Cañon City record., 1899-02-02

been taken, il was plainly demonstrat-
led that Miss Rebecca Blythe was to be
! summarily relegated to the ranks of
the elderly unmarried ladies of Pim-
| leo.
beamed. Despite the readiness with
which the sisters of the sewing society
faiways responded to her calls. she had
counted on some opposition. Miss
Blythe was popular young woman
WELL she said with self-satisfied
smile, Mrs. Tracy an me talked it
lall over some days ago. an we decided
then that Miss Becky has been behav-
in like chst in her teens long enough.
an we are going to give her hint she
can't help takin'. Squire Larkin's sis
Ter, Jane Best, has a stepson a-comin'
here 10 visit the squire: an the squire'e
wife bein' but poorly she wants we
an the girls to get up party for him.
don't know whether you've ever
heard Mis- Larkin speak o. DR.. Sum-
merton. He comes from out west, an
this is his first visit. They say he Il
doin' real well out west. Bette an
Evvie are goin' to give big dance fer
him in their pas new barn Thanksgivin'
night. Ali the young peoples to get
invites tomorrow; but / just told the
girls TO leave out Miss Becky, an they
done So"
81 guess Miss Becky's pretty apt to
tex hint. Becky amt been much of
a fool ez kin see" This time it was
the owner of the musical scissors who
spoke. .'well. good land alivel if there
amt Miss Becky herself a-comin' right
in; an she's got strange man await
in fer her at the gate Wonder who
/ it can bei'
And then Miss Rebecca Blythe came
in, looking happy and rosy, and not a
day over rs. She wore a trim winter
coat, and two bright yellow wings
were sticking straight up in the little
jaunty felt hat that perched defantly
above the wind-blown waves of Miss
Rebecca's shining black hair.
II can't stay to-day she announced.
81 am sorry. for l know how much
there is TO be done: and mother was
not well enough to come. But. you
know. Squire I.a-kin has nephew just
come to town TO spend the holidays
We did not know him; but il seems he
met brother Tom out west, and so b.
came TO see us as soon as he had seen
his uncle and aunt Nothing would do
but that must take him around this
afternoon 10 see his old friends
Mrs. Parkinson's face was a study
She said nothing. but Miss Flint had a
! malicious light in her eye as she asked:
f.what air We goin' to do. Becky, on
Thanksgivin'?"
-It is our turn to go to Sister Mar
tha's this year Wen take the train in
the morning, you know. and come back
the next day
Then Miss Rebecca laughed merrily.
I - she added: .-Oh. just let me tell you
Brother Tom actually made that man
promise to spend Thanksgiving with
Sister Martha to taste her cake You
know what a famous cake-maker Mar
tina always has been. But must hurry
away. You all look so cory in here. and
SO ndus.rious. it makes me feel quite
good for nothing"
Miss Blythe left; and hush fell up
on the assembly
Then there was a rush for the win
dow. Various complimentary remarks
were made about the personal appear
ance of the doctor from the west. and
few uncomplimentsry things said
about the deep-laid scheme of his de-
signing companion. These last did
Miss Rebecca great injustice; for she
had never even heard of the existence
of the doctor from the west, until his
unceremonious entrance into her
fathers house an hour before.
Mrs. Parkinson and the meek-look-
ing lady scorned to put themselves
out by going to the window for a peep
at Miss Blythe's gallant escort. The
announcement regarding the disposi-
tion of the village guest on Thanks
giving had so broken into the plans of
the good president that amazement
and indignation stiIled her voice; but
there was a heightened color in her
cheeks, and the accelerated speed of
her needle told its own story.
The meeting adjourned at an earlier
hour than usual, much to the relief of
he ladies. On the whole, the afternoon
had been an uncomfortable one.
But Mrs. Parkinson-did not acknowl-
edge defeat. Early the following morn
ing she ran in" to consul, with Mrs
Tracy, one OF her stanch supporters
As result of this conference the
Thanksgiving dance waspostponed for
several days. and the doctor received
ar invitation. which. however, he did
not accept. The young people on their
way to the party saw him walking
with rapid strides in the direction of
Deacon Blythe's; and IL was known
that Miss Rebecca had new silk waist
and a large knot of pink ribbon for her
hair.
That was only the beginning. All ef-
forts to entice the young man from
the dangerous Miss Reheccs proved un-
availing Indeed. he appeared to spend
far more time at the Blythe home than
he did with his good uuc,e and aunt
He had even been seen out SNOWFALL
ing with Miss Rebecca's two young
nephews. For once the hold plans of
Mrs. Parkinson failed.
Her principal coadjutor had the
hardihood to advocate a change in the
line of operations. This iady's daugh-
ters sent out invitations for the big
Christmast sleighride. and for the FIRST
time In weeks, Miss Rebecca received a
card.
They want you 20 much they are
willing to take me, too. she said. with
one OF her merress peals of laughter
laughter In which DR.. Summerton
5eined heartily, when he noticed the
date ON the invitation.
The very day of our wedding. dear y
he aid s<vTbv xx> .h al l~> ~. ska -~w