, 1844-03-16

and that you'll have good luck with
your little
'Thank We. thank We, gentlemen
come along Cousin Pete SEES ], as
quick as | could git away from 'em.
The door TO toiher room was open
ed and in we went. never was SO
struck all up in a heap atore-there
set Mary with three or four more Gals,
butliul as a angel and b.ushin like a
rose. When she seed me she kind
. locked down and sort o'Smi!ed, and
sed good evenin.' | couldn't say a
word for my lie, for moren 4 mint.
Thar she sot. the dear gal of my bart.
and | couldn't help but think to my
self what 4 miurDa! cuss a man must
be who could marry her and then
make her unhappy by treatin her
mean; and | determined in my sole
10 stand atween her and the storms
Of the world, and TO love her. aud take
care ol her, and make her happy us
long as | lived. II you could Jest
seen her as she WIS dressed then. and
you want 4 marriedman. you couldn't
help bnt envy my luck. after I'LL the
trouble is had to git her. She was
dressed Jest TO my Iikln. in a fine white
muslin irock, with short sleeves. and
white sltIn slippers, with her hair all
hanCiD over her Eucw-white neck and
shoulders in beautiful cuils, without a
single bresipin ar any kind Of juelry.
c"pt little white satin bow On tie
top Of her head. DIneby Mss Car
line cum into tie room.
Cum, SIS. lhey's all reGdy,' Sos she,
and thar was grea, big tears in her
eyes. and she went and give Miss
Mary Il kiss riie OH her mouth, and
Rugged Lera time OF TWO.
We al got up 10 %. Mary t:em-
bied munstrous, and ! felt sort o !ain-
" myself, but | didn't feel nothin ike
CRY In.
When we got in tie room whar
the cumPany was, old Squire Rogers
stopt Us rite In the middle of the
! floor and axci us fer tie l!cens. Cous-
in Pete BANDED 'em to hin and he red
e:n Gu. loud to the people, who was
Istli as deth. Ailc. talhm IA little, lie
went Oh
If enny bod!y's got enny,hing to
say Why tnis couple should nnt bc
united in the holy bands OF wcdIock,'
scs Ice, let 'em now speak, or always
afterwards hold their peace
90, my Lord!o Oh, my Garl:n daugh-
tel. Oh dear laws a massy!' ses old
| Mas Sialii2ns. as loud as ,he could
! squ,ii, a cIappli her hands ana cryln
ani shou,in Ike she WIS at Il camp
mrciin.
Thunder and Iightnin' thinks l..
here's another yearth quake. But
heI5 on to Mary, ana was determined
that no.hin short Of 4 real bust W o!
all creashnn should git her from me.
Go ahead. Squire, ses Cousin Pete;
1t amt nothIn.'
Mary biushed dredfuI, and seemed
Ike she would drop on the fore.
Miss Carline cum and whispered
su:nthin 10 her, and mother and two
or three old wimmin got Old Miss
Stailions to g" IN tOthef a.
Tie squire went through the bal
lance Of the bisncss in n hurry, ard
me and Mary was made flesh OF one
bone and bono of one flesh before the
woman got over her highsterichs.-
When she got better size cum to me
and huggrd re and kissed me rs hard
as she could rite afnre 'em all, while
the old codgers in the con was sa-
latin the bride, as they called 1t. J
didn't like thot part of the ceremony
at all, and wanted to change 'em mon
strous bad; but | reckon Eve made up
for it sense.
After the marryin was over we all
tuck supper. and the way Old Miss
S~;alIionses table was kivered over
with good things vas astonlshIn. Al
ter pIayin and froIickin till bout ten
O'Clock, the brides cake was cut. and
SIGH a cake was never baked in Geor-
cia afore. The Stallionses beln
Washintons, thar wasn't no vine, but
the cake want bad to take jest dry
so. Bout twelve O'Clock the cumPa-
nv begun to cut out home, all OF 'em
Jest as sober as when they cum.
had to shake hands again with
'em all. and tell 'em all good mite.
Good mite, Cousin Mary SEES Pete
good mite Majer,' SEES he, q spose
you amt gwine hack to town to-nIte,'
and then bust rite out in a big laugh,
and away he went.
That's jest he way with Pete. he's
n good TELLER enough, but he amt got