Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-02-15

matte knees or her rheumatic temper, do
not know but jos, at this crisis, aunt Bet
~ broke down. that 10, shc satk helplessly
INTO chair, and burst into Gt Of hy'teri'
cal crying.
"oh! dear mo, oh, dcar me there
ain, no end troubles in this world. IL
want enough that Godfrey'' cows got in
an! ate up every ont Of my cabbases; II
want enough ,ha,f should have a new
bonnet spiled.,ha, cos, 90 most three dol
Lars. but this ungra,nIul fellow mus, call
me careless afore my face and eye--I. tha,
have always had the name Of being je't the
carefullcs,, pruden,cs'. savings, woman IN
al' Fair Haven. Oh dear mo oh dear
me ="
There are soms men whCm . woman .
tears always .ubdue there are others whom
they only anger. Joe belonged to the lat
ter class. Moreover Joe was rarsimonious
in the extreme. and the idea. that he and
his aunt between them should have demol.
i,hed that wonderful structure for which
he had actually paid three dollars in hard
cash, aroused his decpc., sen.ibill'ies.
81 tell you what ',is, auut Be,sey, said
he. Z" sniyeling won't bring hack the bun.
net. nor the three dollars neither; you d
better stop crying, aud ses what can be
donc. MAJ DO Jennie and LIME can fix i,
up yet. can, afOri to spend three dol.
lar. COR burne. every day. A man that's
ju-, coin to gi, marrei. and sc, up house.
keepin'. can't afford to he cIirava:ani."
A, may be imagined aun, Be,'cy was ~
no means paei6ed, and storm en.ucd which
quite ,ran.eend' my feeble powers Of de-.
crip,ion. II ended. however. di'srace'ully
TO Joe, and hs len tho hou.e. muiterins
something di'rc'pcc,ful and aunt Be'.cy
wa. pu, TO bed the second time in iir more
dilapida,sd condition than beforc. Her g..
nal expression Of opinion. however. a' she
wen, up stairs vas. THAT she'd have ano'h-
er bunns, ,ha, should BE- -, Twice as hani-
some as ,h,, sro one was. II !, cost her all
she was worth. She'd le, youn: u.-iart.
know who was who. that sc wouli.
Speakin' ahou, ge,tin' married AMI set.
tin up to hou.ekecpIn'. and neslec'in' hi.
old aunt! Pretty times the world Was
comm to-
"Ilurrah, girls" exclaimed jim. s he
emerged from hi, conccalmen,. "DIdn'i !
tell you fortune favor. the brave. Sitting
down on aup, Betsy. bc-, bonnie, will
prove TO be tho be', day work I've done Ia
4 long time. III fI u now, eco II don't.'
All our en,rca,ics, however, were no, sut-
feien, TO elsi, the details Of the plan by
which Joe WAS 10 DO " fixed" James only
remarked .hrswdly that "Judkins WAS an
homes, soul, and good irieud Q! bis. and
we'd see"
The mex, morning. Aunt Betscy's chronic
ailnen,s-,enper inc.uded-werc greatly
aggravated. However, 80 ben, was she up
on triumph, ,ha, towards evening she pa.
on her csla.h aud hobblcd down TO Mrs.
Judk,n,' .hop To order another "miraele
Of ART"
Unfortunate che Judkin. had just re-
eeived an order for wedding hats for Lawyer
Grimes family. Corin,hy Ann. the elie.,
daughter was 10 bs maraied next week, and
oil the girls was q comm out In new bon
nets. yellow Grape with roses, Elk, NIL just
alike You know Miss Smith, said the
oolising Judkins. I'D accommodate you
sooner, asreas deal 'ban anybody el'e
know; but then you eco what cant be,
cant. Weddin'' an funerals Is exceptions
to the common order o things aud they
can't be put OF. Besides, Miss smith, that
ere einnet o yourn Was little uncommon
and hain't got another lett n bIt like IT,
and its too late IN tho season to get EN-
from the city. SO. rally, I'm Aieared you u
have to wear your old ono little while
longer and alter ALL 'Ainsa a oad'lo0kin
bunnet, that o your'n.'
Aun, Bet.ey wa. a spectacle OF wrath
when she returned from Judkins'. To hca,
her rail about the young folk, in general
and young folk. who con,smp plated ma,r,.
mony In par,,cula-. made one doubt whe,h.
er the institution had smiled on her.
p,,.,u. ,.,.o, q, other 81. had n, m.
,.n,I ,,m,., ~ caller, ,b,, d,v and m,
story Of Ann, Be,.ev,. misfortune, wa. re.
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