Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-25

looking glass, and she trudged after
them to all the shops where they priced
articles and then back to the one
where they found them cheapest and
best, and never thought of being tired.
But she was glad at noon to go back
to the Sign of the Lamb. and have
some baked beans and a piece of
pumpkin pie. They seemed to her far
superior to the baked beans and pie at
home.
After dinner Joshua Simmons left
them. He had to go little farther to
see about his own wedding suit, and
Aunt Love meanwhile was to buy her
wedding bonnet and shoes, and Serena
Ann make her purchases. Then they
were to meet at the Sign of the Lamb,
and go home.
Serena Ann went with her aunt from
shop to shop, and watched her try on
bonnets until she finally bought a
beautiful one of green uncut velvet
trimmed with white plumes and white
lutestring ribbon. Then they started
to buy the shoes, Aunt Love carrying
the bonnet in large green bandbox.
There was quite crowd in Hanover
street that afternoon. A great many
ladies were out shopping. Serena Ann
could not walk beside her aunt very
well, she was so jostlcd, so she fell be-
hind. Now and then she took hold of
the skirt of her aunt's blue delaine
gown, SO as not to lose her.
Nobody ever knew how it happened,
l,,+ of hn hoI
pushed by the hurrying people and
had caught hold of the blue delaine
gown, the lady who wore it looked
| around and she was not Aunt Low
| She was very pretty, but her hair w.
| black and fell in punches of curls, i;
stead of smooth braid1, over her re
cheeks. and her eyes were black in
stead of blue. Moreover, she was very
finely dressed, wearing velvet pelisse
and rich fur tippet, and bearing be-
| fore her a great fur muff. The
| blue delaine gown was the only
thing about this strange young lady
| that in the least resembled Aunt Love.
She stood looking with great surprise
at Serena Ann. who looked up at her
quite pale with fright, still keeping
| fast hold of the blue delaine.
Finally the young lady laughed, and
then her face, which bad appeared
rather naughty, looked very sweet.
What is the matter" said she, land
why are you holding to my gown?"
"I-thought you were Aunt Love-"
faltered Serena Ann, and the tears
began to come.
"Were you holding to your aunt's
gownP"
Eyes, ma'am."
The young lady laughed again. my
name is Miss Pamela Solely" said she.
"Take hold of my hand, and don't cry,
and we'll go find your aunt"
So Serena Ann curled her red nit
| tened hand tirnidly around the kid
| gloved fingers of the you lg lady, and
they went back down Hanover street.
They walked en- both sides, they looked
in every shop, but all in vain.
The truth was that poor Aunt Love
| had missed Serena Ann much sooner,
and had started of on a wrong tack in
search.
When she had discovered that her lit
tie niece was not behind her and looked
around in dismay and lost the color out
OF her pretty pink cheeks, several SYM
pathizing ladies had gathered around
her, and one had been quite sure she
had seen little girl just like Serena
| Ann in a lambswool tippet and brown
silk hood, run down a side street lit
| tie way back. So Aunt Love went
down the side street, looking and in
curing of every body.
She almost cried as she went along,
carrying her big green bandbox, look
ing in vain for Serena Ann. She did
not krow what to do, but finally it oc-