The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-05-08

Why Aunt Sally Never Got Ma rried.

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| 'sNow, Aunt Sally, do please tell u
why you never got married. Yo
know you said once that when yo,
we're a girl you were engaged to
minister, and promised you would tel
US all about it some time. Now Aunt
please co." ga9I aaa ail al..H ,'-l.-
swell, i'll ever did see such girls il
my born days. s It's tense, tease, from
morning till night !; you must know
all about everything you havn't N,
business to know anything about
Such inqnisltive, pestiferous, critters
as you are! When 1 was young girl,
were different F. they minded thei
business, and didn't go sailing arount
with wholeostring of beaux, getting
their heads filled with all kinds OF
nonsense. never dared ask my aunts
mar ried or single, about any of theil
affairs. Pretty mess I'd have GOT in il
1 had. When they offered to tell mt
anything of their own accord, | kent
my month shut and listened. Every
thing is different nowadays; y0nng
folks have no respect for their elders.
Bntas see I'm not going to have any
peace till l do tell yon, Why just listen,
and don'tlet me hear a word ont Of one
of your mouths till I get through .
I "Tbat's right, Aunt Sally; go right
ahead. do, and we will keep perfectly
still" 'G.t" sFs.'i lag 10 -. s-..st
swell, you see, when I was about
seventeen years old, was living in
Utica, in the State of New York
Though say it myself, l was quite
a good looking girl then, and had sew.
eral beaux. The one that took my
fancy most was a young minister, a
very promising young man, and re-
markably7pious and steady He
thought a good dsal of me, and I kind
of took fancy to him, and things ran,
on TIL we were engaged. One even
ing he came to mel remember it as
well as if it were only Yesterday.
When he came into the parlor where /
was alone, lie came up to me and-but
now, pshaw! girls, l don't like to tell
the rest" $500 la.. 10 aota79f
"Oh, Aunt Sally, for mercy's sake,
don't stop; tell us what he did"
"Well, as said, he came MP to me.
and put his arms around me and rather
rugged me, when got excited and
some frustrated it was long time
ago, and ! don't know bnt what
might have Rugged him back little.
Then l ftIt-but just now clear out
every one of you, shan't tell YOU auy
more" i@ 90 -&s r-U a1.
Goodness, gracious no, Amt Sa,l,.
Do tell us how you felt. Didn't YOU
feel good And what did he do nextPr
''Oh, such torments as you are. II
was like any other girl, and pretty
soon pretended to be mad about il:
and pushed HIN away, though wasn't
mad a bit. Yon must know that the
house where lived was on one of the
back streets of tile town. There were
glass doors in the parIor, which opened
night over the street, and no balcony
nor anything of the Rind in front of
the house. As it was in the summer
season, these doors were open and the
drawn to. 1 stepped back
little from him, and when he edged
Ip close | pushed him back again. II
pushed harder than intended to, and
iont You think, girls, the poor fellow |
ost his balance and fell through one |
II the doors into the street. Yes, it's
70. AS he fell 1 gave a scream and
'auglit him-but declare won't tell |
lnything more. I'm going to leave
he ROOM" ,stltg,>z. ] hga H3s mHt
"No. no, Aunt Sally. How did you
'atch himF Did it hurt him much?
"Well, if I must, l must. He fell
lead first, and as he was going /
anght him by the legs Of lis trow sers.
held on for Il minute and tried to pull
i'm back, but his suspenders gave
ray,' and the poor ) Dung man fell clear
mt of his pantaloons into whole
..arcel of ladies and gentlemen passing
long the street." Hozz.iE ~ .s=cG
"oh,iAunty, Aunty, Lordy, Lordy p
! "fhere, that's right, squall and
'igele as mnch as you want to. Girls
hat can't bear little thing like that
Without tearing around the room, and
e-he-ing ia such a way, don't know
nougll to come home when itrains.
nice time the man who marrics one
# you will have, won't lie I Catch me
cling you anything again. da'7ii
"But Aunt Sally, what became of
lint Did Sou ever see him againe"
."No; the moment lie touched the
round he got up. and left that place
n terrible hurry. ! tell you it was !
light to be remembered to see how he
lid run. Father happened to be COM
ng up the street at the time; and he |
aid he never saw anything to equal il
n his whole life. , Ibeard' others sa,
'e did the fastest running ever known