Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-18
After the
Wedding

Well, what did you think of the
weddin'?'' cried Miss Connolly as she
bounced into the car. Beg pardon.
Stell, for steppin on YOU she con-
tinued, stumbling over Miss Larson's
feet and lunging into a seat next to
that young person.
Miss Larson opened one sleepy eye.
"Oh, did you step on me?" she droned.
yawn1ng widely and undisguisedly. II
didn't know it."
Sure l did," responded Miss Con.
nelly. Il thought I'd better wake you
up and tell you about it. You can go
to sleep again now
Miss Larson opened the other eye.
Il wasn't asleep, Nell Connolly" she
said, Indignantly. Il guess a persons
got right to shut their eyes if they
want to. My eyes amt very strong
and the light hurts EN-"
Don't let's waste our perfectly
good time fightin' with each other
this morning." said Miss Connolly.
'1f we do we won't have time to
KNOCK the Wedd1n.
Say" began Miss Frizkie eagerly.
didn't you pretty near die over the
way Names hair was fixed? Honest
to goodness, when I get married I'll
have a hair dresser fix my hair. up
swell if l don't have SO much as a
pork chop to eat for year"
Il thought her hair looked pretty
good for Name" said Miss Larson.
sleepily. 1T always looks like she'd
slept in it."
Her dress was peach, though,
wasn't it," said Miss Frizkie. "At
least 1t would have been if it had
had any fit to it. All that hand en-
broidery and that bead trimming
must have cost pile
Hand embroidery" calculated
Miss Connolly. That's all you know
about it, Jen. | was over to look at
Names clothes Tuesday evening and
/ felt of it good, and it wasn't no
more hand embroidery than nothing"
Well, she must "a got a corner on
this years crop of beads" said Miss
Frizkie. What do you think I said
to the lady that was standin' next to
me when Name came into the parlor?
l give her dig with my elbow and
says, Say l says, Name must have
got mixed in her dates and thought
she was a Christmas tree
my! The lady got as red as any
thing. I designed that gown, she
says, shifting up her nose at me, mad
as she could be.
Land! l just faded away like I'd
been blown off the landscape"
IT'S pity you couldn't learn not
to have such rude manners, Jen,"
said Miss Connolly.
Il guess if l could just learn to
shut up and keep shut up it would
help some" agreed Miss Frizkie, good
naturedly.
Name didn't have such an awful
lot of presents as l thought she
would" Miss Larson opened her eyes
long enough to remark Il kind of
thought she'd have lot more'n what
she did"
Some of 'em was expensive.
though, 1 guess" said Miss Frizkie.
Now, bet that cut glass pitcher and
them glasses cost $40"
nix on that" said Miss Connolly,
decidedly Il picked up every one of
'em and run my finger over 'em and
they wasn't sharp like cut glass ought
to be. They was real smooth"
We'll, that shows how you can fool
me- Miss Frizkie admitted. But
then I'd a whole lot rather have
snowy set like that than some little
dinky piece that wouldn't make no
show at all"
Same here" said Miss Larson.
Anybody would, of course. guess
Names mas folks are pretty well
fixed anyway Her mas brother gave
her that dandy set of knives and
forks that was layin' upon the dress
er with the plates with the hand
painted fruit design up en-
"Nothin' much to Them said Miss
Connolly. Il guess they didn't cost
moren about So. They was plated
and it wasn't tirst-class plate,
either"
"Plated?" cried Frizkie. How do
you know they were plated?"
why, l took 'em out and looked at
them" replied Miss Connolly, placid
ly. You can't fool me. All the sill
yer things there was plated except
that little pickle fork that the two
Ryan girls give her, and l seen them
on sale last week over to Green
burg's for one and a quarter