The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1857-05-28

All the world could not have stopped
them. Other girls were jealous, and held
back; this only gave the Storms clearer
field for operation. What did Mrs.
Storms know about Mr. Mulligan's dis
position? Nothing What did she care
Less What did she think of, but the
swiftest way of marrying off her darling
daughter, and marry her so acel9
And she succeeded in that, too. Sarah
Storms had pretty, infantile face, and
showed a row of teeth as white as curds
whenever she laughed. She had rath-
er tall and graceful figure too, and took
pains to show a pretty foot as often as
Mr.. Mulligan was in the way of seeing it.
And what did he know about women-or
lnatrimony--or any of the finer and fairer
qualities that are so essential to domestic
felicity? Nothing - nothing - nothing.
Sarah was pretty girl, and he liked her
looks-she appeared to be very attentive
to him, and his fancy bewildered and de-
luded him. So he stole over one evening,
and offered himself plump. She didn't
refuse him, and you needn't think she
did. Nor did her mother sit dowl after
he had gone until Sarah had told her the
story, and cried an hour or two about it.
No, kind reader, you know better as well
as | do. They made family Thanks
giving over the event, hoping that every
other family in the town felt like institu-
ting Fast @..l ..
They were married. Sarah Storms
was straightway Mrs Mulligan Some
of the girls said they never would own
such name but it is fair to say Of them
that they were enyious. How could they
help it, when Sarah had drawn the only
prize, and they but abominable blanks
They made great party on the occasion,
and a great fuss. All the town and coun-
try were set in an uproar, just because an
old man was going to marry a young girl
AS if that would mend the matter at all,
when there was no such thing as mend
ing it in the world Mr. Mulligan NOV
ed his new young wife into nice house,
nicely furnished, and told her there she
was, meaning, | suppose, that there was
no hel p for her. But she thought he only
meant that she was the mistress. Every
thing was in order. Everything was fine.
The rooms were newly furnished, but
lacked the cozy look of home The walls
were high and chilly. The atmosphere
was strange atmosphere, and Sarah
didn't know for a time whether she was
going to get used to it. But there she
was, alone and thoughtful. Before this,
she believed that as soon as she was mar
ried, all her old friends would flock in to
see her and express their envy of her
good luck That would have made her
50 much happier, you know. But not a
living soul came near her. A few mid
dle-agcd people, old housekeepers them
selves, dropped in to make wedding calls,
but as for young folks, her schoolmates
and playmates, they kept away from her,
and looked askance at her in meeting.
Never mind !" thought she to herself
"At least, can make up forit, by having
my sisters and my mother around me. "
Yes, she tried that experiment, and tried
it thoroughly. This was the way of it.
She could not bear to be left alone so
much-no young girl could. Therefore,
she sent for her family to come and share
her good fortune freely. And they came.
Susan, and Julia, and Ellen, and Fanny,
and Mary, they were all there, with their
mother, and Elizabeth besides. They
were there every day. Some of them
stayed to dinner some stayed to supper;
some were there all through the evening.
They took the house by storm, without
trying to come short of a pun by sim
Gle letter; overhauled the kitchen, the
parlor, the pantry. In all her domestic
arrangements, great and small, they had
busy and energetic hands. They arrang
ed the table, and hunted over Mr.. Null
ligan's wardrobe They wondered, and
held up their hands, and admired: in
truth, hey-the Storms family-and not
Mr.. Mulligan's wardrobe, became occu-
pants of his newly bought and furnished
house. Mr.. Mulligan began to grow
nettled. s.3 q.
Sarah, said be, one day, "don't go to
your mothers 40 much" Il did not