The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

ever, and get as red in the face as
red wooden shirt. And then Alzin,
Ann, looking at the child's pug nose
and then at Matthews which was I
sort OF Roman one, and the best fee
tur in his face, as Josiah says, woul'
ask Nathen if folks hadn't told him
before, how much his little boy re
sembled his pa. And Natben woul'
look this way and that, and kind Q
frown, and it did seem ss if W
couldn't keep him out Of the celler
to save our lives. And there j
wus.
Wall, when it came snpper time
more wus in store for him. Sylphina
bein' so determined to do better, ant
start right in the married life, mad'
practice of maxim Nathen ask th,
blessin' But be, bein 30 uncommon
bashful, it msds it awfu! bard for him
when they had company. He wasn'
professor, nor nuthin', and it com,
tough on him. He looked as if ht
would sink all the while Sylphins
wus settin' the table, for be knew
what wus before him.
He seemed to feel worse and worse
all the time, and when be wus a-set
tim the chairs round the table, be
looked SO bad that | didn't know but
he would have to have help to get to
the table And he'd give the mos
pitiful and beseechin' looks to Syl
phina that ever wus, but she shooE
her head at him, and looked decided
and then he'd look as if he'd will
right down again.
So when we got set down to the
table be gave kind Of low groan
and shet up his eyes, and Sylphina
and me and Josiah put on q becomiD
look for the occasion, and shet up
our'n, when oil Of q sudden, AIzina
Ann, she never asked q blessin' in her
own house. and forgot other folks did,
leastways that Nsthen did. Alzina
Ann, ! say, spoke out, in real loud,
admirin' tone, aud says she:
There l will say it, | never see
such beautiful knives as them be, in
my hull life. White handled knives,
somthin' ! always wanted to own,
and always thought 1 would own.
Bot, indeed, never did see any that
wus so perfectly beautiful as these
ERE"
And she held out her knife at arms
length and looked at it admirin'ly and
almost rapturouslv.
Nathen looked bad--dreadful bad,
but we didn't none of Us reply to her,
and she seemed to sort o. quiet down,
and Sylphina gave Nsthen a look, aud
be bent his head, shet up bis eyes
agin. and she, me and Josiah shet up
our'n.
And Nathen wus jest a-beginnin
agin, when Alzina Ann broke out
afresh, and says she:
"What wouldn't give if | could
own some knives like them 2 What
q proud and happy woman i, would
make men
That reused us all NJ agin, and
never did l see--unless il wus on a
funeral oecasion-s face look as Ma
then's face looked
Nobody could have blamed him if
be Civ up. then. and not made anoth-
Pr effert.
But Sylphina, bein' 80 awful deter
mined to do it jist right, and start
right in the married life, she winked
10 Nsthen agin, a real sharp and en-
wink. and shet up her eyes,
and Josiah and me done as she done,
and shet up our'n.
And Nsthen (feelin' as If he mast
sink, } got already to begin agin He
had jist got his mouth opened, when
says Alzina Ann, in that rapturous
way of her'n
"Do tell me, Sylpbina, how much
lid you give for these knives, and
where did you git 'em :"
Then it wus Sylphina's turn to feel
Is though she must sink, for bein' SO
proud sperited it wus ike pullin'
,ut sound tooth, TO tell Alzins Ann
hey wus borrowed.
But bein' SO Sc, in iryin' to do right
'be would have up and told ber, but
|, feelin' sorry for her, branched of,
Ind asked Nathen if he lived out to
Tote Republican, or Democrat, or
5reenback. So we had no blessin'
Isked, after all, that day.
SylDhina sighed, and went 70 por-
n out the tea.
Nsthen frightened up, aud said,
things turned ont with him as be
loped they would the comm fall. he
slculated to vote for old Peter Coo
'er.
could see from bis mean. Josiah
vas gettin' kinder sick of Alzina Ann,
nd Though l hsin't got o jealous
air in my foretop) didn't care 3
nite if be wus, but, truly. verse wus
o come.
After supper Josiah and me wus q
ettin' in the spare room close to the
Tinder, a-lookin' through Sylphina's
lbum, when We heerd Alzina Ann
nd Sylphins. out under the winder,
.lookin' at Sylphina's speary bed.
nd Alzins Ann was a-talkin', and
avs she:
How pleasant il is here, TO your
ouse, Sylphina, perfectly beautiful |
eein' We are both such friends to |
er, | feel free to tell you what q |
wful sts,e find Josiah Aliens wife's |
ouse in
Not mi.e OF carpet on her sittin'
ION floor, and nothin' gives room
leh q awful look as that She said |
was up to mend, but. between you
I'd me, | don't believe 9 word of it. |
believe it was up for some other |
urpose- And the curtains wus down |
j my room, and | had to sleep all |
be first night in that condition, /
light jiss as well OF sot up. it looked !,
D.
And when she got 'em up the next |
iornin', they vusn't nushin' but plain j