The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-16

d she he'd her eyes everywhere, and tie
up all the ends - tight that thel
I want no gettin round her. Sh
! wouldn't let nobody put nothin' off o
; Parson Carryl, 'c.,use he was a mini:
ter. Huldy was lllers up to anybOd
that wanted to make a hard bargain
r and afore he knew jist what he wa
about, she'd got the best end of it; an
) everybody said that Huldy was th
most capable gal that they'd eve
: traded with.
: "Wal, come to the meetin' of tn
association, Mis- Deacon BlOdgett an
Mis- Pipperidge come eallin' up to tn
parsons, all in a stew, and Offerin
their services to get the house ready
] but the doctor jist thanked 'em quit
quiet, and turned 'em over to Hubby
and Hubby, she told 'em she'd 90
everything ready, and showed zen
! her pantries and her cakes and he
pies and her puddin's, and took ZEN
all over the house, and they wen
peakin' and pokin', openin' cu'bOarC
doors and loOkin' into drawers, anC
they couldn't find SO much as thread
out o. the way, from garret.. to cellar
and so they went off quite discOn.
tented. Arter that the women set 6
new trouble a brewin'. Then they
begun to talk that it was a year now
since Mis- Carryl died, and it rally
wasn't proper for such young gal tC
be stayin' there, who everybody could
see was a seJJln' ner cap for the min
ister.
fMis Pipperidge said that so long as
she looked on Hubby as the hired gal
she hadn't thought much about it, but
Huldy was rally takin' on airs as an
equal, and appearin' as mistress o.
the house in a way that would make
talk If it went on. And Mis- Piper
idge, she driv round up to Deakin
Abner Shows, and down to Mis- Lii
jah Perry's, and asked them if they
wasn't afraid that the way the parson
and Hubby was goin' on might
make talk, and they said they hadn't
thought ont before, but now, come to
think ont, they were sure il would,
and they all went and talked with
somebody else, and asked them if
they didn't think it would make talk.
81 come Sunday, between meetin's
there warn't nothin' else talked about,
and Hubby saw folks a noddin' and a
Yhkin' and lOOkin' arter her, and
greable. Finally Mis- SaWin, she
says to her, My dear, didn't you new
erthink folks would talk about you
and the ministerT
s'No; why should they p says HUI
dy quite innocent.
''Well, dear says she, Il think it's
a shame, but they say you're tryin' to
each him, and that it's SO bold and
improper for you to be courtin' of him
right in his own hOuse-you know
| fdks will talk-I thought I'd tell you
'aase think so much of yOu,' says
sic.
"Huldy was a gal of spirit, and she
6spised the talk, but it made her
Gefful uncom Portable, and when she
ct home at night she sat down in the
morning glory porch, quite quiet, and
dan't sing a word.
The minister he heard the same
thing from one of his deacons that
dRE and when he saw Hubby so kind
alent he says to her, why don't
yIlsing, my child p
HE he'd a pleasant sort o. way
Z " IA AlAAL1 IAAC anu IL oil
cone over her that perhaps she ought
ed 1p so she couldn't hardly speak,
AMI says she, Il can't sing tonight
Says he, you don't know how
much Sood your singini has done me,
nor how much good you have done
me il all ways, Hubby. l wish
knewhow to show my gratitude
"ph, sir says Hubby, 'is it i'm
proPr for me to be here q
mo, DEAR said the minister,
genly, but ill-natured folks will talk,
buthere is one way we can stop it, !
Huly-if you will marry me. You'll !
mae me very happy, and IIl do all
canO make you happy. Will you? |
wal, Huldy never told me just /
What she said to the minister-sals |
I1aEs dn1H;~. give you particulars Of /
theI ere things JUST as you'd ike em /
oily L know the upshot and hull /
on'was that Hubby, she did a con-
sidable lot o. clear starchin' and /
iroIn' the next two days, and the
FRAY o. next week the minister and /
shGOde over together to DR.. La
thD's, in Old Town, and the doctor,
| he st made 'em man and wife, spite
of nvy Of the Jews as the hymn
say Wal, you'd better believe there
wa a starin' and a wonderin'
ne:Sunday mornin' when the sec
OnOell was tOllin' and the minister
waed up the broad aisle with Hull
! dyll in white, arm in arm with
hiI and he opened the minister's
peRnd handed her in as if she was a
prbess, for you see ParsOn Carryl
cor of good family, and was a born
| geleman, and had a sort o. grand
waO' bein' polite to women folks.
"al, 1 guess there was a Iuslin'
amg the bunnets. Mis- Pipperidge
gin great bounce, like corn pOppin'
onshOvel, and her eyes glared thro'
heiasses at Hubby as if they'd a sOt (
hefire, and everybody in the meet :
inbuse was a starin', tell yew.
Bhey couldn't none of 'em say !
nom agin Huldy's frock, for there
wat crimp nor frill about her I
thga'n't jis' so, and her frock was ,
as ite as the driven snow, and she {
haer bunnet all trimmed up with {
VIII ribbons, and all the fellows said
th'd doctor had stole a march and {
gote handsOmest gal in the parish. (
'al, arter meetin' they all come {
'rol the parson and Hubby at the {
doshakin' hands and laughin, for :
byat time they was about agreed {
thhey'd got to let putty we'll alone. i
Why, Parson Carryl,' says Mis- I
Den BlOdgett, 'how you've come it {
, oYs.' 1
'es, said the parson, with a kind i
O. nkle in his eye, Il thought, says 6
he folks wanted to talk about HUI I
: dyl me, I'd give 'em sOmethin' {
: wtalkin' about - Woods House
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