The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-08

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| 1t was early in the afternoon Vhen
they drove into the beautiful hair
Grounds.
They strolled through the neat,
cleanly kept horse bar S, and 7isited
the fat cattle and sheep before they
vent t. the sno white poultry house
where they werc to meet Auct Hitty
and Uncle Josiah, and have dinner
from the generous basket Aunt Hitty
brought along.
They won d through the wide
aisles to see the fine coops of prize
poultry, and came out at the end
where unit Hitty was already wait
iny for them with a smile on her
CO. y face.
Been over to see what I've got?"
was her greeting.
''Not yet," said Mabel, 1--WE have
been so busy looking q; everything
IT,. we have rct been in that build
ing. Did :ou have good luck
Aunty?'
"Oh, didn't T." she replied, her
kind eyes beaming with pleasure.
why, Mabel, I have taken twelve
! blue ribbons! Think of that! And
I have you and Zen here to thank for
it, too. You don't know low proud
and glad I am
well, we are just as pleased as
you are, Aunt Hitty," said Ben; I'm
mighty glad I happened to come by
and stop Tuesday. Twelve premi-
unls. That i; good! I reckon Uncle
Josiah won't tiect to that, will he?"
"No, he'll be glad because she will
get goo. money out of them," said
NJ in little aside, but you and
I are glad for more than that, Ben,
aren't we?"
1--WE surely are! It's worth trip
to tom any day to see Aunt Hitty's
innocent pride in her nice work. We
will 20 over after dinner and see the
display"
By that time Aunt Hitty had the
basket un1acked, and they sat down
under the shade of a great tree to
enjoy it's tempting contents. In a
short time the snowy rolls, tender
fried chicken, crisp pickles, golden
butter, rich cake and other delicacies
had almost disappeared, and Aunt
Hitty gave what was eft in the bas-
ket to couple of hungry looking lit
tie newsboys who had been lowering
around, p, rh~ps in hope of a gener-
Gus windfall. While the delighted
urchins carried off their least, the
basket was returned to the carriage,
and Aunt Hitty went over with the
young folks to see the display in the
Home Products building.
Oh, what rows and rows of GRIM
son, ruby, amber and golden jellies,
what jars of toothsome preserves,
snow-white loaves of bread, cakes fit
for the feast of king, dainty pickles
and other good things were ranged
on the neat shelves and tables! And
no one display in whole was finer
Tan A~-+ Hitty's, or could boa of
;reater number of ribbons.
my premiums will come to over
twenty dollars, Mabel, just think Of
that" whispered the good lady, in
great delight.
I'm ever so glad for you!" an
swered the dear girl. "I'll tell YOU
It, Aun Hitty, you must take ev-
err dollar of it and buy you nice
new cloak is winter; you know
you need one ever so much"
THAT what thought I'd do, but
don't krow what Josiah woulc say
if spent it all for cloak"
"Oh, hell want you buy calf,
or a sheep, or a pig, of course, hut
you won't do it. You earned every
bit of it, and no thanks to him that
you won it. Just you turn him over
to me, and I'll settle - m. If I can't
I can"
Ben the ~et boy in the world"
said Aunt Hity, earnestly. II want
you to be good to him, Mabel"
OSl lduSuSu duu gave LIZ oAoHOA
Just then. But when they had
watched the races until they were
almost over, and the crowd began to
wend it's way homeward, Mabel Lad
rcde UP her mind that she would,
as Aunt Hitty had said, "be good to
ben."
Sho did not say anything until
tney we're well toward home, and IN
sight of the neat cottage which Ben
was building for himself on the part
Of fathers farm which he had
bought with his own savings. Then
she looked up and said archly, "Al-
most ready to live in, isn't it, Benz"
"Yes," he answered gravely, but
| can't live in it alone, Mabel"
Cant you? Better ask some nice
girl to lie there with you, then"
II have. I asked the incest girl
in ,ne world, two three times, but
she has not said she would"
Mabel laughed, and said softly:
"Perhaps if you ask her once more
| she will"