The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-15
JUMPERS WIFE.

81 say it again, think that when /.
man is as old as YOU aid as well-to-dt
he ought to have a wife," repeated
young Parson Frank. stoutly.
Ebenezer dropped the AK. "Look-a
here, Master Frank. Don't St. Pau
give a kind of gineral order that mer
folks are better single? Hain't l had
the hull superintendent f this bic
farm for your ms while you've been of
to your commentaries AMI Hebrew:
Come now, Be reasonable. Besides,
the kitterys hain't never been marryers
-hain't troubled none of your cloth
much
There's your brother Juniper
interrupted the young man, pertina.
ciously.
"Yes-there's Juniper, an q pretty
time he had TWIN himself up. Humph
Not but that he done well enough
very well in fact, when he'd accom-
plished it."
The Young mans ears itched at once.
Tell me about that, Ebenez+r." be
said. srtfully. 81 never heard how
Juniper came to be married.
Ebenezer began his narrative with A
pretense at choppiug VIII lie it proceeded.
Prom this he took TO baianc ng the az
on its head: from that to sitting down
opposite the reverend Frank and cary
inc letter OF the alphabet absent
mindedly on a bit of pine
lou see, Master Frank, Juniper
was not of the same disposition as me
and brother Dan. He was the best
lookin' of the three; straight an suppl :.
an W tn a sparkle in his eve that he
hain't lost vet. The girls to our village
it was when We was all Twin at the
homestead, with father an mother all
likei him an twas rec;pperated. First
Juniper was goin' tn siugin' school with
katey Parker, an then 'fwas al over
the place that he an Liberty Ann
Myers was engaged. Next. twas Gin
eral 10 Bank eldest daug liter disre-
member her nsme-an' be ore we'd
fairly began plagu'iu' him on the sub
ject o G neral SOS daughter. he was
attentive to Mimy Ruuee. Brother Dan
an sister Lie an me finally paid no
heed to the town gossip. but quietly
went our WAYS an let June go his n.
We was satisfied that he was merely
nibhiin' here ard experimental there:
didn mean TO settle down on ANYBODY
vet awhile.
Now down to the lower end of the
village lived Widow Amanda Gavler
an her three daug tiers. T willow
was very smart, capable woman. an
her three dang three han /
somer, cleyerer. liveiier gals never
grew. Every body hed EN-. Bef TIE
long. Juniper was frequent caller
there. he rode out with Anna. the
eldest; or he'd come II church with
JenRs. the Second; or he'd be heard OF
over 20 q dance at the Corners with
Ruth, the youngest. The three sisters
we wonder vi fond OF each other-an'
fond OF . title quiet mischief t.gether.
too. don't think they kept auy
secrets rom one another 1t didn't &C.
cur to me-, Master Frank, for some time,
that brother Juniper really wanted to
marry one o these girls an couidn' {
make up his mind which he waited.
But that was Just the state he was in.
You see he'd grown up with 'em all
three an been 50 mt mate with EN-.
even while ed been keeping Up his at
tentions TO half dozen OF Ier girls, that
no oae of EN- had apparently ever
made dee~er impression on him than
the other. They was all alike so friend
" an 50 kind an' so full OF fun. When
he came to settle down TO goin 10 their
house more than elsewhere. he Was bet
ter pleased with EN- than ever: bu.
whether twas Anna or jenny or Ruth
that wss the pint poor June was s.
wresa NJ with internally, for weeks an
weeks That fall his uncle. Jared
kittery. Led an left him the Stone
farm: an brother said that he really
ought to pick out 3 wife and settle
down
Zone night 1 found it out. he let
me understand, ve-y sheepishly. Just
how he felt. You see. Brother Eben-
ezer. he said 1 am terribly perplexed.
an suppose should find after L was
married that L made a mistake
We'll June SAYS !. Il don't see
that you're likely to get far enough on
TO make a mistake. A man who don't
know his own mind had better draw
lots for partner l spoke rather
contemptuous. | dare say
Brother Juniper jumped I'D from
his chair BY the table with q sort oil
angry sparkle in his eve; but he gave Z
short laugh Not bad notion. Ebeu.
said he. | sat BY the table, occasional
" savin' n word here an there with
reference to the three girls; how Anna
was so well educated. an Jenny such
a first-rate hoGsekeeper. an Ruth such
> pretty. sensible sort Of Young fe-
male-all more 10 tease June a little
than anything else All at once June
jumped up He had three pieces o. pa
per in his land Blessed if he hada't
written on one o. them Anna OF
another Jane, an Ruth on the last
There SAYS he. shakin' 'em In nv
hat. much obliged to you for yovr
good advice, Brother Ben I'm goin'
to draw for one of those girls Which
ever name l get-she's the one I'm
goia' TO ask to De Mrs. Juniper Hitter,
before Sab erdar-'
Il laughed. takfn' the hull matter As
3 foolish .oke- All right, ssys L I'll