up and put it back, crimpin' it on the edge as I did so. I pondered on the enigma some time whether I should look too gay, and go beyend the other church members present, if I pinned on in front a satin bow of kinder pink ribbon that Maggie had gin me, I held it up to the dress and see in the lookin'-glass it looked well, but mebby a little too flantin' and frivolous, so I laid it back agin in the draw and made up my mind I would wear my good old cameo pin, knowin' that wuz safe for a Methodist member to wear anyway, and I didn't want to cause comments or roust up the envy and jealousy of the other females present.
Anon and pretty soon the night come for the great Bazar for that Heathen, and Josiah and I started in good season, for we didn't want the mair and colt to be hurried, nor be hurried ourselves. We started about half-*past four P. M. I got a early breakfast that mornin' a-purpose to git a early dinner so's to git a early supper. We eat supper a quarter past four P. M. with our things all on, and I packed up the dishes in the sink, which I seldom do, but felt that this wuz a extra occasion, and I didn't want to wash dishes with my mantilly on, the tabs dribblin' down into the water.
Well, to go by the crossroad leading to Zoar and turnin' off by the Cobble Stun schoolhouse, it is only five milds to Edgewater, where Miss Greene Smythe boards for the summer. The big summer hotel there has as much as twenty acres of land round it, all full of trees and windin' walks and summerhousen, and hammocks and swings and posy beds, and croquet grounds and baseball grounds, where they kick each other about and lame themselves and break bones, and be jest as fashionable as they can be, and have everything else for their
