The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-03-31
The Reason Aunt Sally
Married.


Now, Aunt Sally, do please tell Us why
you never married. You know you said
once that when you were a girl you were
engaged to a minister, and promised You
would tell Us all about it sometime Now,
Aunt, please do.
Nv ell, if ever did see such girls in all
my born days. 1t 5 tease, tease from
morning till night, but what you must
know al about everything that you have
Il any bu>inesS to know anything about.
Such InqulslrIvc, pestiferous critters as
you are When | was young, girls were
different; they minded their business and
dIdn 80 sailing around with a whole
string ot beauX, getting their head filed
with all kind, Of nousense. | never dared
to ask my aunts, married or single, about
any OF their affairs Pretty mess Id get
Ia II had. Y hen they offered to tell me
anything Of thcIr own accord, | keep my
tcIeut now days; young folks have no re
sprct Tor tAtl. elders. But as see | II
not gong to have any peace ill DO t"]l
why just listen, and don let me hear a
war1 ont # ouu Of Your mouths till get
through.
That's rilht, Aunt sally, 60 hight
ahead, do aud We /. kecp perfectly still.
W ell, you soe, when | WAS about scv
entcen years old was living in Utica, in
the STATE Of New York. Though say il
myself, ! was quite 4 good looking girl
til u, and had several hcauX. The one
that .ouk my fancy most was a young min
,tcr, very promising young man AMI re
markahiy pjou> and steady. lie thought a
good deal OF me, and had kind OF fancy
to him, and things ran On till We We were
engaged
"Oue evening lie came to mel remem-
Der it as well as il it were but yesterday.
When he came into the par lor, where |
was sitting alone, he came up to me and
but n,>y, p>haw girls, don't like to tell
the rest
''Gh, Aunt Sally, for mercy sake, don I
stop: cell Us what he did. ''
w ell, a. said, he came up TO me and
put his arms around me, and rather hug
ged me, while | get excited and some
frustrated. and 1t Wa a long time ago, and
| don't Kuov but what | might have hug
ged him back a iittic. Then tslt-hnt
now just clear ont, every one Of YOU, |
>hau tell you any more.
'GOoduesS, gracious, no. Aunt sally,
tell Us how you ieit. Didn you feel good,
and what iId be do neXt?'
"Oh. such tormentS as YOU are | was
like amy other gu, and pretty soon | pre-
tended 10 be mad about it, and pushed
him away, though | want mad bit. You
must know that the house whore | lived
was On one Of The back streets of the town.
There were windows in the parlor. which
opeucd right ont over the street, and no
balcony or anything Of the Kind in front Of
n. s In he n
son these doors were opened and shutters
Just down, too. | stepped back a little
from him, and when he edged up close |
pushed him away again | pushed harder
than | intended to, and don't you think,
girls, the poor fellow lost his balance and
tell through one OF the doors into the
street Yes, it's 50. ~ he fell | gave a
scream aud caught him-but | declare |
wont tell any more. I'm going to leave
the room.
Nc, nc, Aunt Sally How did you
catch him? Did 1t hurt him much =
Nv ell, ii must, mast. He tell head
first, and as he was going caught him by
the LEGS of his trow>ers. | held on for a
minute and tried to pun him back, but his
su~gcnders gave way, and the poor young
man fell clear out Of his panialoons into i
whole parcel Of ladies and gentlemen pass
lnc on the street.
oh. Aunty, Aunty, Lordy, Lo-dy
lie, he, he =
There. that's right; giySle and squea
as much - you want to. Girls that can
hear about a little thing Ike tha, without
tearing around the room, and he he-ins il
such way, don't know enough 70 come
I home when it rains. \ nice time the mar
. that ever msrries one OF you vii. have
wyn' he? Catch me telling you anything
again.
/ But Aunt Sally, what became OF him
/ Did YOU ever see hin again?
No. the moment he todched the GROUND
/ he got up and left that place IL I te.rlul'
hurry. tell you il was terrible sight t
! be remembered, TO see how that man did
run. Father happened to be coming VI
! tn. street at the tIme, and he said he never
saw anything to eqlal it in his whole life
/ | heard Others say that he did ;Fe tastes
running ever known in that part OF h,
country, aud that he never stopped an,
locked around until he was two miles ou
I Of town. Tie sent me note q few cay.
/ afterwards saving that the eagaEeEeu