The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-07-26

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nous mass Of hair--hcr own and an
other Stu the back. Her hands were
incascd in pink silk mitts, and she car
rled Il green silk paraSol. But it was
not the waist that caused Abijuh to
curse nor was 1t the hat; it was tho
skirt. 1t was full, very full. and was
kept distcndcd by hoops whose pc
riphery was Il dozen yards or more.
She had to come through the gate side
wise. Abljah turned his horse as far
to one side rs possible to allow the
passage of the voluminous skirts, but
with all he could do they touched both
wheels when Molly climbed In.
She sat down carcfu!!y-shc had to
, and Abijah sat beside her, and togeth-
er they drove off for Melissa.
Her costume was the same as Molly's
in degree rs we'll as kind, and when
the two girls sat OH the single seat Of
the buggy the vehicle seemed filled
with skirts. Abijah saw no room for
himself and said so.
you can set between u.s." said Mol
)y, showing Into one corner, which caus-
ed n dangerous elevation Of hoops on
the other side.
lie had some doubts about being able
to sit between them, but he could do no
! more than try, and after much suueez-
Ing and exclamation they got very un-
comfortably settled and drove off, the
hoops standing out over the wheels on
both sides and almost hiding the young
man in the middle.
There were great many people at
Mount Rcposc. A few men dressed
like Abijah-boys most OF them were;
lots OF girls dressed like Molly and Me-
LISA, and some men in army blue, pale
and maimcd home on furlough or dis
charge. The speaking was held IL the
open air, with a stand for the speakers
anu backleSS benches for the auditors.
The crowd made q tremendous noise
getting settled.
The morning speakers were Of little
note - candidates for county offices,
with merely local reputation. In tho
afternoon was to come the. grand
speech, the heavy artillery OF the cam
paign-Brouch himself, candidate for
governor OF the state Of Ohio. Save
for the occasional collapse Of bench,
excitement was kept down for the aft
crnoon.
When the :ecess for dinner was an
nounccd, the two girls spread out the
luncheon they had brought on "a table
cloth OH the ground. There were fried
chicken, pickles, cold green corn boiled
on the cob and piled up like Il log cab
IN, two kinds Of cake and four kinds of
ple-npplc, dried cherry, raspberry and
fhubarb. Melissa and Molly sat on ei-
ther side Of the cloth and had to reach
way over to get past their skirts. Abb
jah sat ut one end.
After the meal the girls bundled their
respective properties into their respcc-
tive baskets, and when they had fin
tshed 1t was time to get good seats for
the afternoon speech True to his prom.
lsc to Melissa, AbiiAh had Molly sit in
front OF the abOlltionistic young lady.
Tie sat by Melissa, e.,
The speech was likc>all others of that
timc-dcfamatOry to the south, touch.
Ing heavily on the wrongs Of slavery,
touching lightly on tho rights Of na-
tions and winding up with culogy on
Abraham Lincoln; only this particular
speech ended differently.
Molly had shown no dangerous But
tcrnut symptoms during the day. In,
fact, she had applaudcd fccbly nt times,
but when NJ. l.rough called the whole
race OF Buttcrnuts towards and thieves
She could stand 1t no longer She put
on her Buttcrnut badge, n declaration
or war then, and turned so Melissa
could see It, Then did Mcissa's in.
stlnct for destruction OF nll things But.
ternutty assert itself. and, iIf the words
Of old Mr.. Meyer, n German by birth,
who saw 1t oil, "she crap for dot