Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-30

Shiiu v miue Deln up 10 such trlckE,
should say as you or Hetty had bear z
borrowed o my blue-bag.'
Your blue-bag, motherr says l.
Hard work had to keep my face, for
Hetty she was maxim faces at me
through the winder.
'Yes, my blue bag, mother says,
iook1n' at Inc very straight.
Why, aunt, says Hetty through
the window, IF it was the blue-bag,
how would all the roses be the same
An wouldn't it all wash off IN the rain?
An you know it's always brighter
after a shower she says. Besides.
would we do such a silly thing if we
could, an keep it up so, an all? We
might do it onst or twice, says she.
There's summst in all that SAYS
my mother, going on with the bread.
Il mlsdoubt me it's age turns the roses
Llue, like it turns folks hair white.
The rose was allus a pearly white or
what you might call a blush pink
| afore'
An the grocers an people with
carts they come from far an near to
see the rose-tree, for it was novelty,
ye see.
Says | to Hetty that night after I'd
said my prayers an read my chapter
Tor was allus properly brought up
'Hetty,' L says, fancy mother saying
that about the blue bagl'
Yes, fancyP says Hetty, laughin'
An she snuffs out the candle with 'er
fingers an jumps into bed. Il amt
ago1n' to ave my blue roses run down
neither. Why, I'm -goin' to take the
prize at the fower-show-l am, with
my wonderful blue rosesi'
"An' sure enough she told Parson the
very next day as she would try for the
prize at the fower-show.
SIT was Just about that time she took
up with George Winstead. Yes, i'm as
come to be your gran father instead,
an is lyin' in his grave at Long Mall
ing this twerty good years. Well, they
KEEP company together, an everyone
was willin', for he was a godly young
m an an taught in Sunday school, an
had good hopes of his uncle's business,
which it was a cornchandler's in Med
stone, an she was a well-lookin' girl
enough for all her red hair, which was
made fun of them, though 1 hear It's
, all the rage nowadays. | never see a
girl so took up with chap as she was
Nlbll hilll. Oht SdNt GI
acause he liked it plain, and she took
to readin' the Bible and sayln' her
prayers dixie I'd allus done, and she d
allus laughed at me afore for it,. Why,
I've seen her kneel there over 'alf an
hour, and then get outer bed again
| when she thought | was asleep a kneel
| down on the bare boards by the win
der an cry an pray an say, George,
George an pray again, not out loud,
but SO as | could ear 'er. Not proper
prayers she didn't say like people gets
taught, but things outer 'er own 'ead,
an the same things over an over, till L
useter say
"Come along ter bed, Hetty, do,
for gracious sakes. You'll catch your
death o cold on them boards, an I'm
a-droppin' with sleep"
'Weu, as hower-show day come
nearer an nearer, she grew stupider
an stupider, an more an more given
to prayin', an used to be all for goin'
off by herself and leavin' everything to
me-even to maxim our dresses for the
hower-show an lookin' after them roses
what was to take the prize. did it
all, a course-I was allus called good
Datured girl an the dresses they
than ever, instead o. being pearly
white or blush-pink, like they should
ha' been by rights. An Hetty she
prayed an cried O. nights till wonder
7 ever got wink o sleep, an of a day
she'd laugh till she nearly cried again.
Well, fower-show day come, an We 'ad
our new spriRged prints-gowns was
wore short in the waist then-an' Het-
ty she looked like ghost IN hers, but
they did say mine became me wonder
full
at was beautiful day / remember,
very sunny an bright, an you was
glad to walk the shady side O the way
that day, 1 can tell you. Very hot 1t
was in the big barn where the flower
show was. Twas all done up fine with
flags an wreaths an all sorts, an 1T
was that hot the flowers was most wilted
afore it come time for the prizes. An
every one was wipin' their faces with
their 'andkerchers, an saying there
hadn't been such a day this twenty
year.
"When it come time for the prizes
we was all settin' on forms packed close
like herr'ns. Mother was there of
course, an George an his friends, an
Hetty sat nexter me, an George-thats
your gran 'father-was settin' the other
side OF her. An she KEEP edgin' away
from him an getten' close to me, an
crushin' my new print, not to mention
'er own, an she KEEP on 'oldln' my and
that tight ] didn't know 'ow to bear
myself, an l never see a bonnet with
pink ribbons look worse on any young
woman than it did on her. Mine al
WAYS suited me. 'ad 1t done up with
blue the year L was married.
presently it come to roses. The
barn was full-all the gentry an the
parson an his friends an the grocers
an people with carts 'ad come from far
an near.
"WeII, tie gentleman what wes Civ
ing out who had got prizes, he takes
up the bunch O. blue roses I'D done
'em up nicely with white ribbon, for
Hetty was in one of her queer fits an
wouldn't touch 'em), an he says
Hetty Martin
"Hetty Jumped on her feet. | Jet
what she was a-goin' to do, an / tried
to hold her down, hut no. She shook
her arm clear o. me, an she called out
in kind O. sharp shrieky voice as you
could a heard mile off
Don't you go for to give me no
prizes she says. It's all lie
them roses is made up blue. Aunt she
lust hit tit Was the blue bag. L
never meant to tell, but L cant a-bear
it. made 'em up blue-an' | done 1t
myself, an L don't care who knows 1t
Therep
eyes, my dears-well may you 1ookl
She spoke up like that-she did indeed
-afore all that barnfull never see
such gell. Why, l wouldn't never
even a thought o. such thing, let
lone dom it. Disgraceful, call 1t
a CELL putin 'erself forward afore folks
like thati
"You could a heard a pin drop. as
the sayin' is, the place was that quiet
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