The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-28
THOSE SUMMER BOARDERS.

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that he can't do anything on the farm.
Jennies been promised the school III
the south district, to be sure, and
commences to teach next Monday
but lor', girls must have SO many fol
de rolls nowadays that | can't expect
; her wages to do any more than clothe
her Jennies pretty proud, though
she's as good a girl as ever lived
We'll, for my part" replied Aunt
Maria stiffly, Il don't blame Samooel.
Pd rather pick berries for livin' if l
was in your place, and let the farm
go. Tam dreadful good land no way.
And Jest think of the Turner's. How
did they make takin summer boar
ders? Mis- Turner slaved herself al
most to death And then to hev that
silly Clarbel of hern to hev A broken
heart jest cause that good for nothln'
feller, that was there wastin his time
iishin' and a-sprawliu' on the grass,
said Boo to her, and then went off
and never come back"
But the Turner's built that new
fence round their front yard they
| had needed so long, papered the house
from cellar to attic, and fixed up as
smart as could be after their bOarders
left And if am willing to take
hoarders. | don't see why the family
should complain. OF course, all the
hardest of it will come upon me
"Lor', | wasn't thinkin' nothin'
about the works bein' too near. You
hev your health, Lousy and amt laid
up with a good for nOthin' day every
now and then, like Mis- Turner; but
it's the disrespectabilIty of the thing
| was thinkin' of But you never did
hev no outlook fer Jane Clinton, and
she's gettin' to be a regular tiirt.
What kind of works do you suppose
you'll be hevin' here when you git one
| of these city fellers into the house,
that won't hev nothin' to do but to
tell her what pretty eyes she's got,
and take pretty walks with her along
that dreadful romantic road to the
| schOolhouse"
oh" said Mrs. Spencer, looking
rather indignant, but also relieved
my Jennie's a sensible girl. should
| like to see any one turn her head the
way that goose turned silly Claribel
| Turner's. And then Pm not going to
take any young men: only a gentle
man and his wife from New York, and
two ladies-old maid school teachers
[ Judge them to be from Boston"
"Well, | don't prove of summer
boarders nohow," still objected Aunt
Maria. They most generally are a
| II I,, L. I l,,,t Ip,
Dor 'em under my roof if | was to
starve. | didn't believe it the other
night and said you WIS goin' to git
into that bizzness. Lonisy. You'd
better hear to your husband. The
Spencers was always known to hev a
| good lookout"
And with tins parting advice she
took her departure, and walked over
to Uncle Toms to discuss the ques
ton further with the inmates of his
family
Jennie, a bright girl of eighteen,
entered the room with merry smile
| on her cOuntenance, as soon as Aunt
Maria had taken her departure.
1T was the summer boarders this
time, wasn't it. mother?" she asked.
Il didn't feel like being lectured this
morning, so | didn't venture to meet
my stern relative
| 1T was the summer boarders this
time" sighed Mrs. Spencer; "and,
Jennie, / confess that had been bav
ing misglvings myself on the same
score, until | found out that Mr. Lori
| a 4 Il ! |
wife with him"
"What score?' questioned Jennie,
looking very blank.
"Why, on your account, dear OF
course you remember that affair of
Claribel Turner's?"
Jennie burst into merry peal of
laughter, but concluded with a little
burst of indignation.
30 mutherr said she, do you think
[ am like Claribel Turner7 And is
this the case of Aunt Marias suffer
ilng2 l don't care what she thinks or
says; but, mother, regard it as
positive Insult from you Really,
am glad to know the opinion You
| have of me. Ones relations are al
ways appreclative."
Girls will be girls Jennie; and
though | am sure you are not like
Claribel Turner. if there were a
strange young man under the roof. it
wouldn't be long before you two would
| be getting pretty well acquainted,
and if there were no Irritation in real
lity, all the neighbors would be saying
that there was, and noticing every
time he looked at you"
Very well, mother;I can't keep
our summer boarders from looking at
me, if they wish to do SO; but 1 pro
mise you that | will not look at them
the gentlemen, mean-any more
than is necessary to keep me from
running against them in the halls,
after take one good look at them to
see whether they are handsome or
not"
But there are no gentlemen COM
ing, You know.-only one gentleman,
and he's married I'm thankful for
that, certainly"
| The next Monday morning the
spare chambers were duly aired. and
all of the boarders were expected on
the noon train. Jennie filled the
house with flowers from the front gar
den, and then hastened to school, won
dering what they would be like. Mrs.
Spencer was nervous. and came neal
putting tw cups of salt instead of two
cups of sugar into her cake. MIR
Spencer walked uneasily on the piaz
"a, as if in some deep suspense Ant
even the house-cat felt the weight o.
some coming event, and washed her
self more thorougly ana contempla
tlvely than she had since the new
minister came, and the sewing circl,
mel at the house of her mistress.
About eleven o'clock the old vel
low coach. which drove twice a day
from the Stilltown depot, stopped q