The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-10-22

IN our plStOr'S wlIe a diS9acc tO Till
neighbOrl0Od. Look at her a.sittin
there with her head hung down as II
she was 'shamed Of herself, ez she nj
doubt Is and had Orter bc!''
Mrs. Dilly's gray head was indeed
bowed down and on it was q dainty
little white lace bonnet with ties OF
pink satin ribbon and white tulle. A
bristling pink pOm.pon stood bravely
up In front In q military sort OF a
way, and the graceful tail feathers OF
bird Of paradise fOatcd jauntily out
behind over Sister Dilly's meagre mt
It'd twist Of gray hair. A wreath OF
pink and white daisies seemed trying
to hide In the meshes OF lace and tulle,
hut every offending flower was seen by
Granny Peters.
Mrs. Dilly looked very uncomforta-
Bile, though evidently trying to ap-
pear calm and self-p0ssessed. She was
good woman, but one untravelcd and
unversed In the ways aud fashions OF
the world. She gave no heed to the
fashions, but when she had taken the
bonnet frOv, its box the night before,
she had held it up on the fingers OF
one t0il.wOrn hand and said to her
husband:
ut looks awfully gay for me, don't
it, Cyrus? They say old ladies are
wearing col0rs d good deal now and /
know they dress gayer'n they used to;
and yet such bonnet as this don't
seem exactly appropriate for me; does
1t, Cyrus?'
Mr.. Dllly had merely glanced from
the sermon he was writing and said:
"Well, well, Matildy, wear it, wear
1t. The dear sisters who sent 1t like.
ly know better than we do what the
styles are and what's becoming to you.
Just wear it, aud don't worry any
about It,"
But Mrs. Dilly did worry about.
sand yet," she said, 81 must wear
it. l can't offend the sisters by not
wearing IT," and SO she wore it, to the
amusement of the society and the dis
may OF Mrs. Hodge.
"What on earth could Mary Carver
have been thinking 0f?" was Mrs
Hodges mental comment. III she
did it for a joke, she'll 6nd out what
I think Of her Jokes when see her."
Early the next day Mrs. Hodge went
away from home for q week, and on
her return Mr.. Hill handed her q let
ter with a queer little twinkle In his
eye. The letter was from Mrs. Hill
and read.
"Well. Horace Hill, what In this world were
you thinking Of tO have Mrs. b send me
the hOrrid old grnndmOther's bonnet that
came by express tO-dayl Both you and Mrs.
B - must have taken leave OF your senses.
. big black silk bonnetewith a cape to it and
u white lace frill In the front! Are you crazy,
or trying to play u Joke on lne9 II the latter,
allow me to say that your joke n In very bad
taste and 1t will cost you the price of two
bOnnets, for went right OF and got me An.
other, and gave the one you sent to an old
cOlOred aunty who washes for"
"And that was Sister Dilly's bon
net," said Mrs.
"Yes, but / had your niece make
her another Just like it today" said
Mr.. Hill, land the one she wore last
Sunday is on its way to Georgia"
And Sister Dilly looked very con-
tented and grateful when she appeared
the next Sunday in the bonnet in.
tended for her, and Granny Peters
said:
"That bunnit looks something like
it, but should think Sister Dilly
would feel dreadful to think Of what
u show she made OF herself last Sun.
day. ! wouldn't be a mite s'prised II
the whole thing got into the papers,"
And SO II has.