Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-07-27
Friendly greeting followed. and at last

Friendly greeting followed, and at last
Mrs. Beers slid into the purpose of her
visit. "You kinder took us all by sur
prise bout your weddin', Janey. [ was
beat to hear ont, must say"
"Well, Mis- Beers, we couldn't afford
to have much of wedding. Sans folks
live over to Hartland, most of them, and
Mis- Marsh hadn't really room to com
modate them, and [ haven't got anybody
but Aunt Nancy, and she didn't come:
she feels hard towards SAM" and here
the bright eyes clouded.
"Didn't send no answer to We 2"
queried Mrs. Beers automatically.
emo; I told Tommy Marsh to wait for
it, SOS to make sure; and he said she
said there wasn't any answer"
"My land p calculated Mrs. Beers.
"Now, Janey. Miss Nancy never got
no note from we at all, and didn't never
have an idee that you was a-goin' to be
married; she feels reel riled about it;
she feels hurt; an you can't no way
blame her. She done well by We jest so
far forth as she knowed, while you
stayed; you know she had reason &C
cordin' to the natur' of women-folks not
to like the Phelpses; eff she had knowed
your Sam, she'd hev liked him, she
couldn't help it; but you see she KEEP
mixin' him up with her Sam, the uncle,
who want no more like him than
chalk's like cheese; and We know Miss
Nancy's real sot in her way, but she's
good as gold when We get down to it. !"
"My senses if I could get hold of
Tommy Marsh land there he is, sure's
you live"
"Set still, set still!' purred Mrs.
Beers; &c let me deal with the cretur; he's
fetchin' suthin' to yer; but he's slipprier
than an eel; eff he gets an idee you know
bout it, he'll cut n rum"
Janey took up her apron and went on
with the button-hole, and Tommy,
freckled, green-eyed, impudent urchin,
bobbed his head at her and held out a
basket.
"M9 sent We over suthin' to put inter
the pantry" he said, in the monotonous
tone of a repeated lesson.
Janey uncovered the basket.
"Why, look here, Mis- Beers She
has sent me four jars of jell; amt she
good %
"Surely p calculated Mrs. Beers.
a" Tommy, don't you want pepper
mint ."
The unwary boy snapped at the offer.
"Guess there's one in my pocket
smiled the old lady, and began to pun
out, one by one, the contents of that
goodly repository.
81 guess, Tommy, you haven't got
near SO many things in your pockets as
/ have" she said.
bet L have" answered Thomas,
and quite forgetful of anything but
emulation, he began to unload the stores
of his own pouches. AS he d1d SO,
eagerly and carelessly, dirty note fell
on the steps just at Mrs. Beers side;
she reached out for it. Tommy saw the
manoeuvre, grabbed Intellectually at the
document, and fed; it was the lost note
to Miss Nancy.
"Seems as though there was Provi-
dence in it, remarked Mrs. Beers, but
Janey did not hear, for she was running
after Tommy with the emptied basket
she had just brought out; suddenly she
stepped on a stone, twisted her ankle
and fell.
1t was hard for Mrs. Beers to get her
into the house and on to her bed, but
Janey was not the fainting sort of wo-
man, and between her courage and her
visitors patience, it was managed. Mrs.
Beers stayed and got the supper for
Sam, and then trotted home, sending
Mr.. Marsh back to take her place as
she passed the house. Early the next
morning she went over to Miss Nancy
Tyron's.
GOOD mornin'," she said, beaming on
that stiff old lady with the sunny home
ly countenance of a pumpkin in a corn
field.
"Say, Miss Nancy, I've ketched nice
fellar a-meddin' betwixt you and Janey.
I've got the note she writ to we out O.
Tommy Marsh's pocket. ] guess he
went fishin' or somethin' an forgot it an
lied about it.; anyway here IT'S" Miss
Nancy grimly opened it, and it ran thus:
''DEAR aunt have finally made up my
mind to marry Sam; think great deal of him
and he does of me, expect, and it seems as if
there wasn't any real good reason why I
shouldn't, save and except that you don't like
him, but know yon will after awhile, and he
thinks ever so mnch of you; he just hates his
Uncle Sam.
dear Aunty, you're all the people I have
got, since father died, and you know how he
set by you and looked for you to be mother
to his baby, and SO youwas.
''Im real sorry [ vexed you about Sam, but
I couldn't help it; please forgive me, and come
over to Mrs. Marsh's tomorrow night and see
me married. Do, Do! Sam says do, too.
''Your loving JANEY.'
dreadful sweet! most's good as
honey growled Miss Nancy, in voice
haf-moyed, half-incredulous; but why
did she wipe her spectacles Mrs. Beers
went on in hnr soft UOioa
81 was down there las night an she
kinder turned her ankle a-runnin' after
that boy;I fixed her onto the bed an got
supper, but she can't step; she was aeon
In right up here but for that, and she
cried real bad about it. %
81 think 'twould set her up dreadfully
eft SO be you could feel to forgive her fur
enough to step around there and help her
mite. [ know it's dreadful to git over
sech things, and she knows it, and is
a-grievin' over it sight; but said, says
[, Don't ye take on, Janey; your aunt is
Jest as good as gold when you get down