Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-07-13

what paSSe DOdy-and who, after "a
while, consented to go out and wed her
sutton.
CATER all, mother DEAR" she said,
" he has house and home for me; maybe,
by and by, for you, too, Jennie; and I'll
do what can to help you. It's the best
thing for me. And really, Mr.. McPher-
son-or suppose [ ought to call him
Alexander-is yet young, and not bad
looking Quite the contrary very, very
nice-looking, see the photo he has sent
u.s."
"And Miss Jennie quite agreed with
her elder sister that Mr. Mcpherson was
beauty. .rr.r.-.
"Well, my bairns," said the old
lady, Z" I can't gainsay you but that the
portrait is winning and douce enough;
but as / call to mind the boy Sandy, the
son of the minister, he was not nearly so
seem1y and well-favored. But 1t is, in
deed, lang syne since set eyes on him,
and likely ne has got handsomer as he
got older; some men do"
"Then, everything being settled, Miss
! Medium accepted her ksmet, agreed to
go out, and her handed,
honorable, true, as I have already told
you he, was-sent the wherewithal for
passage and outfit.
"And pending the many, many weeks
that elapsed, and while the good ship
Queen Of Serendib was sailing round the
cape for her destination, change, a
radical change, came over the life and
habits of our bride-expecting friend.
He cast into the limbo of things done
with coarse cumlies, rough 'dunga-
rees,' and other country clothing, and
burst out into Europe muster linen,
tweeds and serges. purchased large
ly house furniture and nickknacks; he
bought lady's horse and Peat's side
saddle; he whose equine proclivities had
never extended beyond a shaggy noun
tain pony, and tattered and torn pig
skin. He told his old flames and chums
that he was going in for the Benedict,
and bashfully listened to the "riles
and jeers of the one, and the chaff and
laugh of the other.
"But, barring The Great Unwashed
himself, no one was more taken aback at
the course of events than Tamby, his
lony-serving "appoo or butler. That
functionary saw coolie after cooGe arrive
at Ailsa Craig with load upon load of
though in the Lines and other native
resorts he might have expressed his
bewilderment; yet in his masters pres
ence he reserved a. stolid silence. But
when one day string of handles ,
(carts) drew up, and from beneath their
leaf-covered tits there were dragged out
mats and carpets, sofas, chairs, tables,
what not, then his apparent Indifference
and his 'nigger' tongue could hold out
no longer
"'Why master kick up all dis bob
beree? What for he want all desc tings
on wattie?" (estate) he inquired.
ga young lady is now on her way
from Scotland to marry me, Tamby."
Marry Doray (master) going take
wife after all dis plenty long time do too
we'll widout ?"
eyes ~
Den, master, please, [ discharge you,
sar. No my custom stop wild lady in
| bungalow. Masters misus come, mas
ter's appop go. Master take CHOICE
As the time for the arrival of the
queen of Serendib drew nigh, awful were
the tidgets of our hero. and many days
before it was possible for that slow and
sure craft to reach her port, he was there
walking about with big binocular in
his hands, looking out seward, and en-
treating all sorts and conditions of men
for the very earliest news of her being
| sighted. The fact was that the rough
seasoned old fellow was on the very
tenderhooks of anxiety aud expectation,
as nervous as a schoolgirl, and behaving
himself as such.
"Then at last it was told to him that
the vessel was In the offing, was round
ing the point, was at anchor in the har-
| Dor; and In the Master Attendants boat,
cushioned, tagged and bedecked for the
suspicious occasion, Sandy Mcpherson,
ESQ.,, of Ailsa Craig, planter, rowed
| alongside same like he governor. the
native spectators observed.
Scrambling up the side, he took
hasty glance at the many passengers as
sembled on the poop; and instinctively
guessing that Miss Efie was not among
them, he Owed below, and confronted
the stewardess.
Miss Medium on board and well?
asked he.
"Yes sir" replied the matron; san d
a very nice, good, kind, pleasant young
lady she is, and I've taken the greatest
care of her. She felt sure that the gent
was Miss Ms husband to be, and that
there was money in his purse for a gratu-
ity, Notwithstanding that, according to
the terms. of the passage money, stew
ards and stewardess' fees were included;
fiction, gentlemen, pleasant fiction,
which you Ill find out when you go
down to the sea in ships.
"Take this card to her," said the pale
and trembling gentleman. 'sIll wait
her coming up in that far corner of this
saloon"
''Glancing at the pasteboard the
woman disappeared; and presently there
assembled, step by step, from the regions
below, first a neat straw hat, trimmed
with bright ribbons, beneath that hat
face somewhat worn with years and cares,
but still fresh and comely enough; then
slight compact figure, draped in we'll
fitting garments, shawled, and ready for