The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
After the
Wedding

weQdln'?" cried MISS Connolly as b
bounced into the ar. beg pardon.
Stell, for steppin' on you," she contin-
ued, stumbling over Miss L~arson'sfee
and lunging into q seat next to that
young person.
Miss Larson opened M sleepy eye.
~aff5h, did you step or me?!"'she droned,
ykwning widely and undisguisedly. II
didn't know It,"
Sire I did," responded Miss Con.
hs1y. II thought I'd. better wake you
up and tell you about It. You go
to sleep again now"
Miss Larson opened the other BYE.
81 wasn't. sleep. Nell Connolly" she
said, Indignantly. II guess a persons
got a right to shut their eyes If they
want to. My eyes amt very strong
and. the light hurts 'em."
Don't let's waste our perfectly
good time fightin' with each other this
morning" said Miss Connolly. ''If we
do we won't have any. time left to
knock the weddin'."
Say" began, Miss Frizkie eagerly.
''didn't you pretty near die over the
way Names hair was fixed? Honest
to goodness. when / get married Ill
have q hair dresser tx my hair up
swell II I don't have so much as a pork
chop to eat for q year."
RI thought her hair looked pretty
good for Name" said Miss Larson,
,sleepily. ut always looks like she'd
slept IN it."
'Her. dress was a peach, though.
wasn't it," said Miss Frizkie. AT
least 1t would have been If 1t had any
At to 1t. All that hand embroidery and
that bead trimming must have cost a
pile" y
Hand. embroidery" calculated Miss
Connolly. That's all you know about
1t, Jen. I was over to look at Names
clothes Toosday evening and felt OF it
good, and It wasn't no more hand en-
broidery than nothing"
We'll. she must a goth a corner on
this years crop of beads" said Miss
Frtzkie. what do you think l said to
the lady that was standin' next to me
when Name came into the parlor? 1
give her q dig with my elbow and
says, Say I 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,
smiling up her nose at me, mad as she
could be. It's modelled after a gown
that was imported straight from, Paris
and you couldn't find it's duplicate ] n
Chicago. I'm q htgh-priced modesto
she says, besides being Miss Peter
sons own aunt
Land! /, just faded away like I'd.
been blown OF the landscape"
cts q pity you couldn't learn not to,
have such rude manners. Jen," said
Miss Connolly.
II guess ii I could just learn to shut
up and keep shut up it would help
some" agreed Miss Frizkie. good-na-
turedly.
Name didn't. have such an awful
lot Of presents as I thought she
would" Miss Larson opened her eyes
long enough to remark II kind OF
thought she'd have q lot more'n what
she did" III
Some Of 'em was expensive. though.
guess" said Miss Frizkie. "Now. 1
bet that cut glass pitcher and them
glasses cost twenty dollars"
sink on that" said Miss Connolly,
decidedly. Il picked up every one OF
en- and run my finger over 'em, and
they wasn't sharp like cut glass ought
to be. They was real smooth.
well, that shows how you can fool
me-" Miss Frizkie admitted. But then
I'd q whole lot rather have a snowy
set like that than some little .dinky
piece that wouldn't make no show at
ALL" @
.sama 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 knivesSAnd forks
that was layin' upon the dresser with
the plates with the hand painted fruit
design up EN-"
4g.. Nothin' much to them" said Miss
Connolly. ~ guess they didn't cost
more'n. about hve dollars. They was
plated and It wasn't tirst-class plate.
either,
"Plated!r. cried Miss sFrizkie. "How
do you know they was plated!
why, / took 'emsout and Looked At
them" replied Miss Connolly placidly.
you can't fool me. All the silver
things there was plated except that
little pickle fork that the two Ryan,
girls gave her"
my! ia hate to give such N awful
little thing, anyway" murmured Miss
Larson. 81 think It was slot better
toSclub together like vs. girls did =
give her something big. Our as stliNyv.et
tray, looked like # could have bousn q;
up everything che she had s sS. !.
uncludin, the teller she married. 1. e
said Miss sConIn10lly. wasn't Ne
az farmer. though? / bet 10 rented;
them clothes He w~asSafraid 70 az
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