Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23

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dignation.
TT all m of this plagued old
winter time she declared, sharply
biting her thread. for she was mend
ing a tablecloth. "Shet the winders on
summer, N yew ketch the tail OF
Islander In the latch every time. Naow,
eff l hear one word about this 'tarnal
foolishness comm to Angy's ears, or
Brother Abe's, or Blossy's either, fer
that matter, we'll all have to eat off'n
oil-cloth Sundays, the same as week
days, until | see a more Christian
sperit in the house"
She gave the Sunday damask across
her lap a pat which showed she was
In earnest; and the rebuked sisters
glanced at one another, as If to say:
Suppose the minister should walk
i IN some Sabbath afternoon and find
oil-cloth on the table, and ask the rea-
son why?"
They one and all determined to take
Aunt Nancy's advice and sew a but
ton on their lips"
Fortunately, too, the February thaws
had already set In, and the remainder
of the winter passed without any Sc
we're strain on the "~buttonholes." And
at length the welcome spring began 10
peep forth, calling to the old folks,
Come out, and grow young with the
young year!"
With the bursting forth of the new
springtide the winters talk seemed to
drop as a withered and dead oak leaf
falls from its winter-bound branches;
and Abe stood once more alive to the
blessings of renewed approval.
Angy went put of doors with Miss
Abigail, and %puttered around among
the flowers as II they were her own,
thanking God for Abe'e increasing pop
ularity In the same breath hat she
gave thanks for the new buds of he
spring.
The anniversary of the Roses en-
trance into the Home drew nearer, and
Blossy suggested that the best way
to celebrate the event would be by
means of a pink tea"
Neither Angy nor Abe, o In fact
half the sisters, had any clear concep-
ton of what a tinted function might
be; but they one and all seized upon
Blossy's idea as IL it we're a veritable
inspiration, and for the time tealousies
were forgotten, Misunderstanding
erased.
Such preparations as were made for
that tea! The deaf-and-dumb gar
dener was sent with a detachment OF
small boys to fetch from the wayside
and meadows armfuls of wild roses
for the decorations. Miss Abigail
made pink icing for the cake. Ruby
Lee hung bleeding-hearts over the
dining-room door. Aunt Nancy resur'
rected from the bottom OF her trunk q
white lace cap with a rakish-lookint
a pink bow for an adornment, and fas
tened It to her scant gray hairs il
honor of the occasion. Blossy turnet
her pink china pig, his lid left upstairs
into a sugar bowl.
Pink, pink, pink, everywhere; ever
, in Angy's proud cheeks! Pink, ant
. pink, and pink! Abe used to grow
dizzy, afterward, trying to recall thu
various pink articles which grace'
g that tea.
was his anniversary gift. which wa
slyly slipped to his place after the dis
cuseion Of the ro~se-colored strawberr,
gelatin. 1t al a square. five-poun'
parcel wrapped In pink tissue paper
tied with pink string, and found to cor
y tain 30 much Virginia tobacco. whicl
u Blossy had inyeigled an old southert
y admirer into sending her for chart
Il able purposes" IS
After the presentation of this val,
. able gift, Abraham felt that the tim
y had come for him to make a speech
u practically his maiden speech.
q He said at the beginning. NOR
Q suavely at his ease than he woul
y have believed possible. secure Of syn
9 pathy and appreciation, with Angy
" glowing old eyes upon her prodig,
that all the while he had been at tn
8. Home, he had never before felt tn
ct power to express his gratitude for Ii
81 welcome which had been accorde
him-the welcome which seemed
20 wear anu veal, do II II WOlo dAi WI
m and a yard wide, and could never Yves
VI out.
The old ladies nodded their heads
'c- approval Of this, every face beamint
Ii but as the speech went or the othel
o. perceived that Abe had singled o.
lie Blossy for special mention-blin
a blind Abraham-Blossy, who had fir
'e- proposed admitting him into this par
disc; Blossy, who had given up h
Id sunny south chamber to his comic
and Angy's; Blossy, who had been
es a "guardeen angel" to him; Bloss
"a who as a fitting climax to all her 81
,ly terly attentions had given him tod,
he this wonderful, wonderful pink te
'er and this FIVE hull pound O. Virgin
ed terbaccer."
ad He held the parcel close t o b
'or bosom, and went on, still praisil
zee Blossy-this innocent old gentlema