The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-06-30

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don't care enss for that,
All wanted to show is. that fighting dorgs
May tackle the wrong Tom cat
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WHY AUNT SALLY NEVER MARRIED.
"Now, Aunt Sally, do please tell us
why you never married. You know
you said once that when you were a
girl you was engaged to a minister,
and promised to tell us all about it
sometime. Now, aunt, please do"
Well. if ever did see such girls
in my born days, to tease, tease, from
morning till night; you must know all
about everything that you haven't any
business to know anything about.
Such inquisitive, pestiferous critters
as you are! When I was young, girls
We're different; they minded their
business, and didn't go sailing around
with whole string of beaux, getting
their heads full of all kinds of nom
sense, / dever dared to ask my aunts,
married or single, about any of their
afairs.I Pretty mess I'd got into it 1
had. When they offered to tell me
anything of their own accord, kept
my mouth shut and listened. Every
thing is different nowadays, young
folks have no respect for their elders.
But Us / see that 1 am not going to
have any peace till I do tell you, why
just listen, and don't let me hear a
word out of your mouths till 1 get
through"
That's right, Aunt Sally, go right
ahead, do, and we'll keep perfectly
still.nas nsa e4ad4 srf.
Well, you see, when 1 was about
seventeen years old, I was living in
Utica, in the State of New York.
Though Isay it myself, 1 was quite a
good looking girl then, and had sew
eral beaux. The one that took my
fancy most, was young minister, a
very promising young man, and re-
markably pious and steady. lie
thought good deal of me, and I took
fancy to him, and things ran on till
we were engaged. One evening he
came to see mel remember it as
well as if it were only yesterday.
When he came into the parlor where
was sitting alone, he came up to me
an-but pshaw girls, don't like to
tell you the rest"
90, Aunt Sally, for mercy sake
don't stop, tell us what he did ?"
Well, as I said, he came up to me,
and put his arms around me, and
rather hugged me, when 1 got excited
and some frustrated, it was long
time ago, and don't know but what
1 might have hugged him back little.
Then I felt-but now just clear out,
every one of you, I shant tell you any
more"
Goodness gracious, do, Aunt Sally
tell us how You felt. Didn't you feel
good? And what did he do next?"
go, such torments as you areI Il
was like any other girl, and pretty
soon 1 pretended to be mad about it,
and pushed him away, though wasn't
mad bit. You must know that the
house where I lived was on one of the
back streets of the town. There were
glass doors in the parlor, which opened
right over the street, and no BALCONY
or anything of the kind in front of
the house. As it was in the summer
season, these doors were open and the
shutters drawn to. I stepped back
little from him, and when he edged
up close pushed him away again. 1 |
pushed harder than intended to. and
don't You think, girls, the poor fellow
lost his balance and fell through one
of the doors into the street. Yes, it's
SO. AS he fell 1 gave scream and
caught nim-but I declare L won't |
tell anything more. I'm going to |
leave the room. ..5....s s.. -,s.
mo, no, Aunt Sally. How did you
catch him? Did it hurt him much ?"
Well, If must I must. AS he
fell head first, and as he was going, 1
caught him by the legs ofhis trowsers. [
l held on for minute and tried to
pull him back, but his suspenders gave
way and the poor young man fell
clear out of his pantaloons into a
whole parcel of ladies and gentlemen
passing along the street."
30, aunty, aunty, lordy, lordyw
There, that's right; squeal and
giggle as much as you want to. Girls
that cannot hear a little thing like
that without tearing around the room +
and te-he-he-ing in such way as that
don't know enough. to come home
when it rains. A nice time the man
that mafries one of you will have,
won't he? Catch me telling you any 4
thing again." Az paaiIaass /.
"But, Aunt Sally, what became of
hims Did you ever see him again."
mo, the moment he touched the
ground ne got up and left the place in
terrible hurry. / tell you it was a
sight remember to see how that I
man run. Father happened to be q
up the street at the time, and ,
ne said he never saw anything equal
to it in his whole life. I heard Others
say he did the fastest running ever
known in that part of the country,
md that he never stopped to look be-
him until he was two miles out ofl
-own. He sent me a note few days d
ltterward, saying that the engagement y
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