Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-11


.Today Il our Statute Fair, said a.
ola poassnt woman who had been lasd
- With the govt nigh upon hve years:
~ - raieed hsrself With dimculty and
~ With trembling hands hAndksr-
ohief round her head. After taxing It
al and Oh many times she su0coedeo IN
tvinC 4 how in the middle OF her fore
keaG. which stood ont like the wings OF
4 vinduiIl. and then she again repeated,
" Today e our Statute Fair, Sepp, and
vou,ll have 70 90 alone 70 the dance this
evening, e. you did last year. and the
vear before, and always viii. l verify
I,olieve. Didn't you promise me faith,
fully to take wife this Year, Bot
eupuooe it's no use; you won't marry
n NV day; no, nor after me, neither.
AN Il your poor father had lived 70
- suoh 4 thing. Do you want 70 be
Forever an old bachelor? Don't 700
know what al the girls singf
"Cliuper, clapper, bachelor old,
Get 10 the forest and think Of the cold;
Think Of the winter, how soon twill be
All Won On muster your cottage 70 cheer,
Wood that makes ashes and wood that
makes SCOT,
Ont from the stock or dug up BY the
root,
Get you . plenty, bat mark what you
And Go you don't take what the beGgars
refuse"
The son tinidly answered he really
ala NOT know which 70 choose, Tor All
the girls - the village pleased ni@
rs into he Village, them said f1is
eisl4 yoa think viii sit y0u. end The.
oope haek and tell mo vhse you foond
1nd 6spc vsnt accordingly. !.
wei, aid BIS mother, when be 70.
turned, .hov did it fare with your
where have you beenT'
aI vent 6rst TO Ursula; she had Just
Gonna home from church, with such .
fine dress on, and q pair Of new ear
rin9s."
The !. other sighed and said:
"Tha nearer 70 church the farther
from God! The miller doesn't bear the
noiss Of his mill. Where then did you
"To Kate, neither"
"And what vas she about?"
"Oh, che vas in the kitchen. rafting
about the pots and pans"
"How did they look7'
"And her fngersY''
Siattsrnly and greedy" muttsred the
mother, and then sang:
.Slippsr, slappsr, dainty and :fne,
Thinks Of herself, not yoar dinner and
Thinks . q herself, NOT the children and
Loves her Sns dresses and much title.
Look 81 her twics. and mark what you
And SO you don't take what the bseearl
refuse"
And then the added:
"Have naught to say 10 her, Sepp.
"Afssr that went 70 Barbara. She
Vas sitting In the garden making thret
wreaths, ono Of vi0lets, ono OF roses
and ons of pinks. She asked me which
she should wear today At tho fair
The neither vas silent for q while
then she sang:
"A groom dressed in silver, a bride
droused In gold,
The wedding day over, the story In told
TIE silver and gold turn 70 copper apace
And VOC, hard a. iron, mars every face.
80 look at her twice, and mark what
you choose,
And sss you don't take what the begRar'
refuse"
Well, what farther, my SOM
ss'rho fourth visit was 10 Madge; sh(
Was standing at the street door givinf
bread TO the poor"
But the mother still shook her head
and aid:
"Today she does what she wishes peo
ple 20 see; another day she may per
chance do something she would like u
hide. This morning she Was standing
before the door; this evening. perhaps
che will BE- hiding behind il. Whcn ths
farmer comes into his field ct midday
Il = only she lazy mower Who jumps ~
and begins 70 NOW; the industrioue ONES
remain taking their n00ntide rest. 6spp
would rather you never married At al
than took her for your wife. Did you
70 nOwhsre elsef"
Yss. vsnt lastly % Mary"
Ard What WAS she abOutr
WHY, nothing at all, mother"
J. Nothing! She must have been doins
oometh ing,1 persisted the old woman
''6hs couldn't b doing nothing"
dhs certainly was doing nothing
could sos," answered the con. Also.
lutoly nothing -take my word for IT,"
Thon choose you Mary, INV boy
ThoGo girls make the best wives who
nevss % anything that the lads oar
talk q.
50 espp married Mary, and was 81.
premely happy, and hs sAid aftervard
30 NJ mother:
s1other. your advice was very sound
advice
"Thers = Ursula dainty, and Kate, Who
Ara Basbasa. thinkine BY gold TO ont.
Thsrs's MAdge, and Who like hsr3 ell %
peooa and % airy;
Bat, veiQhed altogether, mos worth bali
my Mary.
So IN ala / looked twice 70 mark what
tDohoooe,
And I And hsss won what no lord
ssun11 vnev.so