Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-10-08
All went we'll until about hal

an hOnr before luncheon. Phen
Charles eye happened % fall
npo" L,ni-"'> b * hal', and hr
noI iced something.
sPardOn me- h.. sai !, with polite
consideration 'Ynn will thlnk II
kind of me 10 men N 1t. Pm
snrp. Onr Ot Observation-Disclosures
IL As' coming ont
siIi thark NOu. Whicbf Ii 1t
tl.ls on 7 exclaimed Louisa. put.
ling both her hands 10 bun IN a
4 ~ huster.
M, YOU have not q lit hit the
spot. Allow me-
Aud Charlie, ypproachelng. bent
forward and deftly negotiated the
refractory pin with hlS Arst Anger
and thumb.
There he SAID. Il think that Is
all right
'Oh. thank vOu so mnch' So
good Of yor,' giggled Lonisa.
NAY p'easure-a prIvilege-a
delight murmured audacious
Charles.
Bat here q brace of hlrds rose
straight IN front and Buckley
stopped flirting with Louisa to
polish them both of in workman
like manner.
They had not advanced many
PAGES hefnre Lpnisa was heard to-
utter sharp, shriIl cry of dismsy
almost of anguish. The cause was
almost too obvious. Just then had
come a stronger gust than usual,
and in a moment, before she could
pnt mp her hands to stOp it, 1t
had whisked of her h ,t-aye, aud
worse than that her golden bun,
both of which we're being whlrIed
high and rapidly upon the
sqnalIy breeze.
Now the wind was blowing from
their rear, and the consequences
WAS that both bat and bun, which
had separated, were carried dia'
gonaIls across Weddington's liue
OF fire.
Tt was then that Stnrtivant-
and mischieyonson e who
was next gun beyrnd Welding
ton, prepared the finishing touch
to this catastrophe.
Yours, We'd sang ont this
lncorriglble humorist, excit-dly.
Even before he spoke Wedding.
tou was coyprin LDulsa's hat and
at the word, bang, went right aud
left. The right knocked a choice
sample of millinery into a shape
less ruin. Th- left pickel OF the
bun. Ii was er range Ani m"
effect was great. Never was han
20 completely annihhsrei. True,
a fe = golden fragments w,re 70
covered bY grluulng beaters and
keepers, aud Que of the dogs re-
triyed part OF the stuffi'ng, but
the rest, IN a thousAnd pieces was
whlrled away by the wind over
the DOors, meyer 10 rrunI .. There
was no louot on that score. Lou
isa's ban, rs a bun, had simply |
a-ed TO exist.
But whO.shail describe Tho ago.
MES OF the unhappy loser of the
buni Charles Cd ne u her rescue
with his deer stalker. She clutch
ed 1t; she cIapped 1t on her head,
she tied the flaps securely beneath |
her chin. 1t was twosiEoS too large.
IL nearl, smothered her. But SHE
was thankful for that poor, sham e
stricken Louisa. Would that 1t had
buried her from sight altogether
aud eternallsl
On the first opportunity she slip
ped away unobsrrved from tue
shooters aud made for home. MOI
was she the only defaulIer from
the party. Sensitive short-si !hted
Wellington was too thinskinned
to bear the merciless chaif with
which be was ass4Iled on all h .nds
for bis little mistak'. He snstc b.
ed up hls gun aud departed In
fever Of rage and mOrtific ,tlOn.
That every afternoon he was
telegraphed for b, his partner on
urgent bn siness, while Louisa was
unexpectedly summoned to the
brdside of a moribuDd grsndmoth'
er....London Truth.
DeyVitf's Witch Hazel SaIve