The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-06-02

mere chit! But what makes your eyes
70 red. child? Been standing too long
over . hot stove cooking for an old
ogre like me? Mol lIsil bet my best
white Cheshire pig that you've been
crying"
Dolly began TO give half hysterical
denial, but the old gentleman was 50
kind and sympathetic that before she
hardly knew It the whole story Of her
desire and her disappointment came
out
'Humph! humph! humphl Too bad,
child was all that Uncle Joshua Maid,
while he slipped his Cruel in big spoon
fuls And when the bowl was empty
he said: II wish you'd write note to
Miss Amanda Barlow and ask her If
she won't come over and have q game
| OF cribbage with me-"
l. Now, Miss Amanda Barlow was one
Of the aristocratic spinsters of the
town. but she and Uncle Joshua had
been old friends and schoolmates, and
odd and old-fashioned as he, was, she
loved him like brother. Accordingly,
she answered the note in person, and
the cribbage cards were forthcoming
but imagine the game wasn't very
Espirited one, for the old couple seemed
to be talking very earnestly about
something else, and before she went
home Miss Amanda called Dolly to one
side, and said, in low tone:
$50 you want to go to the party, do
you, my dear? Well, both your uncle
and myself would like to have you go.
for it's going to be very fine affair.
As for your old muslin dress, just let
me take it home with me. Perhaps
may be able to fix it up with some lace
| and ribbons. Don't mention this to any
one. Well surprise Mrs. Dart and her
daughters.
Dolly knew how to make other nice
dishes for the sick, and now that the
rest of the family had let him fall into
] her hands, Uncle Joshua Jared sump-
1 tuously.
e. -. 81 should ethIinkeyou'd trot your feet
OFF, Blanche observed, commiserat-
ingly, while Mrs.~Dart added, with "a
sigh 81 relief:
i "Well, it's a mercy some one suits
the old man! don't know what we'd
do II we had to wait on him, now that
we are SO busy getting ready for the
partyw
4 The evening for the aforementioned
event came. Mrs Dart and her daugh-
ter drove off in stage of high salts
faction, and hardly had the sound OF
their hired hack died away before Miss
\ Amanda's private carriage dashed up
the road -stFor all the world like a
fairy godmother's pumpkin coach!" as
4 Dolly afterward laughingly expressed
it Miss Amanda herself alighted from
and diamonds and bearing a large
package in her hand 1t contained not
the fiimsy muslin (which she had taken
merely as ruse to get Dolly's meas
ure), but instead an elaborate gown OF
white silk brocaded with tiny pink and
silver roses. pair of dainty pink
satin slippers, huge fan of rosy os
trich plumes; necklace'of pink coral
set in exquisite silver filigree work and
big bouquet of fragrant roses com
pleted the outfit
.For me!'' Dolly gasped.
For your said Uncle Joshua, who
had hobbled to the door on his crutch,
and stood peering in with kindly smile
on all this fnery. That's to pay fol-
the nice bowl of Cruel you made me
And now I'll go back to my room, and
do you get all this toggery on as soon
as you canl'
OF the great sensation she made, Of
the surprise and discontinue of Mrs
Dart and her daughters-of the glee
and grace with which Dolly danced
of the complete conquests she made
on every body-why you'll have to ask
, Miss Amanda And when Uncle Joshua
heard about it. he nodded his gray head
| in satisfaction, saying:
, That's right! that's right! She de
serves the best. Intend that she shall
have all I've got-and it's more thar
most folks think, it is,i too! She ough
to have some reward-a girl that car
cook for sick folks as she doesF'-Phil
adelphia Times.