Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-06-21
JUMPING At CONCLUSIONS.

Where's Dorothy?" said bright lit
tie fellow, I've been to the mail and
have n letter for her"
..Oh, she's in her studio, drawing or
engraving or something. She's al
ways busy" answered the mother
pleasantly, adding. "when you come
back I'll have bag of cookies ready
for you"
Thank ycu. Can't i take them
now?" said the boy eagerly.
mo, don't like to have crumbs
scattered over the house. and SO / al
ways give my cookies to boys who are
willing TO eat out doors"
They are so nice. Most any boy
would do that. Mrs. Porter" said the
little fellow, as he ran away, quite un-
conscious that lis petite little speech
had earned for him an extra supply of
cookies.
Now. ss We cant eat Mrs. Porter's
goodies, we will 60 with Berthe to the
studio.
Good morning. Berthe"
Here's = letter for you. Dorothy"
Thank YOU. you are very Kind TO
20 To tho office 50 often for me-"
The boy looked little abashed. felt
. great desire to whistle. then thought
- .sIl.roti,s tc-erpen
the letter he remembered the cookies
and disappeared.
Dorothy is busy. aud we will glance
at the studio. Every studio is artistic,
so We suppose this one is. In an i'm
nense Jar the MULLEN rears its esthetic
head hope you ali know why MULE
ius have become artistic. It's because
when you go tn the place where You
know the cat-.aiis are. they are always
gone.
To continue our description. Near
by in vase (you can pronounce that
word any way you please now the
cotton blooms nod their greeting.
and just above them the feathcred
clematis tells of early Fall- There arc
pictdres aud tools scattered every
where, and neutral tints subdue the
gorgeous reds aud yellows. which win
alike the admiration of the artist and
darkey. | suppose you know now
just how that room looked. aud wha.
is the use Of my telling you any moref
Dorothy hasn't paid the least at
tention 10 You aud suddenly she
laughs. laugh that Is all fun. When
Dorothy has ouly Dorothy for compsuy
that's the kind of laugh slic always
laughs, aud that's the kind | like to
hear. Now ! am going 10 tell you
ABOUT tnat letter. anu why Dorotny IS
so amused.
In the first place you must aow that
Dorothy Is very uncommon girl, AMI
belongs To remarkable family. and
this man who has been writing to her
for of course you haven't been simple
enough not To suspect it WAS man)
belongs to another branch Of the same
family, aud Dorothy thinks he must
be very remarkable. although she has
never seen him. He has written to her
five or six time asking questions about
her ancestors: he'says he is going to
write book about the family aud per-
haps he is. l don't know as much
about him as do abo,li Dorothy. His
letters have been very business like.
with CLEAN of fun once in while.
This one SAYS:
DEAR Miss PORTER: Please seni the ds t.
of your prnndfathcr's ,enih: also date Of
yOur rEreai-yrandmothcr's marriage. ] have
the Pepperll branch: s,n you send u copy
" ~ ' R.P. HUTTON
p. S.-You might consider this q valentine.
X. p. H."
Dorothy goes To an nld-fashioned
secretary. aud with n smile lighting up
every feature. writes:
DEAR Mr.. HUTTON: Allow me to thank
you for YOUR poetic and tender epi.tle. 1
would not mention for the world that IL was
his annual visit. / would simply endeavor to
appr, c:nte the beautie of iis dictiOn. Had it
been business letter your questions would
have been answered At once AS 1t 10. / be-
leve the st. wishes them left unanswered
DOROTHY PORTER"
Dorothy posted her letter and
thought of Mr.. Hutton. / suppose you
think I'm going to tell you just what
she thought, but I'm not5 that's for you
to imagine. I'll mention that although
she stayed in her studio all day she
seemed to accomplish very little.
Dorothy always does things thoroughly.
and when she muses. she does it as she
paints. with . great deal of vim.
IL never saw Dorothy SO interested
in the post Office" said Mrs. Porter.
'She has been once or twice herself
when we were not expecting letter
from anybody in particular.
Even mothers don't always UNDER
stand girls, not but that / always
understand mine.
In day or two DOrOthy's answer
came. Don't let's be so cerenOnious.
l am SO anxious to read it that I'll
peep over her shoulder, and nObodyll
see me but the mulleins, and they are
country things. l am not a bit afraid
of them.
DEAR MISS PORTER: I don't know
whether to be displeased 1T your note or not
In one point of view it c0mpels q very busy
it affords an additional opportunity to hear
from very bright correspondent. ! most
humbly apologize for the levity of my post