Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-28

full man on tho spot. AS It was.
+. only murmured some unintellipibI,
2 thanks, and slipped his card into m,
a pocket, as mcinen.o of moderi
Q knight.
: We were to have stopped all nigh
g in Philadelphia. As the train ncare,
r the city now perplexity seized upo1
d me. Where could go? Ii il wer.
!, daylight l might remain In the ladies
= waiting-room; but Fred would mo-
arrive until nearly ten at night.
had no money to pay hackmau, &c
TO hotel, or even to get my suppal
A sudden thought flashed into IN,
mind. Aunt Tabby lived in Phila.
dolphia. l had directed letter tc
her only few weeks before, an.
nouncing my approaching marriage.
True, the reply was rather discourag.
ing, being dismally prophetic of ali
sorts of evils that awaited me, and
darkly suggestive of tho snares aud
pitfalls in that broad road that leads
to matrimony and destruction.
| But Aunt Tabby took vincgary
view of every thing. She never had
felt the mcllowins influence of a
honeymoon.
We arrived at the depot. My NOUS
tached friend had left the car some
time before, so l was unprotected
again. An army of hackmen be-
sieged the door of the depot, and |
Immediately became tho subject of g
struggle. Oaths and whips rcsound-
Gu ABOUT my ears untii was hnally
seized upon and carried Off by the
most energetic of the party.
having secured me III very dirty
VehlGie, ne regarded me VIII tri-
unipnaut grim: .
III you VIII get my trunk now,
p'ease, suggested:
our trunk, Is IL! where's the
DIT or TIM:
Tho what!'' l asked, in perplcxi-
ty.
lie Tin; thc DIT TN, to be sure.
My check! l. had forgotten that
Fred had the check. Alas for the
powerlessness of woman! | saw
my new Saratoga, filled with the
daintiest of trousscaus, bundled off
with lot ofkotel baggage, and 1
couldn't raise finger 10 claim II.
1t was the last straw on the camcl's
back. drove in tears to Aunt Tabbv's
using my tissue veil as pocket hand
'kcrcllier, and thereby uucousciously
tattooing my face with streuks Of
blue.
Even Aunt Tabb,'s monumental
rigidity was oycrcon bv NV appear
ancc, when she met me at immacu-
late doorstep.
cleft you! and only married three
days! Pay that hackInan, Mary Jane,
and send him off before he secs any
more of this family disrrace, Quiz |
three days! The Lord have mercy
on us! That | should have lived to |
see brother Uenry's child brought TO |
this. Taken all Your money and
clothes, too! Well. well! its nothing
nore nor less than expected. Only
an accident! Don't talk TO me Of ac-
cidents! If YOU cycrlay your ewes IN |!
that man again. NV nsiue is not IA |
bitlla Tintstitch! The mcan-spir;tcn
scoundrel! to leave you without IA ray =,
TO your back! You poor, deluded in
nocent! Put on the kettle, Mary |
Jane, and hurry up the tea; this poor
child is trembling like !. leaf, and
well she may "
l was too dispirited and miserable
TO attempt to stem the current of
Aunt Tabby's Indignation. L let her
talk OIL.
"Oh, and ain't it dreadful, mum?"
heard the sympathetic Mary Jane
murilur aside, TO her mistress; "such I
sweet young creeter as she be! And
only look ner lace! expect he's been
banging OF her.
Auht ianby pUrsed up her mouth,
ana SHOOK her head eNpressirely.
LEI this De" warning to you,
Mary Janc.'