The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-01-05
IS. DECKS NEW LEAF.

SDeck was troubled about great ;,
Vhings. She craved the newest fash
&sleeves, not only for herself, but Tor .
ale girls, and wanted to have every ,
4 dish and silver appliance fancy has
ted to cluster the table and enrich the
Keepers. She belonged to two miss
Y societies. and to the musical and
ny clubs, and she delighted in giving
BY afternoon teas and little dinners.
Deck often said, with smiling pride,
was nothing slow about Sally, and
: he would give an odd little sigh as If he
so CONSCIOUSLY regretted his Sally's ability
no ;eep up with life's procession, But no
, noted that sigh, unless it was little !
mmy, whose quick ears and sharp eyes
oiticed everything.
Ill Tommy was so often called an awful boy,
is probable he had his faults. To sail IN
mud puddle ON bobbing bit OF board,
e would scour the little city over, and II
here was a ticklish job of tree climbing
ahecessary to the rescue OF some fellows KITE
-Tommy was always the hoy to undertake IT,
He would tuck nails in his Sunday clothes
land drive them into impossible places WIN
4 the potato-masher if no other hammer was
I available, and the times he had Hooded the
| house fl ON the bath room, and given hln'-
| self the GROUP and twisted his ankles skat'
inc. could not be counted. But Tommy
never told lies. He never even told tinN
fibs, when by so doing he could have si'Ne'
himself unpleasant punishment. Tommy
ewes were big and that sort OF gray Una
often looked black. His hair was PROV
and rs thick on his head as it could b
} without being solid, and over his nose Wef
thin sprinkles of freckes. The little boy
all liked Tommy and so did the cats an
dogs, and so did Miss Bramhaii MS t';'c''
though he was stupid in number Wof'
But his sisters usually spoke OF nm as
little plague" and his mamma, witho
being aware of it, felt him to be gre
hindrancc to everything she wanted to q
/. If she was practicing a sonata, he wou
} break in upon the adagio beginning
sinp After the Ball" to the best OF
ability.
He had no voice whatever. Or,
would. bcsct by some demon OF nnr'
steal IN the stairway and take the opp
- tuuity to slide down the baluster rail-,
7 leave upon it etchings drawn by his p"tto
If she were studying page OF BROWN
or t.ying to write an eassay upon art IL
seem rs if Tommy always chose the M
. emf that would disturb her most TO |
wild Indian with select party oil lre
under the window. So 1t fell out tla'
--- degrees Tommy fell more and more |"
charge of Mollie, the nurse ana cons
,;,,.,lf ,yheu in trouble by visiting
fuckers who lived Just around the co
in brown house. Mrs. Tucker Some>
l,o,,t hrcad in the mouths OF her broo'
s;v nv washing and what she called
work" At night they gathered ap""
and the one lamp, and in all Sh"re'
there was not happier group she
busv at something always, patching us
- hut it was wonderful the amount VI
she could get through with, swarmeo
by SIX eager tongues
The Literary Club was going to mol
annual banquet at Mrs Deck 5 anu
l,a, determined to make the occasion
long to he remembered. lhe'e III
co.tlicr ones by and by, when Shoi
!. , oreo, city.' she told Mr.. Deck
+,,ora shall not be prettier one
"Well." assented Mr.. Deck, so Y
cost too dear. sally I've nothing to
do NOT mean in dollars, for you are
. sensible about spending them, "
IN, You spend yourself too lavlshly som
Mrs Deck only laughed at TIL
/, went off to the florists and spent 'he
..-...... morning deciding whether she Won
roses or chrysanthemums for decora
,on Chrvsanthemums is newer mum
LOU Mr. Riggs. rubbing his hands tose
they rustled. "An' you gifts great
Ia, o this ere white. Looks like
an, this ere white again are IKE
ltpr hair droppin' back from sal
wi This ,ere one again is piled up like
thin-sIiced cabbage, an this one az
a suntlower for its shapes, an
white orange, or-then again all
mink or all gold color is 'andsom
.do, amt what you can call old, but tt
''o' no ways new, though amt one
ready TO force my opinion, Ladi
M what they has and what they wan
-AN, While Mrs. Deck listened to Nj
Tommy was faraway sailing m'
,,e with Harry Tucker, for 1t "
d IS, and when he went nome NJ
too busy finishing her new dreS
that his feet and legs were wet
in Tommys head the next morn
- he got up hut he did not think
one about it, His mamma hao
~ busy thinking of her part IN u
w. entertainment to ask if he had II
SUNDAY school lesson, he ma
Fashions ed teacher, had Tommy