Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-02
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Miss Selma sat knitting and hum
ming softly to herself in theEtiny
porchsin fsont ofsthsshoqse,w here she
dwelSsdpreme MISTRESS T&eEgolden
sasshinS darted thfoug ghttbe rustling
vines and flashed upon the swiftly
moving needles, sending dazzling rays
in every direction.
''Oh, Miss Selma" cried high,
clear voice, !stdo stop knitting for a
minute. + am nearly blinded" Down
dropped the work, as Miss Selma hast
sly sprang forward to meet this most
welcome visitor.
"Come in, dear; come in" she cried.
s'It's nice and cool here on the porch,
and have been baking those nice
seed cakes you like so much. -
you're an angel" responded the
girl, as she kissed hthe cheek where
time had furrowed few wrinkles as
year posts for nearly half a century.
''But even seed cakes won't console
me;for we al going home tomorrow.
S:sssF Or the lands sake, child" ex-
claimed her hostess, genuinely grieved;
s'you don't say so. I thought that
.yon would be here another month, at
aeast. Is anything the matter?"
ssOh, nothing in PARTICULAR; only
mamma has touch of rheumatism
and is afraid to have any more east
winds. Oh, dear, how can I 80 and
leave all this behind?" and rs she
spoke the girl gazed over the cliff
where the little house stood like a sig
nal tower, across the smiling ocean,
sRhere the dancing waves were crested
J, with foal.. as they frolicked with the
s,;so VIM
..ssueh a perfect, blue and gold; day
as,,it is. It seems 10 ait grows hard
er each year, to. go back, to the prim,
sedate,: old city: What shall I do
when there,is no more fishing or row
ing or bathing or arything?p and the
girl leaned back. with a slight cloud
on: the usually sunshiny face. 'sWhere
aresyonagoing, Miss se?'s..; y. ...s
"After,the cakes, !deari" and Miss
Selma vanished, with a step as light
as g girls.
But even the cakes failed tosbanish
the girls :nnSouted mood, aud Miss
SeliDsSfeltiat her wits end. =
S'See here, dearie," she said at
last, 81 know it is hard TO leave now,
when it is all so lovely, but you
wouldn't like to stay here all winter. !"
Wouldn't I, though" put in the
girl. =
.sThat is easy to say, but sometimes
when I look out of the windows I
really wish I lived somewhere else. 1t
is gray and white and angry, and the
clouds hang SO heavy over it. Then
the surf comes TO tie shore, as though
it wanted to- tear it away and drown
everybody it hadn't got already" Miss
Selma shivered, and the girlimpulsive-
Iy turned toward her friend s y.s4
"Don't, Miss Sc, please. It is aw.;
fully mean of me to make you think
of these things. I wonder that you
donstlate-tAe-sea, after allthe- harm
it has done You.
sA.ssHate ,it?~Np, child;-eyen though
films my father. and bro othsrs in its
Keeping, and somehowit it makes me
feel as th ough I were doing something
for the daughters and sisters who are
watching and waiting everywhere, by
putting my lamp where it will show
Gil night. They call it the Selma
light you know. But come, we won't
be solemn any longer. Tell ME what
yon are going to dc this winter, now
that you are q young lady"
s.ts.I don't know, am sure. I wanted
togo to college, but mamma says she
cannotspare her only girl, SO I will
have to content myself at home. How,
T am not sure, unless L become q pro-
fessional hairdresser, which is really
the only thing for which I seem to
have any talent. oh, Miss Sc, won't
you please let me do your hair up TO,
you. You have such pretty pink
cheeks and nice hair that you will be
a beauty when have finished it."
9s.For lands sake, child, what put
that ridiculous idea into your head:
Why, have done my hair this way
for years, and it wouldn't seem natu.
raj in any other fashion"
'Then it is high time you changed,
Miss Sc. Yor xant pompadour in.
stead OF drawing it straight back.
Come and let me try. I won't touch
the scissors or curling, tongs: -,
Miss selma never could refuse the
Girl anything, and obediently went in
With many inward misgivings as te
the result. 2{Cf W s yz p = :
i'tSit down here, num-" cried the
girl, dragging a low seat' before 'tht
oldtfashioned mirror and seating hel
victim thereon. in minute Miss
Selina's severely smooth plaits were
down and the girl brushing the satiny
locks with many an exclamation a
their length and beauty. .3g,r
Insa quarter of an hour Miss Selins
was transformed.
fffWhy, you naughty woman" ex
claimed the girl, as she stepped for
ward for final inspection. ''No on,
would take you for day over 80
Now that YOU kno DIV howsto do itprop
erly, don't let me.see you with it an.
other Way. like the poem tha
reGEkeds They made believe tosfanc.
dress by the way they did their hair.
Now + have got to go and help pack