Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-06-14

lean sovereign Of the female gender
"Feminine,' in errupted Jcrushia.
.Well, if a feminine is not female, Id
like to know why"
.Eut table is feminine" said Jerushia.
I. as it2H
eyes, in Latin"
"Ohv' said Aunt Clara. She had been peep
ing in Jerushias grammar, too, and winked
at me as she spoke. Jerushia detected her
and said.
"You are only making fun Of me with your
proxies and your genders.'
She had stolen march on both Of US. Un-
der cover Of this historical and grammatical
skrmish she had Withdrawn all her relicks,
and click went the key in the bureau drawer.
"Cone children, your mother wants YOU
said Aunt Clara, after this masterly rctire>
ment Of her stores. And she settled herself in
her easy chair with as much of the "do-go-
away expression as her face would convey.
No, aunty we're not going till you tell US
how you married by proxy
'Dear, how you children catch up body 9
words! One cant speak before yoa.' Here
sh dropped a stitch in her knitting, AMI after
suitable time spent in getting fair start
again, she continued. .They say marriages
are made in heaven; and shall find my hus
band Their il &c, there myself, hope. lent
him to mutual friend, and she had the use
Of him in this world as long as she lived. That
picture was his portrait. He was pledged TO
me, ana 10 him. Ineed not tel! you all the
circumstances OF the coustship-
.'Oh yes, aunty, do.n
"No, they have always come to the same
thing, from the beginning Of time, and YOU will
find oat soon enough. Well He
f.WLo?'
"Hs," said Aunt Clara, sand that's as near
as you'll ever come TO his name Well. lie
offended me very much once--that is, | let on
to be offended and was sharp with hin-too
sharp"
$50 you lost him p
.No, married him BY proxy. Just then she
came - live in the aeghuothood--'
"Nho?H
"Nhy She said Ault Clara. He and She
will do just az well 10 ak about, as NJ aud \
in The Marriage Service; and are better uu-
ders.ood He is o. the male, and She Of Tie
female gender
JerusAia lips partel. But she saw the
twinkle in Aunt Clara's eyes, and spared Us
the lecture on grammar.
They were 10 be married in about we~k.
There came knock at our door one eYea.ng
and WHO should il be but lie And lie had
the assurance TO walk into the parior and ask
for mel Your father w.s dreadful angvy,
aud oaerel 50 in ana send him away.
said could manage my own matters. IL
went, and lie sald u great many things, ike
great baby WHO dld net know his owu mind
had him tiIen and | was really ashamed OF
human nature III the naie gender No We
man can ever be as foolish the men Gre.
III. HI have made him liable 10 breach OF
prom sc suit. Blu, would ut, ard | did nt-
had been town-taiA once ana lived through
II, and was afraid to Try it ae ain; AID would
not ii | had ut been afraid. SO they We're
was 10 lue Till looked into your history. She
was my proxy. lie married her, but lie loved
me. II there was any satisfaction in that it
was mine. He ould mt take back that pics
tuie. SO Kept it, aud it has been quite harm
less, W.. ich is more than all husbands turn
out 10 be. He failed in business. well, says
/, my husband how do yeu like that?s
"Did you ASK hiin, sand Jerusha.
Lawful sakes Guild, but you are matter-of
fact. "Well, says |, my !lroxy, how does it
please you = i don't thiuk was gate glad
50 hard by proxy as il would have doac if
had been ashamed TO wear my fve-Luuaied
dollar furs and turhelows 10 meeting as she
was. But there, men are like cats. and he
was on his teet directly. l was not quite
sorry and ON tie whole, l concluded tbat
these experiences were just as we'll gone
thr 1ugh with at secondhand.
"Presty soon there came 10 ne other He's
Offering their hearts and hand. But had
about concluded that men hearts are nowhere
and their hands are amazing slippery. No
thank yon,' I thought, burnt child breads
the FIRE, and see how things are working by
proxy So you know, girls, how you came
TO have maiden aunt. kind Of felt as
though it would have been bigamy in me 10
ri, n, I i,,l .l,.,
he was leant out.
"By>and-by, my child was born by proxy
that is, the child that would have been my
pwby- dowpy, only for the accident cfa sharp
worder so. | felt wonderful deal of inter-
est in that baby. liked to look at her dear
ly and I may honestly say I loved her.
though never touched her. or spoke word
to her in my life, Distance lends enchant-
ment to the view especially when it is babies
you are looking at. had AZ the comfor.
and meme Of the trouble.
.srhey had many ups and downs. Ee and
She, and oil the usual family dispensations:
measles, scarlct.fever chicken-pox, scarlet
ina, vaccination, teething, and Godfrey's Cor>
dial. had only to look at them at a distance
nnl say to myself, well Miss. aren't you glad
that You are Miss stin, and were never mis-
le into Mrs.?' II is wonderful how easy
body can take things that happen to other
people
Il should have been so mad, said Jerusha,
'tha, never should have looked at or spoken
to them,n