The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-04-24
~kVgg B'g,G'I&ER'S SECOND
WOOING.

he actually found himself at that Mecca
of dcN out cNcurelonl>ts, early last August,
the braWny man tempted to doubt his
own identity. The holiday surroundings
we're wholly unlike anything to which he
was accustomed in his own prosy New
England home the rich, crowded pro-
@rammo offered was IN striking contrast to
the dull 'a1no'ony - farm lie. When
,nl~ -"n ol toll lIrSt entered the auditorium
and >aw that rustic amphithcatre crowd
i with thousands of people listening
aroathlc>> >ly to tho full sweet tones of the
4r'n1 organ, his crampcd, selfish heart
Was strangely touched and expanded. For
IN i'ictant the wish crcpt in that he had
ask janc if She Would like to come too.
Bat 'harr was not much time for his own
thou- for rs tn" music ceased a white
haired aAcr arose and was introduced
t. the audience as Mr. John Il. Cough
~ this announcement Samuel fuckers
satisfaction WAS too great TO be kept to
himself, nnG nc said. half aloud to his
next u"ighhnr, " Well, now, am beat to
think lm CONG to hear the fnan I've
wanted t" ..V morc'n twenty wears"
The Young ia';r cave an amused little
laugh, but ii i..l mhrclc1 upon the unSo-
rhieteaiod speaker, whose attention was
already caught = the orator
Mr.. G'uugh .amcnccd his brief lecture
wiki one ol Ii, inimitabc descriptions.
The stony VAS of = man who applied for
= iN cree aud was advised by his eminent
lawyer t" trr 'hr fleet OF making love
to his Witr a. BE- hal done before marry
n9 her, instead Of rroorting to the meas
urr hr had proposed. 1t included also an
account Of a later visit, when the
happy husband Withdrew his applica-
tion and, fairly dancing with 9lce,
assured til" lawyer that his experiment
had worked like n charm, that Sally
had bccolno n amablc and atftctionate
wife as a man could ask to have"
Mr. G"ugh's representation of the
scene drew forth prolonged applause;
but Samuel Fuckers interest was of too
serious nature TO permit his joining in
the laughter. rs if unconscious, for the
moment, ol the multitude about him, he
~aid in ar unicrtonc: IA be willing to
take my oath that wouldn't work with
Jane. M have to say Is, that mans
wifi vas different from mine I'd as soon
think a feeding scrrtlp to 4 mummy as
t" begin srariim again with her.
/ would seem that this course Of rea-
-....nt.. ,,ri l,3, w,,pli> d.snli,. from the
farmer, mind a train of thoughts and
j,o. ~iiiitie~ suggested by the lecturers
story. iu c}crr treat of the following
day lat sacred service orpopular lecture,
in the npsyun or by the model Of the
Hoy Land. Whcn listening To concert, or
"al'ng With throngs upon illuminated
tlcc', ,Nrtar2~ay husband was Iclentlcssly
followed by vision Of hardworkcd Jane,
looking upon him with rcproachful eyes
Al length h. quictcd his conscience with
the dctcrmnatin to prove that his esti-
mate Of his wife was correct. "When |
20 back, nc said to himself, 'I'll Just
show the woman some little attentions,
and I'll see thcv won't have ~ more ef-
feet on her than they would upon the old
bay mare. lanes bound to be sullcn and
obstinate and ! suppose | may as well
make ny my mind to it,
On rcarhing home the resolution was
not easily carried out When Mr.. Tucker
planned some gallantry towards his wife,
the very thought made him feel 50 un-
natural an! foolish that postponement re
suited bat the sabbath offered an Op-
portluity SO convenient that he improved
it.
The farm was nearly 4 mile from church,
vet Samuel Tucker had for years been in
the habit Of driving back alone after the
forenoon service, leaving his wife to at
tend the Sabbath school, and then walk
home IS best she could through mud or
dust Great was Mrs. fuckers astonish-
mcnt, therefore. ON the Sunday after his
return, to find him waiting for her at the
close Of the Bible service. The faintest
suspicion that he had driven back to the
rhurcn for her did not cross the good wo-
mans mind she supposed he had busi
ness with some of the brethren, and was
hcsitating whether to walk on as usual or
to suggest waiting for him, when the far
mcr called out, It's Jest as cheap to ride
as TO walk Silently the wife took her
seat in the buggy, and silently they drove
| home, much to the husbands satisfaction,
for il seemed to him a proof of the woman's
! dull, ,unaprrcciative nature. "She didn't
act pleased, but was only dazcd like, as |
knew she would be-" he muttercd. as he
went about his midday " chores''
At the same time Mr.. Tucker was con-
sciouS Of having performed most praise
worthy act, and felt so comfortable that
he resolved to repeat the experiment. SO
on the following Sabbath, Jane again
found her husband in waiting, and as she
mounted the high buggy, ventured to ut
ter a half audible "Thank you," and to
ask Samuel if he had been waiting long.
To which Mr.. Tucker replied that he had
Just reached the church, and didn't know
but he might find she had started on foot
Tins reply seemed to Jane positive as
surancc that her husband had really re-
turned for the sole purpose of taking her
home and her chilled heart glowed with
warmth unknown for years. She long
ed to tell her husband how much she ap-
preciated his kindness, but imagined it
would sound $50 foolish that she kept
her pleasure to herself
The third Sabbath was rainy, and as
she washed the breakfast dishes Mrs.
Tucker kept thinking, 81 wonder if Sam
uel means to come for me this noon; it
would be such help in the rain; I'm
half mind to ask him !" This resolution
was soon stihed, however, with the rea-
soning which had silenced many similar
resolves in the past ten years. "No, l
won't ask no iavors; if he don't think
enough of me to come, why he needn't"
Although proudly unwilling to seek any
attentions, Jane longed for some demon