Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-04-17


10 Sally Sadlins impossible you
must be Joking
"Not /, I Wsuro you. I'm not pn
con, Mr. ThOinas, W make such Jokes.
| myself saw them, less than an hour
ago, pass by my windowIin a postchaise
together, and then learnt the whole
story from those who saw them step In,
to IL, ut tho church door"
"Oh Mrs. simpson, how | have
been deceived in that insinuatiDg hussy,
Sally Sadlins. She who seemed so
stAid, 30 discrcet--so very unlikely n
person. What an old fool he must be,
to marry 20 vulgar = trump"
Nay, do not agitste yourself my dear
ma am, said Mrs. Simpson, who now
having disburthened herself Of her
secret, and her own: :nortifcation being
perhaps carried off by that Of Mrs.
Thomas, which acted rs . conductor ~
ii, had quite regsined her compo.ure--
''for my part hope he may not repent
of his match"
"Oh, Thomas" exclaimed the other
lady, az her husband entered the room.
here is news for us--my silly old uncle
has actually, this very morning, mar.
ried his maid servant"
That is most conioundedly unlucky,"
cried Thomas, though ! much doubted
whether all your management in ma
n@uvrinR, for which you gave yourself 40
much credit, would be 10 any purpose.
But who could dream Of such a
thing, | have no patience with him for
having married "a he has done"
Well my dear, there is no helping
it; and perhaps after all, since hc j.
m'rried, it Is quite as well for u that
he has chosen ~ he has"
Will" Mrs. Thoma, was calculating
and hewailing-now abusing poor Sally
"A. an artful seducing woman, who un.
der the mask Of the greatest simplicity,
had contrlyed To work upon her unclr's
weaknrss-sud anon venting her re-
proschc. ng,inst the latter for suffering
himsclf TO be thus duped, "a post
chnise was seen rolling along on the
road 70 with the identical pair
seated in u. who were the subject of
this invcc,iyc and ciamor. The intell
geDce, Of which Mr., ~mp,on bad been
the unwelcom" messenger. wa. IN fact.
c'rrcct in every particular; for Richard
Fogrum, single man. and Sally Sadlns.
spinster, had that very morning been
lawfully unitoi in wciIock, although"
buta few days before, had any one
progno-licated such an event. they
Sould no moro have believed 1t posi-
b.c than Mrs. Thomas herself
"Now my dear Sally said the some
what stale Benedict, laying his hand
rather gently than amorously. on that
of the bride, for which. hy the ty. il
was no match IN silc-" doubt not
but my niece will bo in q towering pa
sion when she hear Of lhi., however. no
matter; let her, an I the re-t Of the world
say what they plcase. do not see why
man may not just a. welt follow HI,
own fanc'cs A. those Of other pers1ns.
Besides, Sally though folks may think
that might have made m ore al.
yantageous match, in point Of fortune.
At least, they NAV perhaps be in error.
! have a piece Of Intelligence 10 ocommu.
nica'e. Of which, pcrhsr-, you little
dream. You rccolicct that lottery
ii .kct7 --voll' passing tho Lucky Corn
er, by tho Mansion house. two days .go.
! heholi, pasted up ~ the window. No
l23, 2O.oOOH HA EIa! SLY; well did
rcc'llect those figures ag1iu--ouc. two.
three they follow c.ch other A. ma.
ural.y as A, y. G. So came home. but
determined to say nothing til rox."
The reader has already been informed
that sally was tho most phlccmatic Of
her sex. still it may he suppo.nl that
such an interesting i sclosure would
have ciiciIed some ejaculation Of exulta.
tion even from the lips Of a stole. Yet
sally, with wonderful compo ure.
merely replied, IA, now that is cur
ious.
"Curious! yes, but ! assure you it is
quite true Il am not joking
"Well what an odd turn things do
sometimes take ~
"Odd, indeed for who would have
thought that my identical unlucky mum.
Der, l23, should bring you--1 may say
US, sally-twenty thousand pounds. "
Bot, sir Mr. Fogrum, you are mis-
taken, mean TO say
"No mistake at all, my dear-quite
certain Of it--took down the number
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