Smyrna times., 1869-10-20
THE BABY'S SHIRT.

We were all prepared to go to the wedding.
was going, father was going, the gals was GO
ing, and we was going to take the baby. But
come to dress the baby, | couldn't find it lit
tie shirt. Id laid clean one out of the drawer
a purpose; knew Jest where I'd put it, but
come to look for it, it was gone.
For mercys sake" said [ gals, has any
of you seen that baby s shirt p
Of course none of 'em had seen it, and |
looked again, but it wan t nowhere to be found.
" It's the strangest thing in all nature,
says |; "here | had that shirt in my hand not
more n ten minutes ago, and now it's gone,
nobody knows where Gals, says 1, "do
look around, can't YEP"
But fretting and fuming wouldn't find it, so
| went to the bureau and fshed up another
shirt, and put it onto the baby, and at last we
were ready for a start.
Father had harnessed up the double team,
and the gals We're having good time going to
see Mary Ann married, but somehow l
couldn't get over that baby shirt. 'Twant so
much the shirt, but to have anything sperrited
away right from under my face and eyes, twas
too provoking.
What be you thinking about, mama ?'
says Sophrony. "What makes you so sober p
says she.
81 m pestered to death thinking about that
baby shirt" says l. Zone of you must a
took it, I'm sartain, | says.
Now, ma. says Sophrony, says she, "you
needn't say that" And, as | had laid it on
to 'em good many times, they was beginning
to get vexed, and so we had it back and forth
all about that baby's shirt till we got to the
wedding.
Seeing company kind O. put it out O. m!
mind, and | was getting good natur'd again
few minutes, what could have become of tina
baby's shirt till they stood up to be married
and l forgot all about it.
Mary Ann was a real modest creature, ant
was more n half frightened to death, when sh
came into the room with Stephen, and the min
s lister told m to jine hands. She fust gave he
5 left hand to Stephen. "Your other hand,
says the minister, and poor Steve, he was S
: bashful, too, he didn't know what he wa
about; he thought twas his mistake, so b
r gave Mary Ann his left hand. That would
do, any way; but by this time they did kno
a what they was about, and Mary Ann jined he
e left hand with his left then the left with he
g right, then both their left hands again, till
a was all in fdget, and thought they woul
ii never get fixed
e Mary Ann looked as red as a turkey and I
IS make matters wuss, she began to cough
e turn it off, | spose-and called for glass
e water. The minister had just been drinking
d and the tumbler stood right there. L was
narVouS, and In Sucn hurry 10 see IL all oV'
IF with, that snatched up the tumbler and IL
], with it to her for | thought to goodness 81
m was going to faint. She undertook to drin
is l do not know how it happened, but the tur
MS bier slipped, and gracious me if between
he both we didn't spill the water all over her &C
III lar and sleeve.
of was dreadfulIy frustrated, for it looked
1T though twas all my fault, and the first thing
tn did was TO out with my handkerchief and gi
of it to Mary Ann 1t was nicely done up; s.
n took it and shook it out The folks had he
e. in pretty we'll up to this time, but then such
n giggle and laugh as there was. l didn't knC
,r, what had given them such start till look
be and see I'd given Mary Ann that baby's shil
ng And Mrs. Jones, who is big, Aeshy woma
undulated and shook like mighty jelly, wi
Dr. mirth