The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-11-20


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"Iley Gre artificial wants altogether
go they afe said MI. busktrE' 'b0i
1 then, habit Is seeUnd nature
Eytrayag1nt habits rum many
said Mrs. Barlow ION! shuuaer
when ! lUOk nc those Hounces. Sueh @
waste Of material.
"I've often thought so,' said Peter
A." And you don't wear themf'
~, said Mrs' barrow : nay ny
senses, sir. I've no wish to III. in q
wOrk-hOusc. I've had this dress ten
years.
Indeed" said Peter. And sup
pose some ladies buy one every ten
months"
every ten days" said Mrs. Barlow
ooh, | blush for my sex, Mr.. Buskirk,
| do, indeed"
Peter was charmed. lie began to
think Mrs. Brown right. The cost OF
such a wife would be a mere trille, ana
what an eye she would keep 10 inc eA-
penses Of a household.
Ere the evening was over he had de-
cided that it would be cheaper to marry
than to remain single, were Mrs. Barlow
his helpmate.
"She'd not only be saving herself,
but she would check me in my httle eX-
travagances," said he. "She would be
| invaluable to me. She wears one dress
; ten years. The fates must have sent her
: to earth for my especial benefit"
, So, after due consideration, Peter re
solved to court the economical willow
and that lady being conveniently domi
; ciled at Mrs. Browns he found every op
5 portunity.
1t was a very Inexpensive courtship
! He rave her not q present. She eX
1 pected none. He took her nowhere
e save to church, where neither of them
u ever sawt the plate, and both were happy
= At last he proposed. She blushed ant
= hesitated, and begged time 10 conSloer
. At last she said: 81 am afraid to sa,
YES. Mr.. Buskirk. | like youi but yol
9 are so terribly extravaganza. You drlnl
tea and coffee, and eat butter, and real,
II I should fear coming to want. lshould
indeed"
at Why, I'm the most economical
Soul LIVING said Peter.
uExtrayacant people always thin
le tbot - said the lady. "No, I'm afrai,
a to saw YES. unless, indeed, you were t
i, make our property over tt me, so tina
:: | could be sure you would not rum YOU
/ self. OF course that is impossible, an
q. it would be such a care that really
Is could scarcely desire it, even for a ger
le tleman | so much respect"
$, besitated.
~ 1t was Peters turn TO pause anu COZ
Of slider. He went away to do so, and, II
d turning suddenly to his house, toundh
ne servinG-maid selling dripping to a MAJ
hee He dismissed her at once; anu ruSne
"Mv money would be safer in yor
OF hands than NINE" he said, with
III moan. ssMarry me, and keep me fro
II; beino ruined!n
~ What the widows answer was may
If, ;udoed from the fact that three weel
from that day they were united, the Gle
d oyman receiving five shillings fro
j., Peter. and the bride wearing her broN
he merino. in the pocket of which she car
fully depositedthe deeds which made Il
- nropertv exclusively her own.
"Nowf for happiness, "said Peter. -
;" more thieving servants-no more was
.,-and a lovely wife into the bargai
'lu He, he, he! Peter Buskirk is the III
!, for luck"
ie- And he took his bride home to dine
w, Ia maat and radishes, being absolut
us Ia ~ asbamed even to speak of his acct
toned mutton chop before so economic
a lady. =.
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