The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-12-06

Thomas, and. starting into an erect po
silion, size rubbed her eyes, settled her
cap border, and exclaimed,-
Bless my soul. IIe,ty. what was that?
Some body at the door: Who can
be coming here at this time Of tie
nighl?' f.f7F
'.l's not late. mother-only a little
past eight. I'll go and see who it is"
says Helty, demutely, taking the candle
from the table.
"No. Here, you wind up my ball and
sweep up the hearth, while l go TO the
door, says the old lady, whose feet were
struggling in the p-rplexing meshes of the
yarn. ''Drat that catr'
All this time Josiah was standing. on
one foot out on the cold porch, with his
hands in bis over-coat pockets, wonder
ing if Hetty had fallen asleep, and every
now and then giving The door a smar,
rap by way of variety. s.-s.g t..r.-
In her hurry. Mrs. Thomas forgot to
take the candle, and. as she stepped out
into the litlle front entry, the sitting room
door slammed after her. She had her
hand on the haEdl- of the hall door at
the moment. ahd opening it. she sudden
ly found herself in the embrace of IA
stout pair Of aims; whiskeled face in
close proximity To her own; and, before
she could think about the strangeness Of
her situation, she received prolonged
ki>s-a hearty smack-ful upon her vir>
tuouS matron lips. ~ IL.
'Oh. murder! 'Taint Obadiah Meth
er.
She had by this time divested herself
OF the impre ession that it was her usually
sober spouse. who must have come home
in an unusually exalted condition thus to
indulge in such unwonled expression Of
atiec tion. ..rs--s
Get out! Get out. say! Who are
1'u an uiOCI! titiNtS. :
come here! Here's man kissing me
like rnad!'' . - .1,-
But the intruder had by this time dis
covered his mistake-il did not need the
indignant pumntling and scratching OF
the old lady's vi ,orous fists to cause him
to 'elinquish lis bold AMI fly as if pur-
sued by some indign ant ghost.
Heity, nearly choking witt smoihered
laughter. in spite of trepidaii,n, now
came to the Rescue.
4 rever was so frightened in all my
life! The mean scamp! VINO could it
be? H-tty, have you a"y idea? at
But the dutlful daughter was to all ap.
pearances, innocent as sucking dove -
She soolhed the old lady by representing
that i, might have been one of the neigh
bors, who having drank too much, had
mistaken the house and the house wife,
She searched the entry for the missing
spectacles, dropped in the scuflie; ..r
ranged the rumpled cap border; wound
up the tangled ysrn; stirred the irs-all
in the most amiab.e manner possibl.-
and at length had the satisfaction OF see
ing her mother subside TO her chair and
and her accustomed tranquility.
Mrs. Thomas was fully awake DOW
She had new idea in her head, and in
stead of settling herself for another nap.
she pursued the train Of thought and her
knitting both at the same time, with won
derful rapidity. At length stopping and
looking keenIy at Hetty- sfa-He
Il suppose it's a queer idea of mine.
Hettv. but I've notion that man was
'Siah Hawley." -f5 .se a |
My! but if Hetty's face did not fire up
then! You might have lit candle by it.
These incipient symptoms di! not escape
the wary inqui>itor.
| "Pears so to me. Cause those big
v hiskers were O much like his n. and th.
awkward way he gripped me with his
grea Paws! ~rs
Hetty was wonderful busy. She ben;
over her work and drew the needle thro'
$. quickly that the thread snapped. and
then she was so much engaged in thread
ing her needle again she did not have
time TO answer. .. r4ra 81.
Il don't believe that kiss was meant
for me after all. Wonder who it wa in
tended for; and wonder if you don't
know something about it, Hetiy.
"Mei Mo,her?" ..
Yes. you. Hetty. You was mighty
anxious TO get me and pap off to aunt
Ru,h's this evenin.: tut noticed 20,
were slickrd up extraordinary. for all yo,
weren't going. Now. H'tty, I'm grttin
old: know it; but | haven't quite los
my eye-sisht get. I've heard somethin;
about this between you and 'Sah Haw
ley. What are you piayin' possum fur
Ont with it. l say!''
Our 'itlIe scht mer thus ahjured, mad