Part 19 (2/2)

”Oh, yes, I would. Perhaps I am your little girl, for I am not _hers_.”

”Perhaps so. I will see if I can find out about it.” The doctor asked Nan Bruce, and she told him all she knew. He then made arrangements to take Patty home with him, for he knew now she was his own little girl. So Patty went to live with the doctor, and she had lovely dresses of porcelain to wear, and a servant to stand _in statu quo_ behind her chair at dinner.

SERETTA CARLILLIAN.

MARRIAGES.

Hopvine--Woodbine. On the 21st, Mr. Hopvine, to Miss Woodbine, both of Marbury. No cards.

DEATHS.

On the first of June, little Robin, only child of Mr. and Mrs.

Redbreast, aged two months, four days, and three hours.

Little Robin, thou hast left us, We shall hear thy chirp no more; Very lonely hast thou left us, And our hearts are very sore.

On the 7th of June, two little kittens, in the barn of Mrs.

Maxwell. We grieve greatly at recording the deaths of these loving and lovely twins, so sad and unexpected. They had a large circle of admirers and friends, who feel greatly overcome that these beautiful young twins are called away.

Also, Wallops, older brother of the above, departed this life on June 10th. He was found dead on the seash.o.r.e.

Poor little Wallops, Died of eating scallops.

(He really ate crabs, but crabs wouldn't rhyme.) We'll see him frisk no more, For we found him on the sh.o.r.e, All stiff and cold, expiring in his prime.

TOWN TOPICS.

Miss Cricket Ward has decided to sell out her peanut stand at cost.

Mr. Will and Archie Somers have cleaned the _Gentle Jane_, and they are now prepared to take out parties at reasonable rates.

Come early and often.

Mr. Kenneth Ward has nearly recovered from a serious wound he received when he was eloping with his aunt's watch. The path of the transgressor is hard. It was the stones in this case.

Miss Hilda Mason, of East Wellsboro', is expected soon to spend a week with her friend, the editor.

WIT AND HUMOUR.

[”None of the wits are original, auntie,” put in Cricket, here.

”The boys sent some of them in, and they _said_ they were, but I don't believe them, and I copied mine, anyway.”]

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