St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-06-09

"Don't sh he your read head at me-"
"Sistcrs!" said the black haired Henri.
otta, "cense this unseemly wrangling.
as Reginald's first wife, shall strew flowers
on his grave - B..
'No, you:.won't;'' said Susan, 't, as his
last wife, shall strew flowers on his grave.
It's my business to strew!"
n"You shan't, so there!" said Henrietta.
"You bet l WILL" said Susan, with a
tear sutfused check, -
S"Well, as for me- said the practical
Betsey, II amt on the1strew, much, but
shall ride at the head Of the funeral pro-
ccssion!" 80.
"Not if Two ever been introduced to my
self, you WON'T said the golden haired
Nelly; 'rhat's my position. You bet your
bonnet strings it is! ..a
"Ch,ldren," said Reginalds mother,
''you must do some crying, you know, on
tho day Of the funeral; and how many
pocket -handkerchers will it take to 20
round? Betsey, you and Nelly ought to
make one do between you -
"l'll tear her eyes out if she perpetrates
sob on my handkerchief said Nelly.
''Dcar duughters-in law" said Reginald's
mother, show unscemly is this anger
Mules is five hundred dollars a span. and
every identical mule my poor boy had has
been gobbled up by the red man. knew
when my Reginald staggered into the door,
yard that he was on The Die, but if I'd only
thunk to ask him about them mules ere his
gentle spirit took flight, it would have been
four thousand dollars in our pockets, and
no mistake! Excuse those real tears, but
you've never felt n parents fcelin's."
"It's an oversight" sobbcd Maria
:sDon't blame u.s." -~
CHAPTER iI1.
DUST TO busr.
The funeral passed off in very pleas
ant manner, nothing occurred to mar the
harmony of the occasion Ry happy
thought Of Rcginald's mother the wives
walked to the grave twenty abreast, which
rendered that partof the ceremony thor
oughly impartial.
CHAPTER ~.
MARRIED AGAIN.
Two years are supposed to elapsc between
the third and f,i:itl chapters of this oriei-
nal American romance -
a manly Norman, one cHenins as the
sun WIS prri';ssitiEs 70 set ntnong a select
apartmcn. Of gold and crimson clouds in
the western horizon-although for that
matter the sun has right to *'set'' whore
it wants to, and SO, may add, has hen
a maLly Mormon say, tapped lightly
at the door of tn" late Reginald Gloverson.
TIC doot was opened by Mrs. Susan
Glovcrson.
''ls this the house of the widow Glover.
son? - the Norman asked.
at is,' said Susan.
"And how manly is there of she ?" in
qulreu the Norman.
''There is about twenty of her, including
myself" courteously returned the fair SUI
san.
''Can see het?' -:
:'You CAM
MADAME" he softly SAID, addressing
the twenty disconsolate widows, Il have
seen part Of you before! And although I
have already twenty five wives, whom I
respect and stenderly care for, can truly
say tn It l never felt loves holy thrill till
l saw thee !! Be mine-be nlinc!' he en-
Enthusiastically cried, ':and we will show the
World striking illustration of the beauty
and truth Of the noble lines, only good
deal more So ".
Twenty-cne souls with single thought
Twenty-one hearts that beat one.
They were united, they were!
Gentle reader, does not the moral of this
romance show that-does it not, in fact,
show that however many there may he Of
q young widow woman, or rather does it
not show that whatever number of persons
one woman may consist of-wcll never
mind what it shows. Only this writing
Norman romances is confusing to the in
tellsct. Suppose " try 1t and see.
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