The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-07-11
From the N. Y. lie igef.
A SURPRISE IN THE ENEM Us
CAMP,

| Little Mihcent A yle,ner was regula,
grim castle Of penance; sent away from
her cosy little home in a neighborisg vii
| iage just because she had the good taste tc
declare that she wouldn't marry old Doc
tor Smart, lame in one foot, deaf in both
ears, fifty years old, and worth mini
money and that she acoutd marry Altr.,
Brown, who had absolutely nothing to re-
commend him, save youth, high spirits, and
good looks!
W he ever heard of such obstinacy g.
No wonder, that under these circulnstan
ces, the course Of true love appeared like
verp deep and unpromising stream, with
a broken b,idge, and no particular ford
Well! after such d piece of unaccount
able heresy as this, there WAS nothing for ii
$50 council OF assembled gossips and
wiseacres, assembled in solemn concave
over her sins, decidedly but to banlsh he,
straightva, to the house of Aunt Bethuah
her mothers maiden sister.
because" said old Mr.. Ay'mer, rap
ping the lid of his huge silver snuff box by
way OF emphasis, "lf she remains here, that
Young scamp Alfred will be hanging round
continually. You can't keep him away"
sAnd besides" added the mother, medi
tatingIy posing the darning needle on the
edge OF her thimble while the blue wool
len ornanented her left hand, "Belhuall
will soon bring her to reason, and she'll
have time to reflect what all excellent match
the Doctor ls!"
'rhere's ons great advantage!' said Mr.,
Aylmer, with a mlschievous twinkle in the
eye, the Doctor wont have nang rivals at
Bethuah's, for the old LAZY woulu sooner
admit wild hyena into her house. any
time, han a man!'
"AlI the better" responded the chorus
Of counsellors. with a general nodding of
false curls and shaking of cap borders, aud
So the unhappy delinquent WAS packed off
to Miss Behuah Sk,llets virgin domiciA;
IN the city, where she had been negotiating
lor nearly week, when that bleak rainy
day ,lawned upon our story.
Poor little l'risoned bird, she had count
ed the stiff green roses in the carpet, until
she knew that there were just slxtythree
Of them, and thilty-nine impossible look
ing buds; she had wondered how on eartn
those monster bows of mouse coloreu rib
bon, on Aunt Bcthua'1's muslin cap, ever
got into sucn queer shape, until she was
tired; she had read every recipe In the
Cookery Book, and looked at .he outside of
Blairs sermons, until her heal acheI, and
now she was watching the steadfast drop
ping of the rain, which had began to come
down furlousiy.
Miss Skillet sat ov the e., stiff and grim
az the grenadier of the nursery rhymes,
her knitting work in her hand and her
spect acles poised geometrically on the bridge.
ol her Roman nose Her morning busi-
ness was all transacted--she had washed
up the odd little china breakfast cups,
bristling with an indeseribable pattern OF
Chinese pagodas and dragnns--chiua that
not even old Ham h, her kitchen prim-
minister could be trusted with. She had
Ii Used one unfortunate little speck OF dust
INTO the fire place, and 'straig glltened things
up generally. Aunt Bethuall's house was
a model of prime order, and angular Old
maid lsm-the very clock ticked under its
breath-the red GOALS dropped into the ash
es with mutfl1d sound---the tongs and
shovel stood erect in metallic dignity, and
the cat on the Learth rug purred by rule
and plummei!
sit up straight, Millicentr' said the Old
lady, reprovingly, land put them plaguey
curis back Of Your ears. I'd have 'em cui
off if WAS you-round in your eyes tht
whole time! Now you needn't sulk about
it! | know jest Ghat you're thinking
about-you're mad because | sent that i'm
pudent youngsfelow IF yesterday. with 4
flea in bis ear. Yes, and III do it agin
never saw anything 60 cool as llo va: