Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16

:" In IS my wits cal 10 decide 10
tween en-; whether 70 marry for low
or moncyl Hanery Elwa-ds has c,
like chgny doll. aud il SO ladyl.i,e
But he has only fifty dollars, that "a.
in belt round hin, AMI trurk fu!
Ct traffic Io eavnf = sell. Jinkin.
looks lHst like eur cwn men; but then
he's got three hnniyci lullara in thr
bank, ard farm down M2ino way
worth three hundred more
The little pink man g. "ii sh.
refused him he'd drownd himself il
the stream sho'd made sacrei by rowinf
over."
But the ether great, hea,iy fellow
said, If sho refuses me, Ill go homt
ami marry some smart Yankee girl
and quit the sea and live on my farm!
| So Molly concluded to marry the mar
who would "drowpd - himself for he.
sake; and Jenkins. whose ardor wa!
considerably cooled by tho time his
frozen hands were we'll. gave he, fifty
dollars for his board and for her trouble
in taking care of him, and departed in
high glee.
Molly AIMS ambition had long been
to set up a little store in deserted
| fish-h0use, aud thus meet great wan.
in the hamlet. So, putting Henry
EdwardS' trunk of suspenders, buttons
cravats, etc.. in there. she set off with
him to be married by the nearest Jus.
| tice of the Peace.
After the ceremony, she returned
home, and he went on to largo town
beyond 10 order q sign and to buy
more goods. The store was to be hers
and he was to do tailoring in the back
part of it.
The opening of Stewards uptown
store in New York made not half the
stir that Molly Aun's enterprise did in
that poor village by the sea. The
sign, ordered OF q painter five
miles of. was looked for much as the
first church bell was bv the early colo.
nists. after the little mans letter came
to Molly announcing what he had done.
You may like to see the letter; the
handwriting We cannot show you. 1t
ran thus:
PoRT L., Msrtch, 1.
DERE MooLY HAM, horder the
sin. and gree we will pa i'm six shiI-
ms six for hit wen put hup hover ure
dore. e vii tax hit down thar and
nail hit hup. Hi horder ure nam hon
hit, for n will bee more merchant than
me. hi am sur we vii mako mony and
bee writch. Wen my bus'Des dun j
vii take wings hand ily to u and hold
foxes. bee sur not let i'm nsle the sin
hon hup'side down. hi ham til deth,
HENERY EDWARDS.
Next came . man into the hamlet
asking for the new store. Down flew
Molly Ann to meet him.
"Are you Mrs. Bilkins ?" he asked. -.
"No, 1 haint. and no more is any
body else. replied Molly Ann. "There
haint no such woman"
"Tve brought down the sign for the
new store" said the man. meekly; and
at the same time displaying it and
reading, to the horror of the owner
"MRs. NJ. A. BILKINs,
Dry and Fancy Goods"
"Who is this Miss Billina ?" cried
Molly Ann in no gentle tone.
"How do I know?" asked the man,
growing a little angry; and adding,
Where's the new shop to be2"
" Right here but no Miss Billins-
nor nothin's-goin' to keep 1t I'm
goin' to do ii myself, and you better
60 homo and tell her so "cried Molly.
II never SEQ her " said the man +;
"but I'm goin' to put this up where 1
was ordered, and go home.
Don't you do it, or our men will
make you rue tie day /! was the warn.
ing he got.
But the man mounted barrel with
his hammer, and Molly Ann ran
screaming to the lighthouses, q little
way off, Boys. boys, there's Miss
Billins from up.shore Gays she comm
down here to set up shop in my fish
house, and has took time by the fore
lock. and sent man down to put up
her sign afore mine gifts here |"
These men and boys were never lazy
when there was any fighting to be done !;
and making common cause with their
townsman, they rushed towards the
poor man who, mounted on a barrel,
was pounding away at the sign.
"Quit that, will you?" roared a
great fellow. who was too lazy to do
anything but roar.
Heave rocks at him " cried another
to the crowd.
You go home," cried third. land
tell that Miss Billins to mind her own
business. One of our own women's
goin' to keep that 'ers store and if she
comes down here to head her of. We
won't buy thing Of her, and will burn
the shanty over her head besides "
The man, seeing the barrel was to be
knocked from under him, eprang down,
and cried, Hold On to your stones
till l tell yon all I know about this
sign. What's tho name OF that crazy
woman there-that should have gone
on to the sign ?"
Molly Ann Hull!" roared the
bride. "And I aint no more crazy n
you be, nuther !"
"What is your husbands name? ="
asked the man.