Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-02
STORY OF A wEDDING.

We was all prepared to 60 to a wed
ding. / was going, father was going, the
gals was going, and we was going to take
the baby. But come TO dress the baby,
/ couldn't find its linen shirt. I'd laid 8
clean one out of the drawer on purpose,
knew jest where I'd put it; but, come
to look for it, it was gone.
s'For mercy's sake, " says I, s'gals, has
any of you seen that bsby's Shirt"
Of course some of 'em had seen ii, and
looked again; but it wasn't nowhere to
be found.
SITS the strangest thing in all natur, v
SEE /; ''here had that shirt in my hand
not more'n ten minutes ago, and now it's
gone, nobody knows where. GALS SEE ]
''do look round, can't YET"
But fretting and Tuning wouldn't find
it, so l went to the bureau and fished up
another shirt, and put onto the baby, and
at last we was ready for a start.
Father had harnessed up the double
team, and the gals was all having good
time going TO see Mary Ann married; but
somehow l couldn't get over that baby's
shirt. 1t wasn't SO much the shirt; but
to have anything sperritted away right
from under my face and eyes, twas too
provoking.
'What be you thinking about mammal
SEE Sophrony. "Whst makes you so
sober?" SEE she.
'I'm pester'd to death to think about
that baby's shirt" SEE /. cone of you
must have took it, sartin," SEE /.
'Now, ma, SEE Sophrony, SEE she,
'tyou needn't say that
And, as laid it onto 'em good many
times, they was beginning to get Vexed,
and so we had it back and forth all about
the baby's shirt till we got to the we'd
ding.
Seeing company kind o. put it out O.
my mind, and l was getting good natured
again, though l couldn't but say to myself
every few minutes, what could have be-
come of that baby's shirt? till they stood
up to be married, and forgot all about it.
Mary Ann was real modest creature,
and was morn half-frightened to death
when she came into the room with Ste
phen, and the minister told 'em to jine
hands. She first gave her left hand to
Stephen. ''Your other hand" SEE the
the minister; and poor Steve, he. was so
bashful, too, he didn't know what he
was about. He thought twas bis mistake,
so he gave Mary Ann his left hand. That
wouldn't do, any way; but by this time
they didn't know what they was about,
and Mary Ann jined her left hand with
his left, ard then the left with his right,
then both their left hands, till was all
in fidget, and thought they would never
get fixed.
Mary Ann looked as red as q turkey,
and to make matters worse, she began 10
cough, to turn it off, 1 s'pose, and called
for glass of water. The minister had
jest been drinking, and the tumbler stood
right there. was so nervous and in
such hurry to see it all over with, that
l ketched up the tumbler and ran with it
to her, for l thought to goodness she was
going to faint. She undertook to drink
l do not know how it happened, but the
tumbler slipped, and, gracious me! if
between US both we didn't spill the water
all over her collar and sleeves.
l was dresdfully frustrated, for it
looked as though twas all my fault, and
the first thing l did was to out with my
handkerchief and give it to Mary Ann. 1t
was nicely done up. She took it out, the
folks had held in putty well up to this
time; but then such giggle and laugh as
there was. l didn't know what had given
them such a start till looked and see. l
had given Mary Aun that baby's shirt.
Here Mrs. Jones, who is q big, f1eshy
woman, uudulated and shook like "a
mighty jelly with mirth, and it was some
time before she could proceed with her
narrative.
"Why," continued she, while tesrs of
Laughter ran down her cheeks, '1'd
tucked it into my dress pocket, instead of
q handkerchief. That come of being ab-
sent-minded and in fidget."
'tAnd Mary Ann and Stephen-were
they married after all2"
Dear me, yes" said Mrs. Jones; Sand
it turned out the gayest wedding l ever
attended,