are disrespectfuL OF
course, Charles will have some choice,
and advise you both to hold your
selves in readiness to accept his pro-
pcsals."
when they come. But what is to
be done with Katie Glenn, wonderp'
Katie Glenn! Child, you astonish
me! Why, Katie will do the work as
usual, and keep in the kitchen out of
sight. Geuteel families don't have
their servants in the parlor."
Yes, but Katie's pretty, and these
nice young gentlemen, like cousin
Charles, are remarkably prone to dis
cover all red-cheeked Cinderellas,
even it they do snuff ashes in the
lower regions of the cuisine"
Nonsense! Katie looks well
enough, but she is destitute Of style,
and her dress is so ungenteel! And
her family are mere nObOdies! Her
father was a blacksmith and her
mother was a seamstress!
And your mother was a washer
woman, and grandfather was coop
err said Hannah, unconcernedly-
with her finger in her mouth, and her
eyes fixed on the face of her parent.
TheIatter rose in all the majesty OF
offended dignity.
'Childr she exclaimed, repeat
those words and disown your
Hannah subsidized; and Angelina
shocked and overcome, retired 70 the
sofa with a fan and tie last word
while Mrs. Parkman set about devils
ing ways and means to give the eX-
pccted guest a reception which should
do honor to the gentility of the
family.
Katie Glenn, the pretty little brown
eyed orphan girl, whom Mrs. Parllmau
had charitably CD adopted, was called
TO the council. and il there was any
thing specially tasteful in the arrange
ment OF the guests chamber, it was
due to Katie.
The spare chamber was over the
kitchen-an arrangement which Mrs.
Parkman was never weary Of regret
ting, and the floor was broken through