The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-06-28

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- y he took a notion to travel all
n civilized, and not a small por-
4 tbe uncivlllzed world.
4 4 lust been telling my kindred
i Oretty Jessie Mason, how we
f N Clarence on the morrow, and
4 M BY giving q description Of
= the following manner:
4 4 awfully jolly, good-natured,
d handsome, fiirts desperately
4 perfect tease"
ulChed to see the effect of my
uDOn Jessie. She opened wide
brown eyes and looked at me
most comical expression of
nance.
in most things, Jessie and /
rpry much alike. Whenever
ns any mischief afoat we were
,dIng spirits. We moved in a
dng circle. We were forever
sg and carrying on in Il manner
mbecOmng our years-at least SO
nr long.faced. vinegar-vlsaged
Of the bilious temperament, of
We always steered clear. But
sOple will talk. you know, and
a Il were better to talk about
and me than to talk about 9th
no couldn't stand that sort OF
rs we could. But they talked
ne more than Jessie. for | WAS
four years older than she. and
me- my conduct was more of an
n on their bilious dignity.
bF Jessie nor | ever thought of
four years between us. We
ach other dearly and were in
he companions. She looked at
m with those wOndrous brown
Gclaiming:
N gracious, Maud, you're inter-
It last. | have often wondered
sort of a man you intended to
and my disappointment is
Why, the man you are going
mncies over is the fac smile
young men in our set, who,
I, are very well to pass the time
Tlth but to marry, as the song
Eu don't feel Inclined" laughed
sense | said, feeling a little
u that Jessie should put a
obstruction on my words.
nt Interested in Clarence-that
10 the way you mean. l like
nl | want you to set your cap
You must fall in love some
pu know
80 must YOU" laughed Jessie;
wait until you set me an eX-
and the scarlet creeps from
HEs to her temples MS she looks
he window.
b perhaps you'll have to wait
Mother says I'm cut out for
maid" said |, lightly.
Rar Maud, you're no more the
Of an old maid than the old
The moon Is. Tell your mother
false prophet"
NJ know that she is" said l,
y "Im nearly %. and mother
i Is prepOsterous for me to
f'hed at such an age without
ilrled. She keeps telling me
sister was married at II and
telling her that poor Marion
fetted it ever since. But then
that marriage Is n lottery
ny one cannot be expected to
INed with their drawing, and
mother ought to know. Dear
'e lost sight of what we were
about Clarence Is ever so
leer than any one we know,
why don't you fall in love
in Yourself, Maud?"
lsllcks" said l, impatlently.
want him."
Keeps Charlie standing down
SAID Jessie, jumping up.
alk about Clarence another
aud,' and Jessie was on the
aud down on the lawn like
dcAed my neck and caught
Charlie Morse down by the
accounts for Jessie's bushes
W looked out of the window a
so' thought. ~ wonder If
I" Tor hlmY l hope she does
'a'ehed Charlie and Jessie on
together, thought Charlie
@ Just such another as Clar-
'a0ld' fell into a thoughtful
watched them. Jessle's
- vahe back to me. Why
love Clarence Arnold my
wy indeed?
was in love. Never could
1t and out again like other
'"uness knows | was willing
uul couldn't for the life of
= called me a fiirt, Tut, as l
,Ue' people will talk, you
~1es no shutting their
Ou' | wasn't really-that is,
ueaht to fiirt. treated all
y nice young men l was ac'
WIN alike. Never accepted
~ Tor places of amusement,
~ w. from any one in partic'
% always n great favorite
sOuhg men of our set" but
Were extremely young
,ew of them were my own
'ne rest younger. l treat
all patronlzlngly. They
sense yet, and that DC
" me being such n favorite-
Vould not help thinking so
"e older heads fought shy
NJ say all girls think about
more or i,ss. guess
nought less about it, for l
ssut anything about 1t until