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Mary AIMS Wedding.

Mary AIMS Wedding. ~
1--WE Were all preparing said. Mrs Jones
"to 20 to the wedding. ~ going, futher
was going, gals were going, and we were
gong to take the baby, but come to dress the
baby, couldn't find the baby's shirt. Id laid
a clean one out Of one of tho drawers on pnr.
pose. know'd jist whereI had put it but
come to look fort'twas gone"
For mercys sake T. says I. gals" says !.
"has any on We seen TINT bahy's shirt :"
.'Of course, none of 'e,n had seen it; and
looked and looked, and looked again. but
twuut nowhere to be found. It's the stranpest
thing in nll NATURE" enid ]. hero had the
shirt in my hand not morn than ten minutes
ago. and now its gone. aud nobody can tell
where Inevcr seed the beat. Gals" says |.
do look around can't YER But freiting
wouldn't find il ; SO gave,t up. and went
to the bureau. aud fishel up another shirt, and
put onto the baby, aud at last We Were ready
for u start.
Father harncssed mp double tenn--we
drove the old white mare then. and the gals
| and all was having good time, going to see
Mary Ann marrie Tut somehow couldn't
| git over that shirt. "rwnnt the shirt so much.
hut to have anything spirited away from und' r
my face and eyes SD. twas pr"r"kin i
! What We thinking about, ,nutiicrF says
~"pllro"y. "whut makes you look so sober
says she.
I:n rtstered to death. thinking about thu,
ere SHIRT. Que of yon musL hav. took il, am
c.rtain," saysI
".>ow, INA, SAYS Sorhrony, ''vou needn't shy
that" ,"-,nl as III laid it onto her n gno
nmnv times. she was isgi"nin! in get vvxrd
and 50 We had it buck md 18th. aud al. about
that haby's shirt. till we got to the wedding.
Seeing company kinder pnt it on, of mind
an | WAS getting COOL naurr'i a.ain thou. h
could not help sayius t" myself every few
minutes, what could have BECOME OF that
shirt!'' till ut last they s.o"l up to be IN srriei
aud forgot ulI bout it.
| Mary Ann Wis a real modest creature, and
wa. nlnr'n half frightened to death when sh-
ca,ur into the rou with Stephen, a"d the
minister tod them To jIne hauls she first
gave her left hnui I" Stephen. "iour other
hand. SAYS the minister and poor Steve. he
was.so b,s,ful. too. he didn't know what he
was about he thought twas his mistake and
that the minister meant him, 8" he gave Mary
Ann his left hand. That wouldn't do. any
way. II Lett haud..l marriage all around; but
hy this time they didn't know wha, they were
about and Mary Ann joined her right hand to
his lefi then her left with his right. then i,", h
their hands again, until was Of fdgrt, und
thought they never would get fixed.
Mary Ann looked red turkey and to make
matters worse she hegan To cou ;!,, t" turn it
otf | suppose, and called for a glnss Of water.
The minister had Just been drinking and the
tumbler stoo'l right there, and wis nervous.
and III such hurry TO see it all over with, l
kctced up the tumber and run with it 10 her,
for thought to goodness she was going tn
faint. She undertook to driuk-L don't know
how it happened bu, the tumb!er slipped and
gracious me-, If between us we didn't spill the
water all over the collar umd dress.
wus dreadful Iv fluserel, for it looked a.
though, it wns Inv fault, aud the first thing
did Was to out with my handkerchief and give
it to Mary Ann it WAS nicely done up. and
she took it. Tie folks had held in pretty well
up to this time, but then such giggie and
laugh as there was. didn't know what had
given them such start, till l""kel and seen
that I'd sive Mary Ann that bnJgx shirt r
Here Mira Jones. who is n very fle.Iy woman
nm iuInted and shook like mighty jelly. with
her mirth and il was some time before sh.
could proceed with her narrative.
Why" sad she. with tears If laughter run
n,ng down her cheeks, "rd tuckcdit into my
dress for. a 'kerchief. That came from being
absent minded and are .f.dgt." ?. >-,:''
"And Mary Ann and Stephen-were they
! married after all T.
"Dear me. yes" snii Mrs Jones. land it
turned out t" lie the gnyest wedding that
| ever attended" ..-
And the lnhy's shirt. Alre. Jones I"
"la me- sai Mrs Jones "how Young folks
do "sk questions. Everybody agreed 1 ough,
t" Wnkr Mary Ann n present ont"
"Wcl. Mrs. Jonesf'
I "W"li." said Mrs Jones. "'twant long fore
she had use for it. And that..s Tue emil Of the
story.
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