Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-10-12
But Carrie went on with her story.

but more likely to get away from Sues
nagging. While he was out there his
friends kept saying, Uncle Davy, why
don't you get married? You're not so
old. Sixty-fve is not very old, and
you're not very gray. Get married.
That is the way they talked to him, I'M
til he tolo them at last that he would be
glad to get married if he could find some
nice woman in town and a cow-pasture,
with himself thrown In. They told him
about a woman who lived near there, q
widow, with good income, fine looking,
good tempered, and the best cook in In
diana into the bargain. Uncle Davy was
taken at once with this description, and
agreed to be introduced to her with a
view to marrying. The only obstacle to
happy termination to his suit lay III
the fact that she had repeatedly declared
her intention never to marry again.
Uncle Davy concluded to try his fate,
but she wouldn't have him, notwlth-
standing the house and COW pasture.
So he came home sadder man. He
told his children about his disappoint-
ment. and announced that he intended
to give up now and lead a solitary life.
OF course they were rejoiced at this, for
If the old man should marry again they
might not get every cent he owns"
Just at this juncture there came a
loud knock at the door. Mrs. Smith
went in answer, and ushered IN q gentle
man by the name of Dinsmore, familiar
ly known as Jack Dinsmore. After in
quiring concerning the health of all the
family and discussing the state of the
weather, he suddenly launched forth
with
"Where is the old man? I came to
see him and you, too, Mrs. Smith. Un-
Gle Davy Henderson was married this
morning."
80 Carrie was just telling me-" said
Mrs. Smith. "I never was more sup
prised in my life"
"Well, it is true, and he is coming
home tonight. Jake was terribly mad
at first, like all the rest of them, but he
is coming around again, and is going TO
meet the old man at the depot this even
ing and take him to his house to stay till
morning, to get rested; and then all of
us fellows who are the old mans friends
are going out to Jake's tomorrow morn
ing with the band, nice carriage and
Williams gray ponies, to escort him and
his wife to town in fine style. The
women will leave nice dinner ready for
them. That's what / came out here to
tell you about. [ want you all to come
and see theparade and have some dinner.
I'll see Smith as go through the field. )"
He had already started toward the
door, when Carrie detained him, say
ing
"Say, Jack, you just tell them about
how Uncle Davy happened to get mar
ried. I had just got as far as when he
came home disappointed. You can tell
them better than J. can"
eyes, [ guess / can. You see, Mrs.
Smith, the old man was awful down.
hearted after he came back from his
visit. He'd come into my shop of even
ings and sit and sigh and not say a word,
and you know he is naturally a great
talker. Well, one evening there wasn't
any customers at all, and somehow he
got to telling me all about his troubles
and disappointments, and how bad he
felt that she wouldn't have anything to
40 with him, and he just thought there
wasn't another woman would come up to
her, 'Pshaw Uncle Davy,' says /;
don't you know that women always say
no, and then after awhile they come
around and say yes as meek as you
please? Why don't you write to her?'
says I, and see if she hasn't changed
her mind by this time? DO you think
there might be a chance?' says he. OF
course I do, Uncle Davy,' says I.
why, says [, my wife said no half a
dozen times when (she told me after
ward) she meant yes all the time. Write
to her, Uncle Davy,' said I, again.
Would you, really, Jack?' says he.
But you look here; have the rheuma-
tiz in my hands so bad [ can't write, ,
says he, 'and the children would as
soon see me dead as married.
They wouldn't write for me- And
suddenly he said, Say, Jack, would
you write for me?' Says l, Il don't
write many letters, but if you tell me
what you want written I'll do my best. ,
All right, Jack, said Uncle Davy, as
cheerful as could be. What have you
got to do this evening? Gould you shut
up shop and write it now?' why, GER
tainly,' said [. It's most time anyhow. ,
So / wrote the letter, and what do you
think, Mrs. Smith? / was right. She
said yes, and told him to come along as
soon as he could make his arrange
ments. I tell you the old man was
happy"
"What did his children say to that 90
asked Mrs. Smith.
"Oh, you might know that they were
as angry as they could be" said Jack.
"They try to prove that he was crazy
and childish, and to appoint guardian
for the old man, who had better mind
than any of his boys. They even went
so far, when they failed in this, as to
write to the woman herself, and told her
that the old man was crazy and she
should not marry him; but they failed in
that, too. So he is married now, and
they are all as mad as can be, excepting
Jake. and they are all mad at him now
John said he would shoot Jake or any
one of his family who ventured to come
to his house. He threatened to turn
Sue out of the house her husband had
rented of him if she allowed the old folks
or Jake to come there.