The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-10

whole, ma be she amt the one for me,
perhaps, and it is as well to look further.
| Why what in the world Well, there
what have / been thinking of? There is
Mrs. Davids, as neat as a new cent, and
the master hand to save. She is always
taking on; and she will be glad enough to
have somebody to look out for her,-why,
sure enough! And there l was right at
her house this very day, and never ouce
thought of her! What an old dunce?"
But, fortunately, this not being sin of
commission, it could easily be rectifed
and directly Captain Ben had turned about
and was trotting again toward the red
house on the beach.
Pound for pound of he best white
sugar" he heard Miss lame say as he
ncared the door
white sugar~ repeated Mrs. Da-
vids, her usual sigh drawn out into a
little groan. White sugar for cram
berries Who ever heard of such a
thing? I've always considered l did well
when had plenty of brown"
"Poor creeter!' thought Captain Ben.
"How she will enjoy getting into my
pantry Lyddy never complained that
she didn't have enough OF everything to
do NTH"
| Anu III the lull dTuOT Ol Ills
benevolence, ne went right in and opened
the subject at once. But, to his astonish-
ment, Mrs. Davids refused him. She
sighed, but she refused him
1--WE seen trouble enough already, with
| out my rushing into more with my eyes
wide open," sighed she.
Trouble? Why, that is just what l
was meaning to save you" exclaimed the
bewildered widower. "Pump right in
the house, and stove e'enamost new.
And Lyddy never knew what it was to
want for spoonful of sugar or pound
of flour. And such handy buttery and
sink Lyddy used to say she felt the
worst about leaving her buttery Of any
thing"
"Should thought she would" answered
Mrs. Dayids, forgetting to sigh. How
ever, l can't say that feel any hankerlng
after marrying a buttery. I've got but
tery-roOm enough here, without the
trouble of getting set up in a new place"
Just as you say" returned the re-
jected. Il amt sure you'd be exactly the
one. ! aoas a thinking of looking for
somebody little younger"
Well, here is Persis Tame. Why,
don't you bespeak her? She is younger,
and she is in need of q good home. l can
recommend her, too, as first rate cook" !"
remarked Mrs. Davids, benevolently.
Miss Tame had been sitting little
apart by the open window, smiling to
herself
But now she turned about at once
HIM - said she with contempt.
should rather live under an umbrella tied
to stake, than marry for a hum"
So Captain Ben went home without en-
gagiDg either wife or hOusekeeper.
And the first thing he saw was Captain
Jacob Doolittle's old one-eyed horse
eating the apples Loizah Mullers had
strung and festooned from nails against
the house, to dry.
The next thing he saw was, that, hav-
ing left window open the hens had flown
in and gone to house keeping on their
own account. But they were not, like
Mrs. Davids, as neat as new cent, and
not, also, such master hands to save.
"Shoo! shoe! Get out. Go long there
with you" cried Captain Ben, waving
the dish-cloth and the poker. 81 declare
fort | most had mt ought to have left
that bread out on the table. They'y made
a pretty mess of it, and it is every spec
there is in the house, too. Well / must
make do of potatoes for supper, with a
bit of pie and mOuthful of cake"
Accordingly he went to work building
fire that wouldn't burn. Then, forget
ting the simple matter of hampers, the po-
tatoes wouldn't bake. The tea kettle
boiled over and cracked the stove, and
after that boiled dry and cracked itself
Finally the potatoes fell to baking with
SO much ardor they overdid it and burnt
up. And, last of all the cake jar and pie
cupboard proved to be entirely empty
LOizah had left on the eve of baking day.
1.-The old cat! We'll, I'd just as soon
live on slapjacks SPELL" said Captain
Ben, when he made this discovery.
But even slapjacks palled on his palate
especially when he had them always tC
cook for himself.
"Taint no way to live, this amt" said
he at last. "Fm good mind to marry a.
ever had to eat"
So he put on his hat and walked out
The first person he met was Miss Persi.
Tame, who turned her back and fell tt
picking thoroughwort blossoms as he camt
up.
Look here" said he, stopping short
"Pm dreadfully put tot. l can't get nee
a wife nor nc'er hOuSekccper, and | an
e'enamost starved to death | wish yo,
srould consent to marry with me, if yOl
. feel as if you could bring your mind to it
am sure it would have been Lyddy'
wish"
Miss Tame smelt of the thoroughwor
blossoms.
at comes pretty sudden on me-" sh
replied. g. hadn't given the subject an.
thought. But you are to be pitied in you
situation"
"Yes. And I'm dreadful lonesome Fv
70 hoxv II toll
over things with, and miss her a sight
And / don't know anybody that has he
!, ways more than you have. You are
good deal such built woman, and yo,
have the same hitch to your shoulder
when you walk. You've got something
, the same look to your eyes, too; Inotice
! it last Sunday in meeting-time," continues
the widOwer, apxiOusly.
81 do feel for you. A man alone is in
deplorable situation" replied Miss Tame
I I'm sure I'd do anything lin ray powe
to help you"
We'll, marry with me then That
: what | want. We could be real comfort
: able together. I'll go for the license thi
q minute, and we'll be married right away,
returned the impatient suitOr. You g
, up to Elder Cranes, and I'll meet yO
= there as soon as l can fetch around"
Then he hurried away" without givin
!, me chance to say no." said "she tina
was" Persis Tame, afterward $50 ha
to marry with him, asyou might say. Blu
I've never seen cause to regret it. Nv
. . got first-rate of hum, and Captain Be
= makes first-rate of husband. And N
,, hain't he, hope, found cause to Iegrt
it." she added, with a touch of wifel
q pride; "though / do expect he migh
: have had his pick among all the singl
> women at the Point; but out of them a
9 he chose mae."-Atldntic Monthly.
THE Wayne county (Penn.) Herald says
g " AT or near Beech Pond, this COUNT
2 there lives German who may safely la
claim to being the champion wretch ,
I this vicinity. His wife died some tim
). since, and he made her coffin himself,