The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-11-05

bald, n mOst forty, / should say.
Don't feel as If ladies would admire
to heV him round" said Aunt Ma
baIa. You've got to excuse him,
and allude his oekerdness to them
things. He ant bad. Ireckon he'll
leave all he has TO my boys, and 1
alters says to them: Respect your
Uneie cass, ef he is sort O. queer
ish.' @-tA ~
wish that old woman was at
Jerusalem" mumbled the subject of
her remarks to the baskets. /" Leave
what have to AIick and Peter !
Catch me at thatl'
( !" Old bachelors are so queer, said
the pink boarder, giggling.
!" I'm most afraid to stay" said
blue boarder, throwing his boots in
to the wagon. s...- ..-
D. "Ikind OfSvondor at Kitty Spruce
bringing us here" said a heavy
voice, broken by tugs at pair of
shoes with side elastics not yet bros
ken in. " "I-ugh-I kinder thought
he'd be ugh = onpleasantish.
Thank goodness they're on"
That's real mean of you, Uncle
Jeff,H said a bright voice, as a little
pair of shoes clicked almost against
Gass Newbold's attentive ear.
Why, Cass isn't unpleasant;
he's only quiet. Some people go
about shouting with nothing to say;
now when be speaks it's worth hear
ing"
Good for Cousin Kitty" said
Cass. d
Takes tarnation airs. ] think,
said Aiick. q.
What! Because he don't care
for your company" said Kitty.
+" Why, he's . great reader, and
when he wants to, he can be inter-
esting."
@Anybody'd think be was Moses
or Absalom, or whoever that wisest
old fellow in tho catechism was
said Peter. could talk book, TOO,
if 1 wanted"
@lYou'd better read up little
more Bible, anyway, and find out
what Solomon was named" said |
Upcle JEFF.
Well, ] own Cass is smart, but 1 I
ike a fellow that's got a bit of wei
come for you-says, 'Come in and
AXE bite, or Jump in aud ride,
,r has a word at the store, or goes |
nto the smoking-car and take a ci
gar with you, if you meet coming |
from the city. It's right, that is.
Now, ant It2" 49, no
Even Cass could not say No"
But Aunt Mahala piped in again
He's soured, poor Cass is. b.. He !
was disappointed in his youth. Ma
ria Jemima Pillkins Civ him the |
and he haint been hisself !
slnee. Disappointed old bachelors
Is Generally dumpish."
cass was scarlet in his conceal
ment. ...-a-
"What an idoa!'' he gasped; aas
# I ever wanted that cross-eyed,
red haired Maria Jemima Pillkins p !
But again the sweet, clear voice |
Of Kitty Spruce came to hIs rescue.
{" 1 never believed that he was so.
IL was all Maria Jemima's brag.
Some girls are ike that. he never
asked her-never. She was always
saying she'd refused somebody and
whom did she marry? Jest the
meanest thing in the village-poor
and homely, and hateful Why,
she'd have jumped at Cousin Cass.
He was very handsome then, and
worth ten ofthe other boys so he
is new" s.f E'.
" Only he's got over his beauty. l
suppose, said the blue boarder.
No he hasn't; he's better lock-
fng than ever" said Kitty.
"oh my" 'Sneered the pink !
boarder, " he must be a paragon
81 thObghtthat was an umbrella"
said Alick. What d'you mean ?"
"Ho Is a paragon" said Kitty, |
decidedly. x wanted you to see
we had one man left over here. |
That's why / got up the party. |
Borrow the Webster's dictionary, |
Aliek, as soon as ysu get in,nET |
2 With these last words the'party, |
moro shoes into the truck |
wagon, picked up their baskets and |
-Oiled on toward the house, and |
cass, crawling from under the cover
,loth, arose flushed and excited on |
ne Othersside, and sped bS ways he
fAeY we'll bomewardrrrn NJ /
Ills pride was up. Hewas crus-
y and cross, and bashhll, was he
He had no hospitality, no friendli-
ness he was q disappointed old
bachelor, Well, he'd show them
hat was all Kitty shall not have
stood up for him for notbing-Kit-
", who thought him handsomer
hap ever Alq TH3idqy /