Telegram-herald., 1891-08-25
NANNIE'S PICNIC.
How It Brought q Great JOY to
| Hazel Duncan.

I Hazel Duncan put on tho last white
velvety layer. spread moro icing and
sprinxled on feathery. grated cocoanut
until her cake looked like q small snow
drift
Its loveiyl Isn't H. Mamie? I
don't think they'll need any coaxiag to
get them to eat 1t. do your"
"Ycs'm no'm." said Mamie, alb
sently.
Now for the chickca salad. Did
you put the celery In the ice chest as I
told you? All right Go get il, please.
and bring mp the cggs-tcn of them
and little butter" aud Hazel famed
herself vigorously with . newspaper
while Mamie obediently went to the
cellar.
Pretty soon she came back again,
and put the celery and eggs upon the
kitchen table.
"Dar. now! l elar fo'got de butter!
] orter be killed, disrcmembcr 80
easy. Pears like I KANT keep nothin'
on my min to-day" said Mamie, start
Ang back ut once for tho butter.
How stupidi" muttercd Hazel 81
don't see what has come over the girl
this afternoon. She isn't bit like her.
self She forgot 90 cream the butter
and sugar for her cal<e when I told her
20. and threw me back with my work
half an hour"
Hero Mamie resppeared with the
butter. and after deposit ing it with the
celery and egya began chopping the
chicken. Presently Hazel saw tear
or two roll down tho black checks and
splash of on the table. She was gu ito
startled Mamie was usually such .
merry. happyro-lucky girl that IL
really seemed shocking TO see her in
tears
whats the matter. Nsnnie." she
Sslscd. kindly.
For answer the girl dropped he's
shopping-knife. and. gathering up he,
bingham apron. buried her face In isS
ample folds and cried as IL her heart
would break.
what IL it7 Are you nl?" persist
ed Hazel, her tender heart full Of sym-
pashy.
obi faint nothin'-don't psy no re-
~ention TO r,e. I is dest plum Ounce.
16ss. Hascl. scbhed Mamie.
But there must b. something; n
ssr't like ron TO cry about nothing
Tell rue. and maybe can help you
'T is mos ashamed to tell you. Miss
Hazel. You an 20 raw's aiius 40 good
80 me. but dess gos TO thinkin' what
awful good times some reople has. and
what hard times some ussder ones has.
Here you ali gees 10 picnics and parties
and has s>ch splendid times. aud dest
stays IN de kitchen from one days end
30 anucaer, a-workfn' and s-workin'
and s-~orkin'. tell il seems like I'll
dray iu my tracxs And dar's nanny.
de~s downright hornesicx for de coun-
<ry and de woods. an slater awise home
With the baby day arter To- morrow. an
we urs hasn't had no ecod times ne all
siuc> she done been here. and We doa'
know when she gwins 60 git TO come
acin-
Ard here Nsnnie's soss broke forth
sfresh. and Hs,eI with . verv sober
face ~us the celery into cunning little
squares Her husy brain rsvelvcd
Nannie's weris over and over axsin IL
~Ns true. every uis of 4. The poor girl
had worked away stes6ilv fsy almost
par pow. 18th no r-rrssticn exerps
her THURSDAY afternoons cut. snd she
prs IN that tsus. dssax extra washing
fs~ tsav. trrinz se tner~sss boz sesnsy
tst - sn-n-T slist she might pay h<s-ssrs-
r~r. xsrt support hs~ f-eFis ed ssctiser
4 son' see wbF msssny sa' sssns
fs> sad - a5se 9Th isf What's e go
livtn ~ alt Dc ~sY - fn1a7 tiat ~
e.essares for - niezshs % wsy.