The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-04-18

chair again; he listened while Reu.
ESben told the ssold, old stssyr---how
the feeling had gradually cone up
on bim that-he loved Kittie With
an all-absorbing passion Tor wos,is
seshae sffecl) how he basktt in
thessuashine Of her smiles ore day.
and was by hst coldness plunged
into the very aipathy OF despair
the Bcxt; he'was beset With fears
Fedat she liked Bib Simpson better
than she did him; how he was
airdid,s il he asked her, thae she
wouldsxy no-that be was sure ifshe
did, ftwoaid kill.him, ETC., etc.
+ The old man listened attentively
who, OF whatever age, ever failed
to take some interest In the "oit.
told. talev-and when the young
man had fntshed he took his pipe
from his month, coughed once or
twice, and delivered himself Of
these memorable .words':' 80
'.lsauby, .my boy, you've got it
bnds-there amt ~, donbt on it
and I'll tell You u secret, what no.
body amt hearn for nigh onter
fifty year,
: HeSe abe old maa's voice grew a
little husky, and hebie~ his nose
itercely with large, red handker.-
chief which.l@ teak from his fore.
hesy1 Tor tlie'prrpose. ".'-'..
"Momen IL queer cretus. l
loved one oDct, aud onct only, ,;and
Pm just ez SURE ez | be that I'm
settin'-here that l lost her by low.
iR other Too much, an lettin'sier
know il too soon. That was my
experience, an | hev seen stacks
of like eases sence.
"Wal, ez 1 was sayiag,. inst SO.
soon ez a woman feels she hes' q
man, heart and soul, jest SO soon
she haint no use fur him; she be-
gins teslgh, ~ the old primer says,
tur ncw"worllfs<e .eeaener. What
she can have sue don't 'waRts ,sal
what she cant have she wants
worse kind.
"its what schooled people calls
the uuertainable that everybody's
arter, specially women folks. You
never want to set too much store
by nothm'; tor II yeu DO, you'll
be most sure to lose ID. Struggle
to hide your teelin's all you ken,
whether yer huutin' for ~ sweet.
heart, Il wife or % caow! In the
case iu pint, do your level best to
make the gal think you don't set
much store by her, &c Don't let m
how much you be with her, and
don't on no account say nothing
about love, leaslwise, not at pres.
eat, for tlle minute. .yon do, ez she
lawyers say, you weaken your case,
You don't want to show yer hand
till, yer dead sure you've won the
game. .yon lsn't want to compli.
1csts yesselt 80 40 speak, till ser
ssstilfh the girl loses yc. Ell slie
don't love sc, ye'd better bein yer
grave than marry her, and II she
does, she'll let yer know afore very
long--sure ez Pm settin, here.'
So saying the olsh man wiped
his forehead with tlIe-bfg red l,.sad.
relighted bis pipe, push
ed down the burning tobacco with
his thorny thumb and relapsed
Into silence. ! 8 -.
From what thumble sources words
iot wisdom sometimes spring! Much
comforted, Reuben sauatered slow.
ly homeward, his pathway lighted
by the bright summer moon which
had just come over tue bill, filing
tho littie- wiley with its mellow
light. His heart was much lighter
than when be trod that path before,
tor he had unburdened it, and he
felt tlrat Uucle Josh wasiright. Il
So the very next evening he took
pretty Polly Baker "buggy riding
and the following Sunday evening
wenb."to meetin'ns with her. He
did not eveu pass Kittie's house
for four whole days! He came-
very near '.weakeping thes second
evening, bat fnallyJ.swith great
difficulty mastered himself. !, What
was the RESULT. Why. whrn he
did go lE, dneailN q week later,
Kittie, who had, of course, heard
all about what had.i taken, place,
walked down to the gate and, With
one OF her sweetest smiles, asked
where he had been for.such long
time. He answered, s"Nowhepe to
speak otr aud then she smilcd,so
sweetly, and looked at him with
such gentle repfoach that he was
almost tempted to seize her IN his
arms aud declared his love then
and there, but he. recalled Uncle
Josh's advice in time and temper
ized., ~ 4
/ Kittie. could not stand IL long,
however, and before another moon
had come and gone Reuben was
her acceptedlover. y 80
The days had begun to'lengthep
little when they wera made one I;
and Uncle Josh hituhed up the oil
mare and drove down to the little
house which Reuben had bought,
to witness the ceremony He was
attired In. N bran newisuit Of home.
spun, his hair s,slicked 'dewnA in .
most remarkable, manRer, and his
neck encircled BY o broad, white
stock, He looked uncomfortable,
but neverlesss iii such an anoms-
lous condition OF affairs may be
supposed TO exist), aud kissed the
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