Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-02
COUNTRY QUILTING.

Not more IMAM ten ItuieS toHi ib.
nj onee, so the others gathered witt
their sewing in an Interested circle abou'
Miss Angela Button, who At that moinen,
held forth on the marriage question.
6hs and her sister Josina were well
known spiusters. who lived alone an,
were regarded with proper respect and
no small degree of nsiohborly affection
81 sometimes wonder" saik Miss An
CELIA, "that there amt more old maids
than there il. OF course. Josina and M
have home such N everybody can
have. but look at the poor women who
marry into unhappy ones. Dom ihink
as Pm rehectin' on You folks" and she
waved her hand majesticaliy; but you
do know there's many woman az u.
sorry she married, and whenever me ana
Josina think it's hard to live the way We
do, we can always content ourselves VIII
ssyin' il might have been worse.
ayes, and we conldn't live for nobody
now but ourselves" added meek little
Josina, "a though comforting herself
with an oft-rspeated expression.
swell, there's drawbacks to every side
of a question:" pns in Mrs. Jones, brisk
", al she shipped of a thread; bu'
there's them that's happy and them thai
amt, and in my opinion its the natural
way for people to DO happier mar
"Yes, but just see how divorces afe
increasing, which goes to show how
much unhappiness there IL in married
life" said Mrs. Deacon Shell with con
vineing air.
ii can tell the reason there's more
divorces. The girls nowadays pick ny
tho first handsome chap they see. and
cit married before they know what !,
means--a good many of 'em do. by the
time they cit acquainted with their hus-
bands they're ready for divorce, and If
IL don't come the nnhappiness does any
way" and Mira. Jones emphasized her
remarks by another spitefui snip.
"Oh, but there are some incompatible
tempsrs, YOU know, Mira. JONES'" replied
Mrs. Shell calmly.
"There's deal o. things TO learn, but
the hardest is the two bears
"When was married. mother saysto
me, Lucy, don't forget To bear and for
bear and have often remembered her
words" and placid Mrs. Peabody smiled
quiet little smile.
at don't matter SO long as mothers
neglect to educate their girls to take the
right view of matrimony. the trouble Will
remain" remarked enc philosopher,wit
no daughter of her own.
Girls are giddy creatures. and need
careful training in all things" said Mrs.
Wilson across the quilt.
Especially when they get TO the re-
mantle age" laughed her neighbor, rs
she threaded her needle.
The ladies' Mt the quilt were now re.
lieved by the other party, and the con
versation changed 10 different topics.
The hostess and her daughter soon be
took themselves to the kitchen. whence
certain savory odors ammo need the pre-
paration of supper. A party of ladies
strollsd In the garden, among them in-
CELIA and Josinn Button.
II declared" said Mrs. Jones, rs she
pricked her finger through the quill, al
always feel sorry for Josina when any
thing il said about marriage. Tho poor
thing feels it quito cross to DO an old
maid"
"Angela doesn't seem to mind at all"
said Mrs. Shell.
Perhaps she wasn't disappointed as
Josina was" returned the ether.
"Why, did Josina have real disap-
pointment2 Do tell it," said young Mrs.
Crimp with romantic. interest.
Ten years ago." began Mrs. Jones.
"Josina WAS q right pretty girl, and Will
Ringfort, q ws'i-to-do young man. her
lover. He took it into his head to 70 to
California before they we're married, and
for nine years she hasn't heard word
from him"
"Poor thing! no wonder she looks SO
Badr' was Mrs. Crimp's plying exclam-
alton.
"she never forcets herself, and don't
think"
"on-h-h! somebody ia coming" was
the warning given by Mrs. Jones, as she
held up her nnger.
But it was only the hostess, who an
nounced the arrival of the men folks,
aud invited tho ladies' out to supper.
Later in the evening the yolpg folks
OF the neiehborhood dropped IN, and.
after y faint attempt at tie quilt. the
elder guests joined in the general msrri-
mcnt. Every body WAS soon deep in the
enjoyment of blindman's butf. Miss
Josina Button was blindfolded, and.
cropping wildly about for an imaginary
victim, she inadvertently stepped opt OF
the open door onto the porch, her COM
panions laughing slyly 90 themselves the
while. Suddenly all were startled BY
hcArinc stran1e Voice SAY,
II this you, Sina?"
With glad cry Josina toro of the
haLoheichicI, eAoisiu.ing:
"Oh, Angie. here's viii at las.v' and
then tainted in his arms in the mos; or
thodox manner.
In the explanation that ensued IL tran
spired that Mr.. kingfort had, after many
mlsfortanes. been enabled 10 return "a
his native State. Hearing. some years
before, of the death of his afiianced. he
had ceased 10 write. As lac paused mo.
ment on the porch before entering the
house, he had been literally caught by
Josina. whom he had instantly recog-
mixed.
A happy wedding soon followed the
quitting and 1osina's face looks almost
as young and fair as it did ten Year, ago.
So romance finds ia way about even in
prosaic country cuttings.