The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-09-10
AT COMFY ISLAND.
by ANY RAsDoLrI.


Jenny smith, ocsiadcally.
Jenny Smith was going to treat her
self to trip to Coney Island. she
was a pretty black-eyed young millin-
or, who worked hard behind counter
in Grand street most Of her time, and
whose seldom occurring holidays were
subjects Of real enjoyment. jerome
.JelliG, the young man who kept the
barber's shop next door, was going
with Hatty Field. who made artificial
roscbuds, and John JclIifI lad asked
her, Jenny Smith, to go, too.
al don't know that can spare the
day." said Jenny, thoughtfully.
"Nonscnse," said John Jelliii, who
drove a wagon in the hardware busi-
ness. W'All work and no plays; YOU
know the pyoverb JennyW
Jenny said she'd think Of II.
She sat up half the night to zap
up, her pink muslin dress with tie
SHRED back and the limitation val
onoInnes lace on the flouncos, and 10
retrim the little black chip hat, with
the moss-pinks hanging over the
brim-and the next morning John
JellifT looked admiringly at her.
"Good land, Jenny" said he, you
do look. for all the world, like a pic
ture"
And the happy young quarte'te sat
very close together beside the guards
Of tho Bay Ridge boat, with their
lunch.baskets hidden by the daring
draperics of tho girls dresses, and
MIR. Harold Dover, who played the
cornet in the steamboat band, and
was on speaking acquaintance with
Harriet Field, was ready TO tear his
hair with envy.
/ Aud the tall, gaunt spinster Qpro-
site looked on with lofty disdain,
..What fools folks arcl" she said to
herself. "Just because girl has got
mink cheeks and round chin and
long lashcs 10 her eyes, men think
she's divinity. | know that Jack
Jellifr; he put up new stove-pipo III
our sohool-room last fall, And
know Miss Smilh--a pert, Affected
little mink, that trims bonnets for
living. But I'd just as soon not rec
ognize 'cm in public place like this
IL Miss Jane Smith, fourth assistant
in primary school No. 400, had pos
sessed ready tongue at quotations
she could have said: "Nobiesse 90
hoe." But, instead, of that she turned
mn her nose and looked very hard a
the fortiilcations ON Governors Island
She recognized the necessity OF keep
ing her place.
When at last they reached tn
shingly shores OF the great Atlantic
the merry quarlottc Of working peopl
established themselves on the sand
inst out of reach OF the creeping friu
cos of the tide, and opened their ba'
kets of cream pie, tongue sandwiche
aud apricot pufls. While Miss Smit
of Primary No. 400, who was a deo
too gcnteel to go ''picnicking,' at
surreptitious crackers out of he
pockot, and was exceedingly uncom
Portable upon one of the rallied seat
alone.
But when the tire came for wooin
old Neptune in the briny surf, all thi
became altered. "One touch G
} nature" says the poet, "makes tl
whole world kin" and the same ma
; be said regarding one touch of sa
water.
, "valuables, missg" said the yonn
a man al tho window. and jenny Smil
r mt her dollar necklace and one lit
$ garnet ring into the envelope AZ
e wrote her name, Jane Smith" aero
c Il, as she was hidden to do.
!. o'we must do at Coney Island as I
e Conoy Islanders do" said she.
d "But haven't got any valusble'
& said Hattie Field, with cherry-hpp
; mouc.
Then don't leave en-" advis
jenny.
,e Miss smith. Of Primary iss. stalk
le into the surf like Medea going to
own fuacral procession, and rate
resented the liberties taken by the