Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-11-18


Ders, too. There Wuz one meetin,
recollect, when reelly believe some o1
em would have tit if they hadn't beer
women folks. We had decided to have
the supper in the Town Hall, an wul
tryin' to make up our minds whut
kind of eatin' to have, but il seemed
as if we jes' couldn't agree. 1t wuz the
last of April, an mighty warm fer the
time of the year, an good many wu2
in favor of ice cream, but some, an
Madimysell spechully, wanted to have
an oyster supper.
At last Fanny Lou got up in hel
pleasant way an moved to have ici
cream. Fanny Lou wuz school teach
er, an always talked sorter soft an
proper. She hadn't more'n set down
when up jumps Madimysell an says:
Madame President she says, toss
in her head, II move We have an oys
ter supper. Ice cream is SO common
and countrifed, an oysters are sc
much more of rarity" says she.
Fanny Lou was on her feet in a min
u.e, an she never even looked al
NIadimysell.
Madame President" says she, 81
would like to remind the ladies OF the
Aid that the oyster season Is about
over,' says she. Il suppose in st
Louis and other inland towns, where
oysters are a rarity, they dent know
what the season is, an are glad to get
them at any time, but many of us ar5
from the Eastern cities, and I do not
think we would care for oysters at this
time of the year, especially when i is
so unreasonably warm"
An Fanny Lou set down as suddent
as she got up. l could tell from the
sparkle in her eyes an the color in llel
cheeks that she wuz mad all over. Fan
ny Lou could be mighty spunky some
times.
There wuz right smart snicker:n
around amongst the members after
Fanny Lou set down, an Madimysell
got awful red in the face, an after
some more urgln' an talkin', twuz de-
cided to give an ice cream supper In
the Town Hall, with Fanny Lou in
charge of the whole thing.
We certainly had all 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
kept real hot, but when at last the
evening come everything was in ap.
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 G
o'clock that afternoon it went an
turned freezin' cold. l could a cried,
an know Fanny Lou mast a felt
awful, but nobody ever would a
known it from her looks.
Well, everybody in town come to the
supper. fer most everybody knew OF
the trouble in the Aid, an there wuZ a
good deal OF curiosity to see what
might happen, but it wuz too cold to
eat ice cream much, so they all hung
back. giglin', an shiverin", except 4
few Of Fanny Louis p'ticular 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 heavy
winter dress, made awful fussy, an
her hair wuZ frizzed up even tighter
than ever, an she wuz all wrapped up
In big fur cape, same as if .wuz dead
Of winter, an once in while she'd
pull that cape up close around her like
she wuz near about froze. She could
be mighty aggravatin, certain.
Things were gettin' pretty uncom-
Portable when in come John Holt,
Iookin' handsome an good natured, an
started straight over to speak to Fan
ny 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 and let's have some
ice cream" says he.
Thank you so much" says Madl.
myself, real loud, but the weather's
too cold for ice cream. If we had some
nice hot oysters, now, how we would
enjoy them. But III go and sit with
you while you eat" says she.
And with that they set down at one
Of the ice cream tables. Fanny Lou
give John an awful cool nod, an l bet
the saucer Of ice cream she handed
him wuz about the coolest he ever ct
in his life.
John Holt wuz eatin' his second
saucer before he noticed that any.
thing wuz wrong, an then saw him
glance around the room sor. er in4uir-
in, an at Fanny Lou, settin' there
lookln' unnatural calm an serene. an
then he looked awful hard at Madimy.
sells fur cape, but he didn't say any
thing. He tried to talk to Fanny Lou
a little after he finished eatin', but
she pretended to be busy. an soon as
he could get away from Madimysell he
left the hall.
My heart sunk when l saw him go
in, fer. though 'twuz only about half
past 8, we could see that there ice
cream supper wuz beginnin' to be the
worst failure the Aid had ever made
an I certainly did feel sorry for Fan.
ny Lou.
But presently it seemed to be get.
tin some warmer, an then it got right
smart warmer, an some of the folks
begun to set up to the tables; then 1t
acskhalfy 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 hurry.
Bout that time John Holt come In
again, an | heard old Miss Kitty