Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-28
THE SMITHS AND THE BROWNS.

"l'li tell you what it is, wife, said
Peter Smith, and he emphasized the
remark by wise shake of the fore.
hnger, things have got into a very bad
LAY. The farm is mortgaged to the last
49, NJ it IS worth, and l owe a heap OF
than I ,t6esides-more by long Shot
done ?" no" 10 pay. what Is to be
-" I'm sure I u>,,t 49, d.,
piled the bothered ! s; snoW; Peter" re-
too awful bad to be turnlS ou' ~ seems
and home at our time of life. VI nous :s
our son john would only marry ~, n
Browns daughter Sally. it wonId has has
MN out amazingly. The Browns, YOU
see, are well off, and the connection
would De perfect gold mine to rs. Of
course they'd give Sally the bun.
dred acres OF land and things THEY'VE
always said they would" V
That's good idea, wife, and p.
ter frightened up amazingly :. ves.
AWAY was cute woman, and the notion
does you credit. But do you think the
young folks would take to it?n
- don't know, but it seems to mo
that they've always taken a great notion
to each other ever since they were chill.
dren-been more like brother and sister
than anything else"
But suppose the Browns should oh.
lect, as most likely they would. You
know we amt on good terms, thick as
the young folks have been.n
I'll tell you what, Peter, is lust the
thing Tor US to do-put up John to clone
with Sally opo
Agreed. I'll leave it all to vo,, to
manage" W "
Thus the matter was settled. and the
schemlng couple went to bed to dream
OF a speedy release from their financial
embarrassments.
condolences are sometimes of the
most curious character-almost surpass-
ing belief IN some instances. About
the time of the above conversation he.
sWeen MIR. and Mrs. Smith, their neigh
bors, Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Brown. held
an important conference.
DO you remember that note for s;x
hundred dollars I gave for stock last
spring?' asked Jonas.
Yes replied the wife.
Well, it's coming due in about
month, and how under the sun we're
going to pay it don't know
Mortgage the farm"
"We've done that until il can't he
mortgaged for another cent. I'm clean
discouraged; and there's Sally wanting
piano. Where the money is coming
from is more than ] know. We're on
the verge of bankruptcy"
II wish Sally would marry John
Smith-gracious knows they're together
enough to take anotion that way.ns
F." Yes; bat don't see how that would
help us any"
g You don't, eh? Well 1 do. Amt
his folks rich? and wouldn't thew set
him up handsomely? Then we could
stand some chance of getting help
through Sally
"That's a good plan" was Jonas
conclusion, after profound me Citation,
" but the difficulty is, that the Smiths
are not on good terms with us..and
would be Likely to oppose the match"
linen the peses Ian is to set the
young folks up to an alopement."
SO 1T chanced that She Browns and
the Smiths planned to dispose of their
children to their own pecuniary advan-
tage. The next step in each case was
to mold the young ones to the proper
shape. -
John Smith was handsome, brawny
country fellow, with plenty of good
sense and an ocean Of love for Sally
Brown. When his parents proposed
his marrying her, he informed them
that he would gladly do. 80, but he
feared her parents would object. Then
his father slyly suggested an elopement,
and offered to aid in carrying out such
an exploit. John said he would think
about it. :,
Sally Brown was rustic maiden with
much redness of cheek, and rejoicing
in the possession of the lasting comeli-