The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-16
THE BRIDAL HANDKER.
CHIEF.

We all prepared to go to the
wedding. l was going, father was
going, the gals was going and
we was going to take the baby
But come to dress the baby, l
could not find it's little shirt.
Id laid a clean one out of the
drawer a purpose; l knew jest
where I'D put it, but come to look
for it, it was gone.
For mercy's SAKE says l, gals,
has any of you seen that baby's
shirt p
Of course, none of 'em had seen
it, and 1 looked again; but it
want nowhere to be found.
It's the strangest thing in all
nature says /; here l bad q
shirt in my hand not more'n ten
minutes ago, and now its gone,
nobody knows where! Gals said
|, do look round, can't ye?
! But fretting and fu N in G
wouldn't fnd it; 50 I went to the
bureau and fsbed up another
shirt, and put it onto the baby,
and at last we were ready for a
start.
Father had harnessed up the
double team, ane the gals were all
having q good time going TO see
Mary Ann married but somehow
l couldn't get over that baoy's
shirt. 'Twaut so much the shirt
but TO have anything sperriteo
away right from under my face
and eyes, twas too provoking.
What be you thinking about
mammal says sophronia. What
makes you so sober?' ...
'I'm pestered to death thinking
about that baby's shirt says l
'One of you must a took it, I'm
sartin,' says I.
Now ma, says Sophrouia-say
che. you needn't say that
And, as l had laid it onto 'eu
a good many times, they were
beginning to get vexed, and 81
we had it back and forth all abou
the baby's shirt, till we got to th'
wedding.
Seeing company kind O. put i
out of my mind, and l was get
ting good natur'd again, thougl
l couldn't help saying to myself
every few minutes, what coul
have become of that baby's shirt
till they stood up to be married
and l forgot all about it.
Mary Aan was a real modes
creature, and was more'n ha'
frightened to death when sh
came into the room with Stepher
and the minister told 'em to jim
hands. She fust gave her lei
|, hand to Stephen.
r Your other hand says tn
Q minister, and poor Steve, b
@ was so bashful, too, he didn't kno'
what be was about he though
:; twas bis mistake, so be, CAV
8 Mary Ann his left hand.
;. That wouldn't do anyway, br
!, by this time they didn't kno'
d what they was about, and Mar
d Ann jined her left hand with b
l. left, then bis left with her righ
!. then both their left hands agai1
e till l was all in a fdget, an
d thought they never would g
=; fixed.
y Mary Ann was as red as tu
d key and to mako matters wu'
i. she began to cough-to turn
D. off, 1 s'pose-sud called for gla
d Of water.
o The minister had just bee
IS drinking and the tumbler stoc
J. right there.
r. I was so narvous, and in such
t. hurry to see it all over with, th
Ia I ketcbed up the tumbler and rr
le with it to her; for l thought
ID goodness she was going to tain
8, She undertook to drink.
ia ] no not know how it happene
TO but the tumbler slipped, and, gr
,e cious mel if, between US bot
,e we didn't spill the water all o7
a her collar and sleeve.
~, I was dreadfully frustrated, t
er it looked as though twas all 4
is fault, and the first thing | did "
to out with my handkerchief g
give it to Mary Ann
th 1t was nicely done up. 5
g. took it and shook it out. L
r. folks bad held it pretty well up
,g this time, but then such gigs
,b and laugh as there was. l did,