Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-08

on to Phlladelphy with Amella'S chit
fon hat and her black fur and was
gone six weeks!
Why, it was Amelias best hat-Tod
had paid six dollars just for the chif-
fon frame and it had a nice long
plume on it that her cousin Lulu had
given her for wedding present. Be
sides that she had just paid so cents
down at the Parlor Millinery to have
Amelia sort of waited around two or
three days expectin' Miss Tillie back
with the hat and fur. You see it was
cold yet and Amelia had been used to
wearin' that warm fur all winter and
she didn't dare to go out much without
it, for fear of takin' cold. Finally,
somebody came in and spoke about
Miss Mattson goin' clear back to Phil
adelphy
What" shrieks Amelia, and she
like to have went right straight up,
Well, as soon as they had gone, she
put on fascinator and went over to
interview Miss Matte Capt Hob
son was eatin' cfocolate-cream when
Amelia came in, and when he saw who
it was he just fairly swore at her.
why, Miss Matte" says Amelia,
quite agitated; Il hear that Miss Tillie
has gone clear back to PHILADELPHIA"
ooh, yes says Miss Matte, calm
as puddin'; I'VE don't expect Uncle Ca
leb to last much longer"
But" says poor Amelia, eff I'd
known she wanted it for so long,
couldn't possibly have let her have
it. Why, it's my best hat, and l need
it. And my fur, too; l don't see how
l can get along without it."
Well says Miss Matte, real up
pish, you should "a said so. Sister
said you seemed real willin' to lend
EN-"
Well says Amelia, gettin' a little
wrathy, ''of course l would have been
glad to do anything in reason, but
things that | need every day"
Well says Miss Matte, SISTER
has black hat that you can have to
wear. if you really ned it"
What" says Amelia. "she had a
black hat? Why didn't she wear her
own, them"
Oh says Miss Matte, like she was
shocked, "she couldn't think of wear
in that old shabby thing back to
Philadelphy!"
We'll, then" says Amelia, quite
snippy, Il couldn't think of wearin it
either
But that didn't seem to worry Miss
Matte a mite; she went right on
knittin' wristlets for the heather. Pret-
ty soon she says, sort of condescend-
in, like Amelia was poor pauper she
was accustomed to shown charity
to-'I've got an old brown fur that
you can wear if you're afraid of catch
in cold-if you really need it."
mo, thank you," snaps Amelia, so
mad she could a shook Miss Matte till
her teeth ratified, and she flung right
out of the house for fear she should
flare up and give Capt. Hobson a good
kick in his old, fat ribs.
Well, Amelia hadn't told Tod about
it before, but now she did, and he
Just laughed until he almost fell down
Some men have such queer IDEAS about
what's funny and Tod he just more
than chuckled about that chiffon hat
don't know as he thought it was
quite so humorous when he had to get
her another, still he didn't say much.
Well, time went on; Uncle Caleb
never passed over at all, and after
awhile Miss Tillie come meanderin
home And when she got good and
ready. she brought Amelias things
over to her. The fur wasn't hurt much,
but you should a-seen that chiffon hat!
She had travelled in it goin' and com
in; fancy travelin' in a chiffon hat
with a plume on ii. Well, it just looked
like the old Nick The plume had all
the curl out of it, and looked sadder
and droopier than a parrot after the
hose has been turned on him. And the
chiffon was melancholier than Ham
let's ghost.
And, mind you, Miss Tillie had gone
and had it all bent over to suit her
own ideas, and had the plume right
on contrawise to the way Amelia had
it. Well, Amelia just gave her a good
piece of her mind and, would you be-
lieve it! Miss Tillie got real huffy and
said she thought it had good deal
more real style to it than it had be-
fore, and she didn't see why, if peo-
pie were so fnicky and unreasonable,
they ever lent their things at all!
Well, when she said that, Amelia
just give right up; she saw that it
wasn't a mite of use to say another
word and she might just as well grin
and bear it. So she didn't say any
thing more, she just put it out in the
woodshed and let the old cat have her
kittens in it. But the Miss Mattsons
have been real cool to her ever since.
They act just like they thought she
was an ungrateful hussy!
And Tod, he haw-haws every time
he thinks of it. Well, land sakes, if the
children amt comm from school.
must go right this minute. Do come
over, Mrs. Burns, whenever you can.
1 do so enjoy hearin' you tell all about
the things you saw while you was
away. Oh, yes; I'll drop in often, and
you be sure to come overland Mr..
Burns-good-b
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