The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-08-24

Then came the sound of rapid wheels
in the quiet street, and Mrs. Caruthers
entered, saying:
Put on your hat, Jessie; Lawrence
is waiting for you"
| you meet her?"
,"Gone!" exclaimed Mrs. Caruthers;
and hurried explanation followed.
There was nothing to be done but
to go to the door and tell Lawrence
Steele that the bird had flown. Jessie
must have gone by the foot path, and
so could not be overtaken by ve-
hicle.
II suppose Miss Jessie did not care
to go with mel" exclaimed Lawrence,
testify. "She must have known Nvas
sure to come for her!" And giving his
horse sharp cut with the whip, he
dashed off.
For, unfortunately, the possessors
of handsome dark heads are not al
ways the possessors of angelic ter,-
pers, and in general do not like to
have their little plans interfered with.
AS Mrs. Caruthers reentered the
room, Mrs. Bolton rose to go.
Il believe 1 will step on and help
them at the picnic" she remarked, as
she put on her bonnet. II daresay
you can spare me now, Mary, since
your mother has come. But I won't
dine there, of course, as l was not
invited"
Good-bys were exchanged, and off
she went.
81 am SO sorry about Lawrence"
said Mrs. Caruthers, when she heard
the front door slam. "He seemed
really hurt. l think he admires Jes-
sie-and it would be such good
match for her; unexceptionable in
every way"
ut is too bad!" responded Mary;
and the mother and daughter re-
manned gazing gloomily at the floor
much as they might have done if the
best china teaset lay there in frag-
ments before them.
Our friend iourneyed complacently
on; but the way was long, and when
she reached her destination she was
chagrined to find that the prepare
lions for dinner were nearly COM
pleted. Two or three ladies were I'M
packing the last basket, and assured
her that there was nothing more to
be done.
what pity that / came so late!"
she said, regretfully Still, I'll walk
around and see if all is right. Some
body may have forgotten something"
The ladies' were so sure that moth
ing had been forgotten that they al
lowed her to walk around unattended.
But in the course of her perambula-
tons she came upon n great bowl
of crisp lettuce leaves, set away in a
shady place that seemed to do duty
as side table,. Near it reposed
smaller bowl with a quantity of the
cream mayonnaise, on which young
Mrs. Vaneer so justly prided herself.
Mrs. Naneer had taken charge of the
salad, and had made up her mind that
it should be served in her style.
"Now, just see!" said Mrs. Bolton
to herself. 1.-The chicken salad is not
even cut up! and as for the dressing!
it is entirely too thick. 1t ought to
be thinned down with at least a pint
of vinegar"
A knife and fork and large dish
of sliced ham were temptingly at
Bolton was a quick work
,r aud IN n vary cbort TINA tho ham
gether, saturated with the mayon-
and the lettuce were cut up, mixed to-
naise (Which had been duly "thinned |
down" with the contents of the vim |
agar bottle), and patted neatly into |
shape in the big bowl, in which it |
rose like a smooth, round topped,
green and pink hill
"If l only had some sliced beets and |
-urnips and some hard-boiled eggs!"
she sighed, show prettily l could trim |
t for them! But I've done the best |
[ could must slip off now before
hey try to stop me. Goodness gra-
,ious, Jessie Caruthers! what a start
you gave me! 1 thought you'd be
ronder with all the young people.
Too tired eh?-wy. wat else could
you expect if you walked here? And
f you'd only had waited little while,
fou would have got ride with Law
.ence Steele He brought your moth
r home, just after you started. Well,
f he isn't carrying on with that An
lerson grill shouldn't wonder if
he was engaged to her before the day
S over. He's real mad with you,
hough, l can tell you! Good-by-I
'eally can't stop to dinnef:"
And away she sped.