Show miss billy button batton II allol there goes billy button I 1 to la lets run ran anil and see sea wh who 0 will carry the books and lunch blunck box today to day I 1 cried a bright eyed rosy checked cheeked tallow fellow of seventeen who seemed to have his hia hands already full of 0 books and lunch box this thin billy button batton was not the fat at little tailor who covered with buttons the size aize of saucers dancers used to make per par imps blips still makes people laugh at the circus no the billy button batton who had just jast turned tamed the corner with books glanoli box and a bunch of spring violets was vis a pretty girl of sixteen with eyes like stars and checks like roses and with a heart notwithstanding her lollies follies kiad art I 1 true the hats bare oat act of irving ahring and breathing was voa a joy to sarah leeds and life had been ono gala dayto day to her bar every evary wish wih was gratified and every trenk freak laughed abat at at homo home and among her frienda BO 00 that she eho folk felt she ehe was aalto ma an tin important personage logo III ia this little world her often with herself WAS shown la in her bright eye and dancing stop la Is it any wonder that she sometimes did aia silly and imprudent things aarah loeda leeds had a weakness for peculiar dress she preferred to either wear dresses unlike those worn by other girls or she ebe overdia a fashion till people turned tamed round and looked after tier her in the street when long came camoia in fashion hers extended to the hem of her dross and was as ornamented entea with white buttons the aiza ol of mill an old cent down the front and back seams on the strap at the back and on pockets and cuffs caffi she came cama in view liko like a galaxy of pearl buttons bat tons and thus gainell gained the aric just of ot Billy button batton A felt ailt bat of 1 he brothers without bow or plume set got on one side aide ol of ilor her head bead completed her costume that winter t r she won was so bright and fanny that the school boys vied with each other tor for the honor of carrying her ber books and showing her other little attentions but bat nono none ol of them thara wished their sisters bisters to copy her ber dress or her manners they oven gave her bor nicknames when talking with each other calling her dancing sally bally in reference to her gait and the I 1 I 1 snapping turtle tattle because she snapped up all of the beaus be ansas as they called callea themselves thema elves from the other girls one bright day a merry marry group of high school girls and boys went vent to the adjacent woods in search march of may flowers marked garment proved too warm for its owner and the boys took look turn carrying it one said gaid you yon wont need this thing th g any R 1 I more 0 r this tb year Y e mr wont you yon ton r give 0 ra tae e a ballon t tor 0 a klepk keepsake 2 11 yes S es indeed it you want one ene was the nerry reply 14 oh give me one too and me too and me and me rang through the group p aup 1 holp help y only stop your noise I 1 cried arlod the little belle clapping her fingers over her ber ears cars oat came pea anivea and lack jack knives and oft off came cama the buttons any one who knows boys can imagine the condition of the garment after this thial I 1 it was full of holes holca like eyes all up and down the front andi and was sever never worn again A few years went by one of th da follows fellows who had bad such snob fan fall with dilly billy batton batten had bad grown to manhood find and amov moved ad from billion to chicago cal culling I 1 in 0 one as e evening v e alag on a a now heir friona friend who it lived Z in n a g good 0 d deal dal of style with a stately y widowed mother he ha was asked askea it if lie ha lad had ever evar mot met a miss loads leeds who lived neat boston cranston Or anston leeds daughter 7 asked duag yea boston his hi eyes fall of full fan indeed I 1 I 1 did know bar wall the rhe old lady who jv 0 regarded all girls girla Z who wore strangers to her as dangerous dang orona associates tor for her son on pushed back the laco from her bor eara at and straight toned Ilc luelf to listen janra manra man r a frollo frolio ive had boa with he berl I 1 a hagli gh ono one mile bhe she was a right good goodbe hearted arted girl and all the follow a in babool used to flutter flatter round list her bat I 1 dont think any one 0 f then them ever wanted to marry her was wan the tha reply mercy I 1 what did she do and who ware her people cried the old avi 0 r figer ager with an am excitement quite r abar 11 ranted milled by tho the simple question ol of bar son eon to tol lais bis friend 1 0 madam I 1 dont don t think she ever did ill lk ik really wrong teng in her life and tho she was wag as ai good hearted a girl as ever lived said the young man mail 11 lot a butt tor for sport loving bi bojil replied mrs arg Stin tou 0 casting isling a glance at her sun bun 11 oll oh no not exactly 13 but ut she alia maae fan and wo wa liked her lor for it and nd then the young follow allow ancon scions of the havoc he was waa making 0 t a young girls went on to toll tell the story of tho the long loa anil and its mutilation on cm that may day by the out eat ting of ot of the tows rows of buttons little dreaming that a sparkling diamond ring had bad taken i a i to boston atia and had bad come coma back baak because stanton was too shy to offer it to sarah S krali leads lyods awl and that it lay la at that moment in his po pocket C kat boon book waiting till ho he should be ablo able to to raise its hii courage sufficiently high to send hand it well cried sirs mrs stanton when be her r sons boan friend had bad left tho the loabe b ease 11 never lot let me hear bear that girls aarao again henry I 1 want no billy buttons round here I 1 stanton had met miss liaa leeds at saratoga and lean been quite at idd hm ease I 1 because she bho saved him the tha trouble ot of being agreeable and entertaining na he was waa allar charmed moll with hur her ad very bashful young men are always with aks tire five mud and girls and aad hns hal lately boon been to Bosto nalla called on lier her at her suburban borne bome before ho he went ha had bought the hidden ring but had neither found courage to ask his mothers blessing on this thia purpose ao nor to offer tho the lady his hand lla ila had had but one ona thought the tight waking mild and sleeping and all hopes were lost in the ono one hope of bringing this marry and jovial girl to their quiet items home but bat now a barrier impenetrable via a mountain ot of rook had been bean thrown bo be tween iween them by the innocent chatter ol of his friend I 1 toll mo me my bon how idt far this mat erlian his gone between you joa and dilly billy button asked the mother sarcastically not far at all mother find and pr obad ly y a brilliant girl like miss liaa leeds would not lot look at a quiet a stupid fellow like ike me like your son BOU was waa the reply hash I 1 you are too gool for a girl whom any one would data dara to nickname mad and ridicule ridi aulo it you have hava taken no stop step you cannot retrace thank bowa for it I 1 it you have got another home ol of which I 1 billy button I 1 can be mistress I 1 11 never e kcf can consent to have hot her come here bere I 1 the tha young follow ellow made no reply though he inwardly gar loktu bol aci let I 1 his mother say nay who he bo should or should not marry but this lady know knew how to biela vie id as a mighty weapon she never ceased to play on the nomo name ot of billy batton nad and to remind him allm that a dozen young men were carrying about as aa trophies ot of boyish victory the buttons tho the hir and possible pos Bibly other favors from this yankee divinity perhaps stanton himself began to fear that there might bo be an offensive element in ia the character ol of sirah leeds perhaps he ha was overpowered by b his mothers strong will at may any rate late he moon boon ceased to browl w when ban she laughed about billy batton and the diamond ring was ra served for some other finger then than tho the ono ona for which he had bought it remember Ramom bor girls thab that the thO tollies follies of today to day will not always be forgotten in the years to comei youtha companion panion i |