American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-17

said she. "T1l make
you a pair o. breaches an then / guess
won't have to be 'shamed no
more"
She had spent several evenings max
ing them out of an old gray flannel
p%etticoat Of hers and had put two
pockets In them of which | was very
proud. They came just to the tops
Of my shoes, which pleased me, for
thereby the glory of my new shoes
suffered no enc%ronchment.
The next Sunday after they were
finished we had preaching In the
schoolhouse and / was eager to go
aud wear my wonderful trousers. I'm
Gle Peabody said that he didn't know
whether his leg would hold out or
not Through a whole meetin'." His
left leg was lame from a wrench and
panied him IL he sat long In one po-
sltion. / greatly enjoyed this first
public exhibition of my new trous-
ers. l remember praying In silence,
as we sat down, that Uncle Peabody's
leg would hold out. Later, when the
long sermon had begun to weary me,
| prayed that II would not.
II was a beautiful summer morning
as we drove down the hills and from
the summit of the last high ridge we
could see the smoke of a steamer
looming over the st. Lawrence and
the big buildings of Canton on the
distant flats below us. My heart beat
fast when l reflected that i should
1901 see Mr.. Wright and the Dunkel-
bergs. / had lost n little of my Inter
est in Suiiy. Still L felt sure tina
when she saw my new breeches she
would conclude that I was n person
not to be trlied with.
When we got to Canton people were
docking to the big stone Presbyterian
church. II was what they called q
'dencon's meeting" | remember thai
Mr.. Wright read from the Scriptures
and having explained that there was
no minister In the village, read ont
of Mr.. Edwards sermons, In thu
course of which | went to sleep OF
the arm of my aunt. She awoke m'
when the service had ended. ant
whispered:
"Come, we're goln' down to speal
to Mr.. Wright"
l remember Dir. Wright kissed mi
and said.
"Heilol Here's my boy In n new
pair o. trousers |"
"Put yer hand In there" | salt
proudly, as / took my W hand GU
Lof one of my pockets, and pointe'
the way.
He did not accept the Invitation, bu
laughed heartily and gave me u llttl
hug.
When we went out of the churc
I there stood Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Dun
kelberg. and Sally and some othe
children. 1t was a tragic moment 70
! me when Sally laughed and ran b.
hind her mother. sun worse was
: when a couple of boys ran away or!
Ing. "Look at the breechesl"
| looked down at my brooches an
wondered what was wrong with then
: They seemed very splendid to me an
yet | saw at once that they We're ne
y popular. l went close TO my AuI
Deel and partly hid myself In h,
! cloak. / heard Mrs. Dunkelherg say
! "of course you'll come to dime
!, with us9"
For a second my hopes leaped hig
| was hungry and visions of jel
cake and preserves rose before me.
n course there were the trousers, b.
perhaps Sally would get used TO q
trousers and ask me to play with h,
THANK ye. but we've got a sos
It ways to 30 and we fetched a bi
A. with us-ayesl" said Aunt Dcel.
Eagerly l awaited mn Invitation fro
the great Mrs. Dunkelberg that shou
be declsively urgent, but she on
eli said:
SIN very sorry you can't stay
r My hopes fell like bricks and Va
or ished like bubbles.
IA The Dunkelbergs left us with pie,
or ant words. They had asked me
n, shake hands with Sally, but / h
no chung to my aunt's cloak aud firm
refused to make amy advances. Slo
IN ly and without a word we walk
across the park toward the tave
es sheds.
hit We had started away up the Sou
IN road when, to my surprise, Aunt ID
mildly attacked the Dunkelbergs.
ly "These here village folks like
be waited on-ayes Ian they're a