The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-28

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consider aittew be my duty tew warn
folks ag'in them chat go about like
wolves in sleeps clothing. How did
you leave your wife? Ahem ~
Here Mrs. Peabody glanced around
with a look of triumph. But, instead
Of being overwhelmed with confusion
at this public exposure, as might pro-
perly be expected of him, Mr.. Brown
said quietly !: s9
my wife-that is to be, as hope
is very we'll at present, as am happy
to see."
Here the supposed culprit glanced at
Mahitable, who was an interested and
attentive listener to this. .-.... 49,
Josh Hardwick now spoke ~
''Look here, wilder, I've got ques.
ton tew ask you. don't often speak,
but when / dew it's tew the pint:
What dew you mean by sayin' as how
I told ye that Mr.. Brown had Il wife
aud three children
'.Because you did tell me so - cried
the widow, sticking her elbows akin.
DO. evidently considering her reputa-
tion as reliable ''news. vender'' to he
at stake. ''You told me so the day
you fixed my clock, an you needn't go
fur teW deny it, nuther.''
II didn't tell you nothin' of the sort.
was speakin' bout Brother Sam, when
you bust in, askin' if he was married,
an l said yes. If you wasn't continu.
ally thinkin' evil of your Majors you'd
have knOwed what meant"
Mr.. Brown now inlerpOsed. Looking
around upon the expectant group,
whose faces evinced both surprise and
curiosity, he said:
My good friends-as I hope and be-
lieve you all to be-perhaps owe you
an apology for my abrupt and uncere-
moDious departure from your midst.
In order to explain it clearly / shall
have to make a, for me, rather humil.
iating confession. But an open con-
fession, they say,is good for the SOUL
Here the speaker glanced slyly at
the widow Peabody, who had pricked
up her ears, thinking that she should
now hear something more to her liking
Mr.. Brown resumed:
II am reluctantly compelled to &C.
knowledge that, owing to the result of
q fall, have-not wife and three
children; am not so blest-but, hor-
rible to relate, three artificial teeth,
which, being, directly in front, are in
dispensable to the fair degree of good
looks which tlatter myself possess.
Upon the night previous to my leav.
ing town returned home after having
spent very pleasant evening" Here
Mr.. Brown again glanced toward
Mahitable, whose conscious face was
the color of the roses in her hair and
bosom. "While partaking of some re.
freshments, before retiring, accid.
dentally loosened spring which kept
these teeth in place. There being no
experienced dentist here l left town
early the next morning, fully expect
ing to be able to return the following
day; but unforeseen hinderances pre-.
vented. True, Knight have written.
| certainly should have done so had
known what c0mmotion mp 'mys-
FERROUS disappearance was creating. I
hope this explanation will prove salts
factory, especially to a heart so kind
and charitable us the Widow Pea.
DO VS.
Here MIR. Brown turned toward Mrs.
Peabody's seat, bat it was vacant.
''She wasn't goin' tew stay tew hear
any SIGH trumped-up story as that, - as
she roundly asserted.
In compliance with Mr.. Teller's in.
vitation, and which was warmly Sec
onded by the rest of of the ladies'
Mahitable said nothing, but her looks
spoke volumes-.Mr. Brown remained to
tea, having many hearty laugh over
the blunder, now SO happily and salts
factorily explained.
AS matter of course Mr.. Brown
went home with Mahitable.
If the Widow Peabody had looked
toward Mr.. Green's she would have
seen that the parting at the gate was
unusually lingering and tender-a
f0reshadowing of the time when the
felicity with which she had so pre-.
maturelyendowed him should be his.
Letter from Martin Luther.
From the Reading (Pa) Times.
Mr.. Frederick Lauer has in his keen.