The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-10

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rosy, with tho obnoxious rag.bag some
whit discOmpOsed.
"Ain't you ashamed Of yourself NATL
dy Jerome" cried Aunt Prissy, pointing
her long finger, with righteous indlena-
ton expressed on every feature, ITO DO
sparkling with ayoppg man right here In
open dGylightY ...,,'r., .0,
sEIA And why shouldn't we be sparking3"
cried Harry Andrews, as bold as brass,
holding Tilly - little tighter, "when we
mean 70 be married Tomorrow" s.,
Aunt PrissY was stunned, and daZed.
She felt Us II She had been suddenly taken
WITH the blind Staggefs. Without another
word. she walked out Of, the room Us
straight as q candle. Her ideas were 80
completely obfuscated that, instead Of 60:
Ing out Of the front.door, she proceeded
down little pasSageway and on TO- Q
back-porch that led into the vegetable
garden. Behind screen Of lilac and
SNOWFALL bushes voices were Issuing and
peals of merry laughter. ''"
l >! Those were tho tones Of Asa Babbett,
her fayorite nephew. Aunt Prissy's heart
stood still, and then II gave q great jump.
"''Thc old Indy don't suspect thing"
vo;Nlhn WThnrf never WINS stlcI com.
T nISt. en- .S"ll Wnn't she lie Knocked up
I"Son + ;ntro',Uce vo,, 40 her niecoPn
1T';n oimoSt s0rTv Won nlaved such a
prdnE. foT 7 want Tcr "a learn "a like AZ"
K 1,aIl sonhv Ternme's voice that uttered
tI,eSe words ,',D -, ','I VA K, = y
Amt Prissv vnited 10 hear no, more,
n n \ ,nv ) r ro%e she aew down tic
ato%s and nrescn1od horselr before the as.
ton;0I"J Io;r who naturally changed
Hc;r No4it;Gn in haste anal turlieil a vafie.
- nj hrf6ht c6lors .5l1h i.a., '''@st'ai'i
HYon Amt fooled the old woman quite
so hadi nv volI,' thought tor she cried
viii Lcr rveS flashing. and the sbecs lust
rpSdy 10 ti,mbIe 6lftIle lin Of her nose.
SAsa, saw he must face the music; so he
,r;oJ IL .lonTh A. lofgy wDoi1't make too
se ajo n Ting oftt Auntie" said he, in a
cnayingt6ne. "Sophy AMI a bit to blame.
Sid H hi III. 4 MA atI{l meant to confess
ana i,c,E nsr1on beiore d went 10 bed To-.
njSbtHj ",yjJ|J5ijE Whit, pfli ll IlirG
1 RI didn't think you'd do such q thing,
u Rahhctt :" and n series Of div witches
ho% NV n convmisH ia did ladv's month
ana chin VI conld stand 'most anv kind
Nf hpNk0Fi0R md neVef minded VQQF DUts
Tim a hee in INV can, when Won was a
shaver and making me an appie.pfe bed ;
int % tl,inl, Of von're getting promised to
oSe NJ NJ the Jerome oals. and making fool
NJ vonr al Amt into the barQainl n And
ASnt Prissv broke down into a series OF
bvs,ericaI sohs - ~
9Nothing that Asa ar SAMMY could do or
I'D = Snf1sed ' To- racifvl ,kpT u She crent
hcclr over home much Crestfallen. and
onened the sittin0 room door, where Mrs,
Pohhctt wos at work, ,..'.,Ili'-,S ~ ..I---r
1Vo~'vo iii oF YOU abused me. and
trooteJ mo shameful p abe cried. in anger.
1T DON'T geo NOW Won copld lend yourself
fto smch tloinGs, Melinly. / mean to pack
straiTht IN and 90 off and live with Sister
C1lmminps." .0.itGWgs aoHfa. jd5
"come Prissv. don't be rash ;, said the
motron II didn't want YOU to be kept in
10 darl about the wedding: but yorr
hro+her Ren and Asa coniured Il M. and
1on1Jn,t lot me- sneak" IN -, : +
, "Yea prissvn mi in Mr., Babbett. put
tinr m n lonG faee GYou know YOU have
; slcb a hankering amer news and such a
SiTht n c,iriosifv! we thought we'd give
90, n little startm N I,tIf9'J af' - ',i
" hain't no more curiosity than Other
folks cried Aunt Prissy. firing up: and
S a 7 mind nv own affairs as stiddy as
= Won do" .! And with that she rushed into
+ her bed.room, and banged to the door
and showed her bureau against it, and goi
! into red with her SHOES and cap on, &
a thino she had never done before in tht
!. wha7e nnnrse other life. That afternoon
evorvhodv came To the door and begged
! Lor 70 rclent Aso, who truly loved The
= I'D woman almost went down on biz
i kneos tn her. INT her nride had been toe
q deenIv wounded 10 he easily salyed over
- That cveninC she aid shove her burear
n inst FIR enoneh asiie to take cup Of ter
}ron, The hand Of her sister.in.law, ant
that 1vo9 ali m l.'II b7I a51 'Ha
:, '' The :" Teyt morning vhichywas brieh'
: ord hrenSv a ureat in,stle early arose il
h the house: and she knew that all hands
] %wiSre gctfinT readv to 90 TO Asa's wed
: IinS She ennId hear Asa himself tramp
= in% shont overhead and putting on those
msw cIothca. and althoilgh, he was i'm
,nonUolv bannv and hnsv, he did find TIM
q to come and execute one last series o
# thrmns on the cid Ialv's door ~, W.
! y" Come Annie don't hold grudg,
n aroinst n fellow . he coaxed. "Do COM
Il over 70 The wedding, You always sale
f. Son w q, dance ut nv wedding, and nov
Il yon'Ee going TO give me The cold shoulder
n Ht'stoo eonf6unded bad.'' 7.,tl,. .., .-..
, Not n word dii she answer. although
I. her GeNrt thunsped hard and iast. BY an
n hV Mrs Babbctt was dressed ia her blacl
# six lar and a tasteful CAB. trimmed viii
~ nink hows. and Uncle Ben had shaved
h and donned a clean tlickey, and brace