The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-10-22

more difficult to solve.
Service proceeded. The choir sung
and the minister prayed and preached
the peop'c wondered when the ceremon,
toek place.
To their utter astonishment they wc%
left to wonder.
For when the benediction was pro
nounced, widow E. and the strang
gentleman walked with the rest Of tn,
congregation quietly out of the church
When they reached the pavement he of
fered her his arm very gracefully, and sh,
1Eplaeed her hand very con6dtnglr en III,
beautifully sofs coat sleeyt rs tee Fasset
Gu.
What morning was s.itat in Fssr |.
What world Of conleetar, s, su:mises
inquiries and doubts rolled over and ovel
in the brain rot only Of gossiplng ladies
but obef, matter Of TACT. The like o
such thing had never occurred in the
village. There was something new un
der the sun a lady had a beau, and no.
body krew it..
1 Oh, widow E-77----s, didn't your ears
burn all that day2 zzs
We wonder they didb 'tdr2p off. Sure
ly they must have been crisp and Grim
son. SOS
The Rev. Mr.. D, preached to q
crowdcd house that afternoon. no com
Ipliments to him, though. Every one
was sure the wedding would take place
then; but everybody again was disappoin-
ted. and if tongues had run at railway
speed before, they. travelled then On the
electric wires. The minister might have
preached in Greek that day, and his SER
mon would have been quite as edifying.
One subject alone occupied the village
mind--the widows beau.
Il actually seemed, too, as though the
lady tried TO make as much talk as she
coul |. After tea, arm in arm with the
strange gentleman, she walked the whole
length Of the village, and away into the
cemetery. and never returned till the
moon was high.
/ Look out, widow! Your character is on
the carpet. 80.
If she knew it, apparently she didn't
care, for the next day she went calling
with her beau. and the next day with him
rambled of to the mountains, and the
next with him off in carriage to the sta
tion house, and there not only wept as
she parted from him. but actually embra-
ced and kissed him.
".Whst, in broad daylight" exclaimed
grandma W. "Well, if I ever
heard of or see the like ont
Little Nell, the old lady's youngest
grand child, wondered to herself whether
tit really was any worse in broad day light
than any other time. Perhaps you will
lW w..
There was large attendance that AT
ternoon at the weekly meeting of the
sewing society. Everybody went that
could possibly leave home.
And what chattering there Wac when
| the hustle OF ssemblaga was Yar,,
There was but one topic, but thas p IS
Iall-suflcient, all.engfoasing-- g--ihe Ed
Eow's beau-for he must be hex heasas or
Ought 10 be. ~ @%:s
T Everybody had something 10 tell, some :,
thing to wonder about But suddenly
every magpie tongue was hushed, uni
vcrsal stroke of dumb palsy seemed to
have fallen on the group, as, looking up,
they perceived the very lady about whom
they were conversing SO eagerly, stand
ing in the door way. M
Good afternoon, ladies," said she, in
her usual quiet way. 81 am glad to see
so large and happy a gathering, It's a
beautiful day for our meeting
| And then she proceeded to the table
and helped herself to block OF patch
wo'k, inquired for the sewing silk, which
having received, she sat down in the only
vacant chair, and commenced hemming d
very red bird with q yellow wing on a
very green twig, which latter had al
ready been hemmed on to square piece
Of cloth, and the whole when completed,
was designed to form the twentieth part
t>of bed quilt. She seemed all engross-
ed with the birds bill, and spoke to no
one Everybody wondered if she had
heard what they were saying when she
came in but her placid countenance
raised the most fearful, and every one
longed to commence personal attack
Old grandma W was the first to
commences She meant to tdo up the
latter" very delicately, and in SO rounda-
bout way, that the lady should not sus-
pect her Of curiosity. So she began by
prasing Mrs. aE---'s dress.
"Why it is really beautiful. Where
did you get it ?"
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