Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-08


for Joy.
'Dee's company comm, Mis-, Alice"
excitedly volunteered Emmc Jane.
running to the nursery window and
peering out
Are you sure, Emma Jane? And
here | am in my wrapper. Run down
quickly and see who it u"
Emma was down and back again in
an incredibly short time, bringing
with her the astounding news
Dee sho is. Mis- Alice; de Haw-
hns keeriage chock full, n benin
dem de Cabell keeridge, n furr down
de lane 'nuh one; n all ON EN-. COM
In heb to VEAL, too Yo' know dis air
de Foth of July, Mis- Alice" and
Emma Jane in the ecstasy of success
began to dance about the room, a
lapse of discipline which her mistress.
who by peering through the win.
dow, had verified Emma James state
ment was too astonished to notice.
What could it mean? Visitors
were by no means rare at The Pines.
but for several caorriage loads (Emma
James cordial "Yo' all" had included
the families in generaD to arrive 81
multaneously and unlimited, But time
was too valuable just then to hunt
Tor solution of the riddle. A hasty
toilet must be made and the guests
welcomed. The hospitality of The
Pines might be surprised, but never
| strained
Meantime, below stairs, though as
much taken aback as his mistress
ben, the butler with the breeding Of
the Virginia servant of the old regime
was admitting the inflow of visitors.
while colored maids, sent by their
mistress to the scene OF action. looked
after their comfort.
1T is rather odd" whispered Mrs.
Preston to her sister Miss Jenny
that Alice is not ready to receive us.
Surely there could have been no mis-
take"
The sweet and cordial welcome of
the mistress of the household when
she did appear,-and though in reality
/ iar ut sea. seemed to be entirely at
nome in both mind and body,--set all
the misgivings of her guests at rest.
and she was forgiven the lapse In
virginia etiquett which, in that day.
expected the hostess to meet her
guests, II not at the stile, at least
halfway down the walk leading to the
house.
Hayfpast II found 25 persons young
ana old, comfortably disposed in the
cool, double parlors and on the shady
prches of the great house. The mis-.
tress made note of the number, and
as sh compared 1T with the mental re.
view she hade of her larder, her heart
sank within her.
AT the earliest possible moment word
was sent to the kitchen to prepare a
dinner on scale befitting the occas.
Ion But In this, Emma Jane, upon
whom responsibility had at last
dawned, forestalled her mistress by
shpping down the back stairs at the
moment Mis- Alice descended the
'front.', Fastening to the kitchen and al.
most breathlessly announcing, DE
house check full n runnin' oveh: n
dee all gwi' stay TO dinneh; II mo-
comm too"
SO 1t happened that before the last
OF the guests had been welcomed per-
partitions were well under way for the
ieast. Under Aunt .inlie's vapable di-
fecuons all hands were set to wor..
even Emma Jane was, as Aunt Julie
said afterward. TO onct in neh life a
rale comfot'
AS the result of combined labor and
skill the dinner served at that Fourth
Of July at The Pines was of such
quality and quantity that II had been
handed down among the notable
events of the neighborhood; ana
neither the graCions host nor his.
his smiling lady both Of whom were
In reality, so bcwi1dered that they
scarcely knew whether II was their
own or some one else's board over
which they were presiding.-betraye
by look or manner that they them
selves were not the promoters Of the
entertainment.
~ was not until the last GOOD bve
had been said, the last adieu waved
from the stile to the departing puest
while Marse Henry and Mis' Alice
sitting alone in the quiet evening
were yainiy puzzling their minds over
the days mystery that they learned
the truth.
a hesitating step was heard an
preaching them from behind Than
the form of Emma Jane came 10 view
her lace iliumined with a broad grin
half OF embarrassment and half of de.
light
What is II. Emma Jane" asked
ner mistress.
i done hit. Mis- Alice"
Did what, Emma Jane?"
TIED de folkses.'
DO you mean Emma Jane" said
ner mistress more astounded than be
lore. that you, yon, Emma Jane. IN.
yited these people here today?"
Yas's dat ies hit, Mis- Alice. dome
mex 20 a Dresen' o. dis Fo'th OF July
party case 70 nuss me so good wen /
done had de cAills m feyeh. Yas'm.
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