The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-02

( There wuZ right smart snlckerln
! around amongst the members after
/ Fanny Lou set down, an Madimysel
got awful red in the face, an after
some more urgin' an talkin', 'twuz
decided to give an ice-cream supper
: in the Town Hall, with Fanny Lou in
charge of the whole thing.
We certainly had an awful time get
! tin ready fer that supper, fer some of
the members were mad an made all
the trouble they could, an the weather
I kept real hot, but when at last the
! evening come everything wuz in a2-
| ple-pie order. The hall wuz decorated
! jes' lovely, an we had whole lot of
homemade cakes an candies. an ice
| cream of every kind an every flavor
from Springfield. The tables were
! trimmed up beautiful an the girls
! that waited had made 'em new pink
an blue orgindy dresses, an about
I O'Clock that afternoon it went an
! turned freezin' cold. | could "a cried,
an / know Fanny Lou must "a felt
! awful, but nobody ever would "a
known it from her looks.
| Well, everybody in town come to
| the Town Hall that night, in spite of
! the cold, fer most everybody knew of
the trouble in the Aid, an there wuZ
| a good deal of curiosity. to see whut
might happen, but it wuz too cold to
eat ice cream much, so they all hung
back, gigglin', an shiverin', except a
| few of Fanny LOUIS p'ticuTar friends.
who'd "a ct that ice cream if it had
been pizen.
That ST. Louis milliner wuz a plum
sight that night. She had on a heavy
winter dress, made awful fussy, an
her hair wuz frizzed up even tighter
than ever, an she wuZ all wrapped up
in a. big fur cape, same as if 'twuz
dead of winter, an once in a while
she'd pull that cape up close around
her like she wuz near about froze.
She could be mighty aggravatin', GER
| tain.
Things were gettin' purity uncom-
Portable when in come John Holt,
! lookin' handsome an good-natured, an
started straight over to speak to Fanny
Lou. but Madimysell managed to slip
in front of him an meet him as he wuz
crossin' the floor.
Good evenin', Miss Dutong," says
John, holdin' out his hand to shake
hands-he never would call her Madi-
mysell-"Come an let's have some
! ice cream" SAYS he.
Thank you so much" says Madlmy-
sell real loud. but the weathers too
cold for ice cream. If we had some
nice hot oysters, now, how we would
enjoy them. But I'll go with you while
| you eat" says she.
of the ice cream tables Fanny Lou
! give John an awful cool nod, an 1
bet the saucer of ice cream she handed
him wuz about the coolest he ever ct
| in his life
John Holt was eatin' his second sau-
| Ger before he noticed that anything
wuz wrong, an then 1 saw him glance
around the room sorter inquirin', an
at Fanny Lou, settin' there lookin' I'M
! natural cam an serene, an then he
| looked awful hard at Madimysells fur
cape, but he didn't say anything. He
tried to talk to Fanny Lou little after
he finished eatin, but she pretended to
| be busy, an as soon as he could get
| away from Madimysell he left the hall
/ My heart sunk when l saw him goin',
| fer, though twuz only about half-past
eight, We could see that that there ice
cream supper was beginnin to be the
worst failure the Aid had ever made
an 1 certainly did feel sorry fer Fanny
| Lou. d. g"
But presently it seemed to be gettin
some warmer, an then it got right
smart warmer an some of the folks
begun to set up to the tables; then it
| ackshally begun to get hot in that
room, an people begun to lay off their
wraps an fan themselves with their
handkerchiefs, an they went fer that
ice cream in a hurry.
Bout that time John Holt came in
again, an 1 heard old Miss Kitty
| Jones tell him she believed it wuz 60
in to rain, it had got so warm, an
John laughed right smart an said it
did seem some warmer.
1t got so hot in there at last that
they had to open the windows.
nevr wuz so het up in my -life-an'
everybody wuz laugh'n' an jokin- an
crowdin' round the ice cream tables
everybody but Madimysen. She sat
there wrapped up in that fur cape her
frizzes all in strings an the sweat run
min down her face She wuz a sight,
certain, but ! believe she would have
set there an melted before shed took
off that fur cape, jes' fer contrainess.
Well, Fanny Lou sold every drop of
the ice cream, an had to make some
lemonade to finish up on. an there
wuzn't thing left except some of the
home made candy that melted on ac-
count of the heat.
That night, after everybody had
gone except a few of the Aid ladies,
who were helping Fanny Lou clean
up, in come John Holt again.
well, John Holt" says 1, "whut's
the matter with you? You've been
runnin' in an out of this here hall all
evenin'. l thought you'd gone with
Madimysell Dutong," says l.
DuIOnR
home, 1 believe says John, walkin'
over to Fanny Lou. Il went down.
stairs to put out the fire and close up
the furnace"
"Oh, john" says Fanny Lou, with
shake in her voice, did you do that ?
had forgotten all about the new fur
mace"
We were not much used to furnaces
in Berryville, an when that rascal
slipped downstairs an kindled up a
roarin fire ,unbeknownst to anybody
but himself.
An that night as me an old Miss
Kitty Jones walked home behind John
an Fanny Lou, l heard her say:
Why John, / couldn't possibly be
ready before the middle of June
An me an Miss Kitty had no
trouble in guesgin' what they were
talkin' about