The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-04-17

"a % you stood on tho
R@up bridge Il
WIZ high, open bridge
WIN you saw the cana
Ko ~ stretching far ur
w. and down, lcve,
ch of snow, its white ness en-
lZed here and there by Il
b Of brown earth showing
s0mo nndcrwash in the
IS. In one corner of the
pond on the morrow, if the NOR.
chanced to be Sunday, in pool
we'd of ice for the occasion and
ted about by g. throng Of specta-
there would DO a baptism OF the
t converts OF the winter revivals.
milder seasons the prevailing
OF social entertainment was even
fess, but now there WAS apt to be
Pund Of rather stately dinner
es. The ladies came in carefully
nrea black silk gowns. of the
fst and stiflest material, with vide
rs Of white laee, and lace. edged
. lawn undersleeves. The men
coats OF black brcadc1oth, no less
nlly kept and no less excellent in
ty, and high, sta collars, swathed
lack silk or satin neckerchiefs.
dinner, cooked mainly by the
Fss's own hands. was served in two
ses, but out OF its abundance
easily have furnished forth
re- CT fifteen OF the Gaintjness
courses acquire when they are
q particular point of.
9 company came to table for
dinners with q certain hesitation
awkwardness. and for little
afttr they were seated conver.
b Jagged. First there fell a sharp,
GIANT silence until tho minister,
esent, as he usually was, had in.
a blessing. Then, as the host
carving knife and fork in hand
Fose from his chair with certain
ience, every eye and all attention
lntently on him, and remained
led.
was almost doing violence to Gus.
when, at Il dinner by Mrs. Ham!in
pier, Mrs. Luther Gears began, in
cry height of the carving, to tell
~ of the loss of q spoon. She
t in plaintiye tone; how, after
pner given by herself ten days
|e, to substantially the present
any, when she came to collect
liver, With view to washing and
ng it away with her own hand las
Fareful custom was), she found a
misslng-oue OF her holly.sprig
body attended much, for Wamp-
rs really doing q very neat JOB.
conclusion OF Mrs. Gears's reel.
70 or three ladies murmured q
notory "thet was too bad," and
Dudley asked in bis blunt wav.
1T is q holIy-sprig spoon?' But
Te no outward sign of listening
Is. Gears's explanation that holly
was the design, and that the loss
specially srievous because it &C.
ped the first break in set given
her marriage by her mother,
hsd.b drought it at IN early day
from New Jersey, sewn up for
in her petticoat, q gift to her
marriage from her own mother,
Gears's grandmother, and to the
previously at her marriage from
lother, Mrs. Gears's great. grand
pr, for whom it had been ex-
y made by d London silyersmith ;
ply set of its design ever seen or
OF. At the words "grand-
pr" and "great-grandmother the
rs head nodded slightly, but his
ike all other eyes at the table,
Mrs. 6ears's, was on Wampler's
mpler shaved away the last bit
east and raised his instrument for
aster stroke through the flank.
guests dipped forward a. little
er. The knife descended, pierced
n stopped abruptly. Wampler's
rev red. Mrs. Vampires grew
co. ont OF sympathy.
III must have struck a tough tur-
Mother" said lie.
y q young turkey" protested
Wampler. sand it seemed very
when | was dressing it,
nen you didn't cook it enough, I"
Wampler.
bad it in the oven four hours"
lrs. Wampler.
other ladies averred that if your
was right four hours was long
b.
pushing and saving like an anna
nth dull blade, Wampler finally
rough, and sought to retrieve
Ii by special dexterity on the
side. But again the knife, after
my keen'y, came to a sudden balt,
ad to be driven on by main force.
pier finally wrenched Off the
= bone and resumed his chair.
he course OF this Office Wanpler
q large spoon ueep into the
OF ssu'ljns. There csme u me-