Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-23
HULDA'S PLEASURE TRIP

Jehiel and me always read the So- Corner the evening the paper comes and then talk 1t over the rest of tie week
 Wall, last week we set round the stove one evening toasting our shlns and talking about the different ones who write, when Jehisl begun to count up the ones from Leonard Bridge He Fad eight counted right of quick.
 By gum!' says he, Leonard Bridge must be G big place.
 T dunno says l. T never heard on it till l see about it in the Corner" Neither did l" says he. Then he slapped his knee and jump ed and begun to eaper round the room like a great elephant. I thought he'd gone IluInb crazy.
 Says l: What be you a-doing? ?"
 Fly gum. Uuldal" says he. I've thought of something! Lets go to Leonard Bridge tomorrow and see the sights. You know we aiu't been any where for pleasure this winter"
 Nnat.' says ]. T can't go; my bun nit don look good enough. It does well i enough to wear round home, but in city 'twOuld look kinder-wall-DaS 1 say, like Jane Ann's feather'' I was going to say counuitied but JehieI says We don't live in the country. We live in village, so I let. him keep his opinion and didn't argue. It saves a great deal of temper.
 'Nuy,' says he. that's all non sense: your bunnit looks as good as you do. I mean" says he, getting kin der Mustered when he see what he had said, T mean you look as good as your bunnit does'
 Thank you. says l, kinder crisp , like, cause l was getting mad.
 Tarnation!" says he, T mean
 Never mind what you mean. I mean you will buy me new bunnit, " says l.
 wen go to Willimantic in the morning and buy the bunnit and then take the train for the city"
 All right says he, anything to suit you. If You don't spend few much for a bUnnit,' says he. we'll hire an automobile and see the whole of the city and take dinner to the hotel''
 Wall we went to bed cary so as to get a good start in the morning. must confess I didn't sleep much a. thinking of my new bunnit and riding in auto, and maybe seeing some ot the Social Corner sisters.
 Jehiel snored right along, so l guess he slept prttty good.
 " atA3 IL utO out 10 De a DeaU- tlfu! morning and we started early We drove to Willimantic and put the horse in the livery stable and set out to buy bunnit. Such bunnits as they showed us. There was dish pans witt bouquets, and peach baskets witt feathers, and crotched things tha' looked like lamp mats with ribbons or them. What I liked Jehiel didn't, anC what Jehiel liked I didn't
 l see I've was likely to be all day buying burnit at that rate, so proposed he go down to the depo and buy the tickets, and l would lool in one more place. So he give me Sj and we separated The very first bun l nit l see in the next store bought and put it on Twas real kinder pret ty, black velvet and some ribbon anC some feathers on it. l started for tn, depot to look up Jehiel and found hin , standing in line to buy his ticket Pretty soon his turn come and h.
 hrung me the~tickets and said tn train didn't go for half an hour, yiet He went out and bought some pea nuts to help pass away the time Wall we finally started
 f We hadn't rode more'n twenty min f utes when the brakeman yells Leon : ard Bridget"
 e The train stopped, and we got out
 and the train went on. When tn smoke cleared away we took one look , Spirits of desolatiOn!" says Jehie 8 What have we struck?" ! "Ihe city of Leonard Bridge" say l I.
 : Jehiel gave a snort. City city. [ says he; T guess Eve come in tn
 backdoor and the folks ain't to home.
 agreed with him. Such a place a The depot was about as big as ou r chicken coop, and there was enc hous - in sight
 Wall says 1. go hire your auto = mobile and hunt up the hotel we ar |, to take dinner to-