Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-03-18

Cnfletmas, ana started. naWidder, seld /,
wfserc shall we 70 to? She blushed and
said she didn't like to say. told her she
must say.
"Weli, Jebuel, if you insist upon it, and
| am to have my choice, I had rather 60
to church." "What for, widde ?" said l.
10, Jehuel, how can you ask me ~
"Cause | want to know" said /.
"Well, (blushing redder than beef, it is
such cold weather now, and the nights are
so awful cold, aud-oh, Jehuel. 1 can't
stand I" 20, pshaw, widdcr, spit it out,
what do you mean?'
The widder riled. She billed right over
like quart Of milk on the fire, and burst
out with "If you can't understand the,
you're hear,'ess brute, so you are
Hold your horses" said what's all
this about? I'm not a brute, nor never
was; and if man called me that Id
boot him, sure"
And then l billed right over, and unbut.
toned my coat collar to keep mo from
Dustin of my buttons. The wiader saw l
was going to explode, or else collapse my
win !pipe, and she flung her arms round
my neck, put her lips to mine, and then
cooled right down.
"Jebuel, dear?' said she, in an insini
vatin' way, and a voice as sweet as hand
organ. "Jehuel, honey, wanted to 60 to
church TO get mar, no, l can't say i, all,
you finish the words, Jehuel. sweet
"What word marm?' "Ob, you stupid
Jehuel, dear. l mean the word married,
love- Married, widdee!" said l, "did
you mean that?' "Indeed l did, Jehuel,
lovel'
"Look here, marm, my name isn't Je-
huel Love, nor Jehuel Dear, nor Jehuel
Sweet, Id have you to know. And won't
&c. married to nobody but one, aud you
are not the she'
O, pewter pennies, but didn't she rave
She made one dash &. me- lodged, and
she went but np against the upper end Of
the omnibus. Crack went her comb, and
smash went that bran new bonnet that |
didn't buy for her, and down she went
with her face in the straw. But in a mo.
ment she rose again, and made one more
dash at me. l dropped-she went over
or1 hntt,I hn oc L.
The strap broke, ahd ou, she went-her
gaiter boots higher than her head, as she
struck the pavement.
"Drise on !" l yelled to the driver -
Woman overheard u cried q passing
tailor.
stop that White Coat breach of pro.
mise-reward-Hera.d-publish! T. sbrek
ed the widder, 10 tones Of morta! agony,
while tears OF blood streamed from her
beautiful pug nose.
Drive on! drive on" l shouted. -
''Wbere 10 2 asked the driver.
ITO the devil - to Harlem, to Mactm' $
dam-anywhere, so that we escape matri-
mony aud The widder."
He started, so did the widder, and then
We had it up The avenue, the bus having
the start by about hundred yards. Foot
~ foot the widder gained. Thinks /, Je -
huel, you are a goner. ] thought it bss;
to Tighten the ship. So FIRST hove over,
board the straw.
Still she gained on me. Then overheard d
went the cushions. But still she gained.
"More steam, driver, for mercy's sake -
| yelled. I'VE arc going faster than the
law allows now be answered. Thirteen
miles an hour"
J.hosephat, how the widder run she
hove of her bonnet aud came up hand
over hand. A thought struck me, so off
with my white coat and flung it righ, down
in her path. She sprang on it like She
panther, and tore it TO pieces. o, how
they flew! / wept to see it go, but life il
swee.er than a coat, aud my tailor is max
lug me new one. Here we gained full
two hundred yards, but on she came again.
Once more could see the green in her
eyes-merciful Moses how I felt!
Driver said !, "kill them horses or
get another mile out of them" "Will YOU
pay for 'em p he said. "Yes, yes" said
!, "only save me from the widder'
By crackey, we did slide the widder no
longer gained, but she held her own beau.
tifully. Thus we had it-ou. past the Red
House-through Harlem--where Captain
Graham with three mounted policemen in
vain attempted to catch us--he probably
supposing that we were running away
With some bank fund. ..s ..a ...@s ~.