Telegram-herald., 1890-10-19


bFoNs IA nite bow. Then saa put GA
soine ole EaFaen g.oTes, a. went oHt
+ Ter weed her n0asfs an set her exc
+ bEOWs al tns sxme tiMe. A wnis sae
Wa Nsed E' Ap 4 s.ngla clos. oy tas
f fence, Who saoull come Al0ng buf
+ D0ckter Ramln.ige. Hos q SC dew,
81 = Lzrkiu. sez he. al wax S-EOn
straight along Bat sg1hn must =
struck him al ot 4 sUddlnt fer be
stopped ali ter oucei. az stared 81 i.uey
~ y size waz hls CREST grand lactaeI' :
E ghost.
"An then Lucy, who thought OF her
/ eyebrows, for ia weedin' they clean
: slipped her mind. an she kheu ez sell
a. could hs them wuz what struck hlm.
Then she kn0Red shc m0st lock uucom.
mon well ter lcg han notice her like
that, All il put her la good spirits ter
/ oncet. IL silefs does wlmmie folks.
+ Ii they look resi- well they alters knows
f. lt, an il makes them ter home no
matter where they be. II woman
~uz dropped down among the neatnen
I ~ Maddygasker, she Wouldn't mind II
! much Il she he'd on her best dress, per-
! ylded she didn't look 50 good they'd
want ter eat her, though ike ez not
she q takelt ez compliment, an be
lnsulled # they dIGn't.
so Lucy she LATED an she lost her
he'd, an lifted her eybrOws rsal often
/ 81 she talked. An the dockter, he
/ latfed an talked tew. TIL Lucy thought
/ she'd never seem him tick leder or more
/ clever. lie even come back a piece
after he'd got started, for ter ask her If
/ sh'd be ter neeun' the next day, an If
/ he could walk home with her. Ger
tln,' sed Lucy; Il alters 20 on account
/ OF tho singin' 'Thet's SO. sed the dock
ter, but | wouldn't miss seem yer there
tomorrow fer nothin'.' oh, Ill be
sure ter come, assured Lucy, sm!hn'
an archin' her eyebrows at hlm ull he
sed good mOrnln'.'
"Soon's he wuz gone, Lucy CHE
rushed inter the house ter see how she
! looked. She went up ter the glass a
smilin', fer she knew she must look
betterln common ter make the dockter
stop so long am seem so pleased But
! quick eZ she ketched sight OF herself.
she give one awful scream. an fell all
! OF heap on the kitching floor. felt
/ real bad fer her, / remember, but she
did look so funny | couldn't help but
! laif, fer she he'd tew pairs OF eyebrows.
one jest above the other ez slick ez
could be. When she put her big finger
IN the dye-stuff, IL he'd goton her front
finger tew, and she drawed 'em both
over her forehead. BEN ez twuz like
water, 1t didn't show mite TIL the
sun struck it, an then view couldn't
| get 1t OF no more'n nuthin.
Course Lucy didn't 90 ter meetin'
next day. Sheywent back in the kent
~ with Aunt Margret's folks instead
am she didn't come home It'll twuz ali
wore Off. An then she wouldn't spea k
ter the dockter fer three months,
though she mp an married him afore
! the year wuz out. He amt got done
twittln' her of them eyebrows ylt.
''But | sot out ter tell how | got
slipped up on sum sech foolery doins
one time, tryiu' TO make myself ham
summer then the Lord intended. Nv
ha'r, what there YuZ of il, kept com
IN out one winter, till ned list about
three spears ter braid, an | wuz afraid
thet one Of them 'ud GIT dizzy an drop
out, SOS wouldn't hev enuf left ter
tie switch tew. Sumbuddy told me
ter wet my he'd we'll III sage tea, an
thet would stop ita-cOmln' out so evry
mOrnin' reglar | sopped my he'd in ez
| strong a tea cz could git. One morn
| m, llst after | he'd wet my he'd. ole Ms
| Blven, from down Puttygut way, come
/ in fer ter see how we all wuz aeon, m
on. Mis- Bllven he'd a.lers ben q Janus
nurse an q master hand at verbs an
slch, an told me thet strong alum wa
| ter wuZ the very best thm' ter ker keep
ha'r from sheddln, an anuif site bet
tern sage.
$50 ez soon ez she he'd gone, fixed
some alum water an give my ned a
good soa kin, and then sot down ter
my SEWN. ! looked real we'll tibet
mOrnin'. fer | he'd jist put on my new
pecay dress Uncle John sent me from
| BOstlng, an pink lUtestrng ribbon
around my neck. Persis Dwyer run III
jist ez ned got well ter work fer tel
! bOrrer my bOdkin, an Thought fer a
mlnnit she'd been struck dun.
Fer mercy sakep sez she; 'Mand '
/ LaTk.n, what the natter"
.'PersIs WIZ alters dretfal jealous OF
us Larkin gals. mostly on account OF the
close Uncle joan sent u, so
ansurrcd back pretty peart, they
: amt uuthln the matter thel
knows on, sez / an | amt got back
from no place, an amt goin' nowhere.
sum folks keeps their best clOze for
I company, but I'm thankful I don't hes
tew. though one'd thuk yew'd neve.
see sucn n thing ez a buff pecay aR 3
pink lutte string. afOre.'
"'Oh, well" seq she, ST We feel 20 big
over Yer gift clOze ez thet, pTap':
there's no need OF yer loOkln' in thc
glass, AMI she Topped ont with heI
nose IN the Air. an never took the bod
kin neither. I hedn't no idee Of look
IN iu the glass Jest on her say go. bot
/ when ! went 90 put the h0dkiu in the
/ housewife thet hung long side Of il.
Jest ketched glimpse OF myself unbe-
knowns % like, an dunno 81 7 ever
I he'd ennything give me seob a turn.
T Ny he'd WIZ ~ green e. grass. or A sort
OF sage color thtt looked even worse.
Green wuz Co,or / never did, an
+ never could abide, an when 'tvuz wore
+ where twuzn't bv no means n2tcherl
Do stands ter reason thcf Nasnt { much
f taken up With t. I washed. an rub.
Z bed. an scrubbed. an rinsed. bat
/ 'twaut no use 10 didn't make hsrdlg
/ a mte 0t difference. fer thet t1ere
f slum he'd sot thct there sage fer r aI.
+ winter. What made me feel wufsn wuz
Z because f'd agreed ter stand gp ter a
( weldon thet week. an / knew thet II
give It uo t1et Pefss DvyeT q be- asked
in nav place. 50 I went ever ter see
/ Nancy. an we fixed 6 80 tnet we'd
. b0tu wear wreatns an lace walls. Only
mine ud BE- a short one. an O. twu1
I ter BE- hy candle gnt. 'taufn't Snow
mucn Of emmy. But tnet cared me Of
t.uxeTInE with mv hair. ~ ennyth ne
I else thet 'twant ordained fer mo FER he's
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