Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-03-04

/ CONVINCE you you are SldnQlnS IN YOU
own light, returned Lyddy's widower il
a Perplexed tone.
ii don't need one 20 como from tn
dead to show me my own mind, II
! tOrted Miss Doolittle. firmly.
Well, ike enough you are right,
said Captain Ben. mildly, putting few
stems of barberries in her pail ina be
. t would Mt be best. l don't want 10 b,
rash"
And with that he moved of, on III
whole congratuladng himself he had no
decided TO marry Miss Doolittlc
Il thought, after she commenced hel
miserable gift Of the CAB, that Lyddy
used to be free to admit she had a fiery
tongue, for all they were such friends
And I'm all for peace myself. l guess
on the whole, ma be she amt the one
for me, perhaps, and it is as well to look
further. 1lzII what in tie 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 viii
be glad enough to have somebody tc
look out for her,-why, sure enough
And there [ was right at her house this
very day, and never once thought OF
her What an old Ounce q
But, fortunately, this not being sin
of commission, it could easily be recti.
fed; and directly Captain Ben had
turned about and was tnOtting again to-
ward the red house on the beach.
Pound for pound of the best white
sugar, he heard Miss Tame say as he
neared the door.
white sugar! repeated Mrs. Davids,
her usual sigh drawn out into a little
groan. tEt2zElke sugar for cramberries
Whoever heard of such a thing? I've
always considered 1 did well when had
plenty of brown.
Poor .ereeter = thought Captain Ben.
How she viii enjoy getting into my
pantry. Lyddy never complained that
she did mt have enough of everything to
do 90ztk.
And in the full ardor of his intended
beneYOlence, he went right in and open
ed the subject at once. But, to his as
tonishmept, Mrs. Davids refused him.
She sighed, but she refused him.
I've seen trouble enough Already,
without my rushing into more with my
eyes wide open, sighed she,
Trouble? Why, that IS just what l
was meaning to save your exclaimed.
the bewildered Widower. Pump right
IN the house, and stove e'enamost new.
And Lyddy never knew what it was to
want for a spoonful of sugar or a pound
Of flour. And such a handy buttery and
sink Lyddy used to say she felt the
worst about leaving her buttery Of any
hing"
Should thought she would, answer
I'd Mrs. Davids, forgetting to sigh. How
ever, I can't say that feel any banker
ng after marrying a buttery. I've got
enough here, without the
rouble Of getting set up in new place. "
Just as you say, returned the reject
ID. 81 amt sure as you'd be exactly
he one. l zolaS a thinking of looking
or somebody a little younger.
''Well, here is Persis Tame. Why
ion't you bespeak her? She is younger,
md she is in need of a good home. l
an recommend her, too, as the frst-rate
# a cook, remarked Mrs. Davids,
Miss Tame had been sitting little
part by the open window, smiling to
lerself
But now she turned about at once.
1
hOuld rather live under an umbrella
led to a stake, than marry for hzl55z."
So Captain Ben went home without
either wife or housel<eeper.
And the first thing he saw was Captain
acob DOolittle's old onc-eyed horse eat
ng the apples Loizah Mullers had strung
nd festooned from nails against the |
ouse, to dry.
The next thing he saw was, that, hav-
ng left a window open, the hens had |
own in and gone to housekeeping on
heir own account. But they were not, /
Ike Mrs. Davids, as neat as a new cent, |
nd nat, also, such master hands to save. /
Shoe shoe Get out. Go long !
here with your cried Captain Ben, |
-aving the dish-cloth and the poker. 81 |
eClare for t l most had mt ought to 1
ave left that bread out on the table. |
'hey've made pretty mess of it, and /
IS every spec there IS in the house, too. |
Veil, l must make a do of potatoes for
upper, with bit of pie and mouthful |
cake.
Accordingly he went to work building
fire that would mt burn. Then, for
citing the simple matter of hampers, the
otatoes would mt bake. The tea-kettle
oiled over and cracked the stove, and /
fter that boiled dry and cracked itself.
inally the potatoes fell to baking with
, much ardor they overdid it and burnt
p. And, last of all, the calze-iar and
ie-cupboard proved to be entirely empty.
oizah had left on the eve Of baking
ay.
"The old cat. Well, I'd Just as soon
We on slapjacks a spell, said Captain
en-, when he had made this discovery.
But even slapjacks palled on his pal
-e, especially when he had them always
cook for himself
q T amt no way to live, this amt,
lid he at last. I'm a good mind to
larry as ever had to eat.
So he put on his hat and walked out
he first person he met was Miss Persis
anne, who turned her back and fell to
licking thoroughwoTt blossoms as he
anne up.
Look a here, said he, stopping
lort, 81 m dreadful put to t. | can't
ct ne er 4 wife nor ne'er a housekeeper,
nd am e'enamost starved to death. /
ish you 7oollR consent to marry with
le, if you feel as if you could bring
our mind to it. am sure it would have
cen Lyddy's wish.
Miss Tame snelt of the thoroughwort
Lossoms.
'It comes pretty sudden on me, she
piled 81 had MT given the subject
ny thought. But you ayeto be pitied
your situation.
"Yes. And I'm dreadful lonesome.
We always been used to having Lyddy |
talk over things with, and miss her
sight. And l don't know anybody
lat has her ways more than you have.
on are a good deal such a built woman,
nd you have the same hitch to your
loulders when you walk. You've got
the same look to your eyes, ,
o | noticed it last Sunday in meeting
ne, continued the widower, anxiously. (
Il do feel for you. A man alone is in
deplorable situation,' replied Miss J
anne I'm sure I'd do anything in my '
'wer to help you.
"Well, marry with me then. That is
hat want We could be real COM
rtable together. I'll go for the license {
is minute, and wen be married right
yay," returned the impatient suitor.
"You 90 up to Elder Cranes, and I'll