The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-23

and II something had gotten loose.
Thinking of her baggage again,
she trotted up to where John was
sitting, and told him to stop this
bloomin' train at once They had
left all her bundles back there in
the station and no tellin' who had
all her fine crockery by this time.
Johns sayin, Go back and sit
down." didn't phase her. She kept
on, John! If they don't stop this
train, I'll jump off,"
John told her again, to go back
and sit down. This time, she did
so.
They finally reached the station
at Kentucky, where there was
negro servant waiting for them
with horse and carriage.
1t wasn't far to the Livingston
homestead, so they soon reached it.
Mrs. Livingston met her mother
in-law very cody; but Anna and
John, Jr., gave their grandmother
and cousin a more friendly wei
come, though Carrie was like her
mother in every way.
Lena wasn't there long until
Anna and Carrie sent out invita-
tons, inviting all their young
; friends to come to their party, to
be given in November.
The evening finally came. The
boys and girls assembled in the
richly furnished parlor of the Lily
ingston homestead.
Among the crowd was young
boy named Robert Belmont, whom
Carrie was very much interested
in. But he didn't pay much atten-
ton to her.
The evening was spent in games
and dancing, until finally came the
time for departure. There we're
CHEEKY good bye's" and their
voices could be heard all over the
plantation.
The next day the servants were
busy cleaning up the house and
putting things bac kin place.
Ever since Mrs. Nichols had been
there, she had been bothered with
rheumatism, and it was getting
worse all the time, until she was
confined to her bed. She had suf-
fered until she grew so thin that
no one hardly knew her. For two
months she lay and suffered, until
one cold, clear morning in January
she died
She was taken back to Oakland
and laid beside her husband and /
daughter.
Three months have now passed !
away, and Carrie, Anna, Lena and
John, Jr., are invited to a party at
Mabel Johnson's.
They received their invitations a
week before the party, but Carrie,
proud and naughty, was getting her
dress ready and planning the way
she was going to fix her hair, so as
to look nice before Robert.
The evening for the party finally
came. The girls at the Livingston
homestead were busy dressing and
fixing their hair. John, Jr. was
ready. He said
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primpin'i"
But the girls finally were ready,
and they were off.
On the road they met Robert,
who was coming after Lena. She
got in with him and they all rode
on. This made Carrie very jealous.
They hadn't gone far when they
met Harry Ross, coming after
Anna. She did the same as Lena
did. This made Carrie still more
Jealous. Now, there was no one
left in the carriage but Carrie and
John, Jr.
All of them got to the Johnson
homestead, which was quite as
beautiful as the Livingston home.
The young party of girls and
boys had a very nice time, but Car
RE sat around and wouldn't play
any of the games. She wouldn't
dance and would hardly talk to any
one.
1t was now twelve o'clock, and
was time for the party to break up.
Robert took Lena home; Harry
took Anna, and Captain Smith, an
old bachelor of fifty. took Carrie
home; while John Jr. didn't have
anyone to take home, for Mabel
was his girl.
The next morning Carrie told her
mother about Lena and Robert,