The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-22

she rushes around and gets EN- fol- |
her without ever stoppin' to think. |
You see. she's got kind of excited
and, seem Miss Tillie all wrought IN |
that way She hadn't paid much "a
tention to the Mattson's relations any
way. and she Just thought it was
somebody right in town. and Miss til
| lie wanted the hat to wear once or
| twice
| 1t was just Ike one of these quick
ness-of-the hand deceives-the-eye pro
fessors-Niss Title had the Times
and was gone before Amelia got time
to draw a good breath. Well, sir. If
you'll believe it. Miss Tillie went right
off to Philadelphy with Amelia's chif-
fon hat and her black fur and was
gone six weeks,
Why. it was Amelia's best hat-Tod
had paid six dollars just for the chif-
fon frame and it had nice lorg
plume on it that her cousin Lulu had
given her for a wedding present. Be
sides that she had just paid so cents
down at the Parlor Millinery to have
1t bent over into real stylish shape
Amelia sort of waited around two or
three days expectin' Miss Tillie back
with the hat and fur. You see it was
cold yet and Amelia had been used to
wearin' that warm fur all winter and
she didn't dare to go out much without
it, for fear of takin cold. Finally,
somebody came in and spoke about
Miss Mattson goin' clear back to- Phil
adelphy.
What shrieks Amelia, and she
like to have went right straight up.
Wen, as soon as they had gone, she
put on a fascinator and went over TO
interview Miss Matte. Capt. Hob
son was eatin' a chocolate-cream when
Amelia care in, and when he saw who
Il was he Just fairly swore at her.
why. Miss Matte" says Amelia,
quite agitated; Il hear that Miss Title
has gone clear back to Philadelphy."
'.Oh, yes" says Miss Matte, calm
rs puddin': we don't expect Uncle Ca
leb to last much longer"
"Rut" says poor Amelia, IF I'd
known she wanted 1t for so long,
| couldn't possibly have let her have
! it, Why, it's my be 81 hat, and need
it. Ard my fur. too; don't see how
can get along without it,
Nell" says Miss Matte. real up
IRISH. "ycu shc Md "a said so. Sister
said YOU seemed real willin to len'
en-"
Well" says Amelia, gettin' little
wrathy, of course would have beer
clad to do anything In reason. bu
things that | need every day
Well" says Miss Matte, "siste
has black hat that you can have t.
wear, if you really ned it."
What" says Amelia, "she had I
black hat? Why didn't she wear he
own. them"
oh says Miss Matte, like she wa
shocked. she couldn't think of veal
in that old shabby thing back t
Phladelphy!"
;, We'll. then" says Amelia, quit
snippy. Il couldn't think of wcarin'
o,tEcr,
II, But that didn't seem to worry Mis-
an Matte a mite; she went right o
h. knittin wristlets for the heather. Pre-
m ty soon she says, sort of condescen'
m in, like Amelia was poor pauper si
ry was accustomed to shown Chart
to-"Ive got an old brown fur thu
he, you can wear If you're afraid of catc
ct in cold--if you really need it,
ell mo. thank YOU snaps Amelia, s
or mad she could "a shook Miss Matte Il
her teeth lattleI, ard ne '.i.!, giC
TO out of the house for fear she shou
a. flare up and give Capt Hobson goc
ng kick IN his old, fat ribs.
WI Well, Amelia hadn't told Tod abo'
ne ii before, but now she did, and
'er lust laughed until he almost fell dow
MT Some men have such queer ideas abo
ler what's funny. and Tod he just mo
en- than chuckled about that chiffon Ia
MS I don't know as he thought it WI
re; quite so humorous when he had to &
hu her another. still he didn't say muc
ell Well. time went on Uncle Cali
hu never passed over at all and art
TEL awhile Miss Title come meanderl
me home. And when she got good al
ore ready, she BROUGHT Amelia's thin
he ,yor - bar The fur wasn't hurt mue
over 10 HeT Ht iui wash h"i l ih",
has but You should a-seen that chiffon ha
She had travelled in ii gOin and co
'se- in: fancy travelin' in chiffon b
mn with a plume on It, Well, II just look
on like the old Nick, The plume had
re- the curl out of it, and looked sadd
ac- and droopier than parrot after
she hose has been turned on him. And
chiffon was melancholier than Ha
let's ghost.
'hs And mind you. Miss Title had go
'hu and had IL all bent over TO suit !
'he own ideas. and had the plume rit
oh ON contrawise TO the way Amelia h
hed IL. Well Amelia just gave her &C
ure niece Of her mind; and, would you
zen lieve II, Miss Tillie got real huffy a
oiu said size thought il had a good d.
was mere real style to IL than il had
i fore. and she didn't see why, If p
ME were SO finicky and unreasonat
are they ever lent their things at all!
avs Well, when she said that, Anne
h.h lust give right up; she saw that
On wasn't a mite Of use to say anotl
nv word and she might just as well &
- and bear it So she didn't say a
VI thing more, she just put il on; in
woodshed and let the old cat have
" kittens in IT, But the Miss Matts'
have been real cool to her ever sin
. Ia.