The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-13

SELF
mo persisted the clergyman; you
make it out
SO I wrote out the number Of boxes
of household goods and the amount that
was to be paid, but before L was half
through the preacher put his hand upon
my hand and stopped my writing. Then
he whispered:
"'Mr. Forbes, would your conscience
stretch so far that you could cheat n
railroad company?
Il answered quickly
$50 far as railroad companies go, |
have no feeling about them
Every well, then said the preacher,
put those boxes down on the assign
ment as Hardware.
Il did it. As the preacher moved away
he put his hand IN his waistcoast pocket,
took out SO bill, and said
You're young man, Mr.. Forbes, and
that's for your trouble
''Then my blood was up. | made a
ball of that SO note, threw it at that
mean towards feet, and said:
81 was willing to do wrong myself
for you because you were so wretchedly
poor looking, but I'll be land here | used
if any man can buy my conscience.
But persisted the preacher, cant l
do something for you?
"'Yes, said I. 'Wnen you get to that
church in California and are conducting
a prayer meeting, say a prayer for my
soul
''Then that miserable little hypocrite
skunk away as a dog does when he is
caught in mean act. he never did
the right thing and the honest thing,
and he never stopped to think that his
dishonesty not only affected him, but
every human being who was thrown in
contact with him. I'll go to church when
| find a preacher whose actions and
words are in harmony"
If it so happens that you are living
lin small town, you know just how
important is the mlliner shop. You
know precisely who has the first glimpse
of the new styles. You know how the
choice is given to a select few, how a
larger number not quite so select have
the second glimpse and how all the town
appears to give its opinion on what is
known as Opening day." To me there
comes every spring special card OF IN
vitation, for l am counted among the Sc
leet. to look at the new bonnets eXhlb-
ited by 1.-The Seven Sisters" These Ia
dies do not expect me to appear, for they
are hundreds of miles away, but they
don't want me to forget them. AS II tha'
were possible. Through them | first lost
nv faith in humanity. 1t was the day
that Miss Priscilla said to me in her high
shrill voice:
mo. my dear; they amt really sever
of MS. only four. But Malinda she
|thought-and Malinda she was always
noetical-that it would look better tC
have the sign read, The Seven Sisters,
and then to have in smaller letters under
it. Fashionable bonnets and all SINAI
purchases that ladies may desire
OF the four sisters who represented tht
seven the first was Miss Priscilla. one
was cross and stiff, so stin that her up
rightness was said by set OF glgghns
GIRLS tn he due to occasional doses OF
yeritable ramrod tea.
Miss Cornelia. the second OF the guar
tot was yeritable mother of the Grac
chi She was always ready to take care
of any miserable cat, chicken, or dog ina
10 ono eIse in the neighborhood would b'
, bothered with. -,
NJ uaIinda. who, like Silas Wegg, DC
asionaIIv dropped into poetry, showed
ho,. sontimentality by crimping her from
hair and by wearing on Sunday 'he MN
;ature of a young man VINO, IL was -
nored once kept company with her' put
as the story was told, he went TO sea am ~,
was drowned. Whether ne ala lhis NC
cause of his love for Miss Mailnda Vi "
his fear that he would be forced 10 mar I;
the entire family history does not 'ei.
/ PM whenever a storm on the ocean
snolxen of a smelling bottle is AWAY
, handed to the elderly maid, who' alao
loved and lost the gentleman whose PIC
ture she wore.
Miss Priscilla had a great eye for Dusi
ness. | say a great eye advisedly, fol
early in her youth something happened &c
tho other eve, and a glass one took IT'S
Mace. Whenever she wished to be friend
~ with a child she would take her eye
out and let the small person hold 1t, Sc
that the Youngsters began to think ina
, to have a glass eye gave you tang o.
ristocracy that otherwise would not have
been POSSIBLE. Miss Priscilla was grea
diplomat. She thoroughly understood hel
, customers. Once after sac thought hac
, reached the age of discretion she con
. fided her business principles to me. Sale
J sh.
II get peoples bonnets accordin' t.
their faiths In religion and in millinery
there is a great likeness. Now, for ,Pls
copals, l know there can't be nothin' too
gay, though / sometimes believe tina
through absolute ignorance some mem
bers of the Episcopal church will be saved
Still, gay bonnet does seem better suit
: ed to poppin up and down durin' service
time. and more intricate-like TRIMMING
gives whoever is poppin' up and down be
hind you a opportunity to study more
For Presbyterians l naturally select sol
emned colors-deep puppies, dark blues
all black, though occasionally for youni
girl, even if she is convinced of the trutl
of burnin' and eternal hell, l usual.
I select light green. Both in the 'Piscopa
and Presbyterian churches / amt eve