Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-28
and beg pardon before 1 went to bed to.

night. ~
81 didn't think you'd do such 6 thing
Asa Babbett, ard g series of dry twitche!
began to convulse the old lady's moutl
and chin. Il could stand most any kinc
/ OF hectoring, and never minded your put
ting a bee i'll my cap, when you was
shaver, and making me an apple pie bed
but to think of you're getting promised t.
one of the jerome gals and making a foo
of your old Aunt into the bargain p And
! Aunt Prissy broke down into O series o
| hysterical sobs.
Nothing that Asa or Sophy could do Of
say sufficed to pacify her. She crept bach
over home much crestiallen, and openet
the sitting-room door where Mrs. Babbet
was at work.
you've all of yoF abused me, and treat
ed me shameful r She cried, in anger. s'l
| don't see how you could lend yourself tC
such doings, Melindy. l mean to pach
straight up, and go off and live with Sister
Cummings"
"Come, Prissy, don't be RASH said the
matron. 81 didn't want you to be kept II
the dark about the wedding; but youl
brother Ben and Asa conjured it up, aud
weuldp' t sot rgc speak "
Eyes, Prissy,' put III Mr. Babbett, put
ting on long face. "You know you have
such hankering after news and such a
sight of curiosity, we thought we'd give
you little start"
81 hain't no moro curiosity than other
folks" cried Aunt Prissy, firing up; and |
guess | mind my own affairs as stiddy rs
you DO" And with that she rushed INTO
her bedroom and banged the door, and
showed her bureau against it, and got into
hnI 4, bar oh n l.
had never done before in the whole course
of her lite. That afternoon everybody
came to the door and begged her to relent
Asa, who truly loved the old woman almost
went down on his knees to her; but her
pride had been too deeply wounded to be
easily salved over. That evening she did
shove her bureau just far enough aside to
take cup OF tea from the hand of her
sister-in-law, and that was all.
The next morning, which was bright
and breezy, great hustle early arose in
the house; and she knew that oil hands
were getting ready to go to ksas wedding.
She could hear Asa himself tramping
about overhead and putting on those new
clothes; and, although he was immensely
happy and busy, he did find time to come
and execute one last series of thumps on
the old lady's door. -
t"Come, Auntie, don't hold a grudge
against fellow" he coaxed ''Do come
oyoc to the wedding. You always said you
would dance at my wedding, and now you
are going to give me- the cold boulder.
It's too confounded bad"
Not o word did she answer, although
her heart thumped hard and fast. BY and
by Mrs. Babbett was dressedi in her black
silk, and tasteful cap, trimmed with pink
bows; and Uncle Ben had shaved, and
donned clean dicky, and braced his neck
with a satin stock, and poked his hair up
very high in front, and then they all went
off, and left the house solitary and alone
Aunt Prissy began to feel very forlorn and
more aggrieved than ever. She got up,
pushed the bureau away, and stole out
into the sitting room in her double
gown and list shoes, and peeped forth
from the little cornering window. There
was music playing, and the neighbors'
girls were dotting the green dooryard with
their light dresses. She Thought, with
kind OF dumb swelling of the heart, that
her boy was being married over there; and
she, his old, doting, fond Aunt, was stay
ing away in a fit of the suiks. Why should
she bite off her nose to spite her face?-
They probably wouldn't miss her at ell;
but she mad halt mind TO dress up and
walk over, just for all the world as if moth
ing had happened.
Accordingly the old lady slipped on her
tabinet gown, and donned her gold beads,
and an amazing head-dregs belonging to
the last century and, just as Elder Hal
leck was performing the ceremony of the
double wedding, with the brides looking
as sweet as twin rose-buds, who should
walk in but Aunt Pribsy, for all the world,
as Uncle Den expressed it Gas stiff as
buckrum."
They had good, oId-fashioned. merry
time; and Aunt Prissy actually danced IN
der the waving apple boughs with Uncle
Abner; and Asa put up the old gentleman
to give her a hearty smack, which caused
her to blush and bride a good deal, though
l rather think she liked it.
''Will Aunt Prissy over get reconciled to
the match p whispered Deacon Dents wife
to Mrs. Babbett.
''Law yes. Now Sophy has ceased to be
one of those jerome girls, and has become
Asa S wife, the old lady will think her per
fiction.