Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-30

$780,
on and said she reckoned the color
would do well enough, after al. and
that II 1t was the latest thing 1t must
be all right. and that she would wear
II, even If 1t did come from Paris. with
| all its tarnation wickedness.
Well. we may be some in the
woods. and fashions and them things
may penetrate into our midst slow.
but when we do get hold of some
thing new we jast take right to It.
specially our women folks do. OF
course there was some talk at first
when 1t got noised around that Mrs.
Bagshot had got a bonnet from
Paris. and there was them that said
1t was scandalous. not only on ac-
count OF Paris with its billed down
and concentrated wickedness, but
on the pint that the deacon couldn't
Afford TO buy no such expensive con-
trivances. But the first Sunday Mrs.
Bagshot put 1t on and sailed right
down front at church and sdt there
firm and cool's toad under a cab
bage leaf, and that settled it-every
woman wanted one just like 1t. Not
another word about the wickedness or
Paris or the expense. They just all
made dead set at their husbands for
bonnet like It,
Well. II you're a married man you
know how 1t Is when a woman gets
her mind sot-might's well throw up
your hands and surrender. Which
the men done, and come to The dea-
con and asked him where they could
get some more bonnets OF just that
particular breed. But the deacon he
shakes his head and says It can't be
done. that being special importa-
ton and there being no more of the
kind In the kentry. Which satisfied
the men unannermous, but only
made the women rampage all the
harder. And Mrs. Polkberry and two
or three others 'ap'inted themselves a
committee to wait on the deacon and
rastle with him on the subject.
She catches him at home, Mrs. Polk
berry does, and says she:
Deacon" says Mrs. r., so you
think there couldn't be no more OF
them bonnets got. do your"
"Ah. no. Mrs. Polkberry." says the
deacon. smiling sort o. superior like.
Il took the entire importation Bound
Mercy should have the best. you
know. she having been a dutiful wife
and raised a large family Of young
'uns. and fetched 'em through the
measles and them infant ailments sue
cessful."
but don't you think more bon
nets like her'n could be imported?v
says Mrs. Polkberry.
We'll. now, that might be- says
the deacon, looking sort O. far away
and an igee seeming TO come into bis
mind THAT might possibly be man
aged. s'pose | might perhaps II !
was to go down to the city again meb-
be get some more Of 'em brought over
to the kentry. you see"
Gould you give US any notion OF the
cost?" goes on Mrs. Polkberry.
Well. now. speaking of cost" says
the deacon. still mighty thoughtful
and deep. st might be right smart
sum. though mebbe not more'n bout
FIVE dollars apiece. say. II got
sev'ral. or around sev'ral some
where more or less" and ali the
time him looking out the winder and
doing some mighty close figuring IN
wardly. Reckon l might agfee TO gst
'em for q passed. of you at five apiece
II ! went down and seen about II pns-
sonally." him still thoughtful.
Wei, the women want bit fab
bergasted by this, but said they'd take
'em, and the deacon promised to start
the next day. And Mrs. Bagshot
brought out her own bonnet and was
a-trying II on again. and the women
was a-admiring 1t. when In walks
Cynthia Ann Clark, darter OF old D.s3s
X. Clark, just come UP on tho stage
for spring vacation from the Water
town Female academy. and she looks
at the bonnet and says she: f''Weli. l
declare TO goodness. II you &in't got
one of them Salvation ARMY bonnets
with the label of"
And Mrs. Bagshot she riz up. and
the rolling pin being right handy.
and she being Arm woman which
had raised large family and fetched
'em through them there complications
OF childhood successful. she Just
brought the deacon one with the said
rolling pin, him looking guilty and
showing by his face that he knowed
wot the bonnet was all the time: aIsi
him | may add for the next week lly-
ing at the General Jackson hotel. she
not allowing him to come near HIS
own Preside. and Doc Tucker saying
that two pounds more steam behind
the pin would a-fractured the dea'
cons skull sure as guns.
All of which happened. but none OF
which talk about at Hawleyburgh.
not being no hand at gossip. but hav-
ing the use OF my ears. one on each
side of my head. az aforesaid.
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