The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-04

sip with Mrs. Begley. After speaking
Of garden and soap making and other
matters Of equal Importance, they
drifted around TO the new school marm,
and Mrs. Begley said:
They say the girl teaches rale we'll
for a new hand, an the children peer
to like her, but l declare to gracious, IL
1t don't seem like they could a done
better than hirin' a chit of a girl that
puts on as much style as a bank presi-
dent"
Indeed it does" said Mrs. Gilley.
'The Lord knows i amt nothin' agin
Addie Lee, AMI wish her we'll, but at
the same time / do think the school
board might a hired n older person to
teach. 1t seems like it spiles young
women to give EN- SIGH positions, and
right away they go to putin on over
everybody. Addie is gettin' to DO q rale
fool for style"
"That she is" agreed Mrs. Begley.
"She has to be dressed up in a new print
gown every day, with ribbons and laces
and all SIGH foolishness, and IL she
amt took down there's no knowing to
what lengths she'll go before she's done.
/ reckon she must be apin' after them
Smith gals that visited from the city
last fall, over to Squire Beeson's. / do
hate TO see gals git stuck up"
"Why, Indy" remarked Mr.. Beg
ley, who had come in a minute before,
I'm certain Addie Lee amt stuck up
none She dresses up sorter neat, an
all that. but she's jest as sociable as kin
be. l like 'er all the better fer ixin'
up as she does"
"Hiram Begley," said Indy, 'it's q
heap you know bout SIGH things. You
may like Addie all the better for 1xin'
up, and putin on style over all the
rest of us, but / kin tell yo' ! don't an
! reckon a good many others don't
What do you reckon brother Nose will
think OF her when he comes back an
finds out about how she is dome"
81. dunno, Indy" replied Hiram,
IAN IL may be hat it won't make much
difference to her what he thinks"
won't, eh? Reckon she wouldn't
care if he was to refuse to marry her?'
"NVhy, like enough she wouldn't,
Indy. / amt heerd that she wuz sot
on marryin' Of him. Fact is, | dunno as
she's ever showed any signs o wantin'
Nose at all"
Hiram" said Mrs. Begley with a
look of whitening scorn and pity, you
kin be the most outdecious fool ! ever
see when you set your head to il. Don't
you know that Addie Lee would DO only
too glad to jump at the chance Of git
tin Mose?"
"Why, I can't say that / do. Indy"
Hiram answered. hesitatingly. Il amt
no means OF KNOWN the gals heart"
"Humph," shifted Indy. III reckon
you know Nose has got as good a farm
an as nice a house to take a wife to as
there is on Postum Ridge. l reckon
you know that, don't your"
"Yos, know that, Indy, but mebby
that don't signify much with Addie. |
kinder have a notion that when she
marries she won't marry a farm, but III
marry the man she loves"
well" said Indy, you don't know
everything, Hiram. ! kin tell you that
Addie Lee will be mighty glad to git
Nose. but she won't git him IL she goes
to gittin' too high up in the world.
Nose don't believe in no SIGH foolish
Hiram saw that it was useless to ar.
que the question further, and accord
ingly arose and left the house.
Men are the weakest critters goin','
Mrs. Begley remarked TO her friend
when Hiram was out of hearing. ''Thc