Middletown transcript., 1894-03-31

ho" w you uo, Mis- DeuIloy! UuoSS
my bair IS down my back, amt it?
Myi | must be sightl But when you
git this horse warmed up, you can't go
slow on himl'
Wont you git down m come inf"
asked Mrs. Bentley, with cold and un-
mistakable disapproval. 'How do
you do, Mr.. Underwood? My! how
you have changed! 'MaDdy!'
Mandy came to the gate, blushing
and looking rather shy and awkward.
The young man jumped off his horse
and shook hands with her through the
gate.
''I've only changed in looks" he
said, with shining eyes. ''No, we
can't come in tonight. We promised
Mrs. Quackenbush we'd be back early
to SUPPER
"We're go'n' ter hev some music m
sing'n'," said Maria loftily. 1--WE got
new org'n fer Christmas, Mandy"
"Yes, L heard,' said Mandy,
family.
'Got twenty-four stops m two knee
swells-a loud m a soft. IT'S got
high back, m places fer lamps m
vases. Can't you c)me over ter
night?"
mo, 1 guess not" said the girl.
The color had left her face, and she
was looking pale.
"No," said Mrs. Bentley, with a
hard look in her eyes, ''she'll hev ter do |
all the work ternight. Pm a-go'n ter |
town."
"Why, nawP' exclaimed Mandy, in
"'It' you, honest? What
you go'n' fur?'
''I'm a-go'n' ter git some things fer
dinner termorrow. Pm all out.''
She began drumming with her coarse
red fingers on the gate. There was a
ook of sudden resolution-almost
stubbornness-on her face; and cold
glitter, like steel, in her eyes,-espec-
ally when she looked at Maria.
L wish you c'u'd come" said that
voung lady, airily, to MANDY, flicking
Ter horse's ears with her whip; 1--WE
got lots ter tell you"-simpering-'on'
ust piles ter show you. I've got
lew dress that'll make your mouth
vater!"
"Hunh!" stuffed Mrs. Bentley, toss
ng her head contemptuously.
cts brown m gold camel's hair
ffui fine-'n' it cost dollar-'n'-a-
.uarter yard.'
"IIez your paw sold his hawgs yet?"
sked Mrs. Bentley, with sudden and
tartiing significance. But evidently
othing could shake Mariais self-satis- {
action to-day. She returned with pla-
idity Mrs. Bentley's intense gaze.
81 do know" she replied lightly.
M I've got pair o. gloves ter
latch, Mandy. Guess you better !
ONE, after all. Well, We'll hev ter be
ON, Mr.. Underworld gave him
decidedly and boldly coquettish I
lance. whereat poor Mandy turned I
aler and Mrs. Bentley's face assumed
fairly purplish tinge-" we'll be
.te. Good-byel Hope you'll hev J
ood time termorrow." 3
Good might" said the young man, '
nth lingering look through the gate /
the pale, pretty face and wide, hur, q
yes. II wish you very happy q
/
"Good-night," said Mandy, with a
oor smile that was hardly smile at Q
II. a
NOW, you 60 right N the house m
o up all the work, Mandy" said
Irs. Bentley, taking up slop pail and
'alking with quick, resolute strides.
very step seemed to say, "I've made
. my mindI I've made up my mind!'' :
You tell Peter ter hitch Dock m
harley ter the spring wag'n, while :,
m dress'n'. IN you hurry up, too, : :
rs can git off before your paw gifts
ack 1 won't git home tonight; I'll
ut up at Mis- Huntly's. Hurry up!"
Too occupied with her own rehec-
ons to give more than a passing
fought to her mothers sudden resolu-
on, and eager to get her pale face
way from those solicitous eyes, Mandy
adly obeyed.
Twenty minutes later Mrs. Bentley d
lme from the house, dressed for town, t
Id crossed the lane to the barn. u
"I'll show them Quackenbushes #
icy can walk over my grill" She was l
.ying. Her lips were shut Grmly to- t
ether, and there was an ominous look b
her eyes. "'Mandy's paw'll never b
It stirred up ter the pitch o. gitt'n IN g
gin; IN what's the sense O. my keep'n
lat hundred dollars ter bury myself Il
ith? Guess I'll get buried decent v
,mehow. M then 'ticin' Dick Un- &
,rwood down. there on the strength o.
new org'n M new dress!" Her
me was bitter now indeed. "I'll show
NIP
She climbed into the wagon over the a
ont wheel, and took up the reins with u
,cision. b
"Git up" she said, in tone not to s
terrified with. {
AS she passed the kitchen, she looked b