The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-03

| nant's presence, Mary Jane might have
stood. Mr.. Pennant was shocked at
Mary James manner. He rose with
dignity and begged Susan Smart to
| take his seat.
"Now both OF you, said Mary Jane,
| kindly, '.jis' sit down and make your
selves comfortable. I've got some
thin to tell you. | do declare you
look so homely, it does seem a pity to
disturb you. Do you know you've
both got to clear out OF this house"
Mrs. Timpsonl"
MARY Jane Timpson"
Sure as shootin' you've both got to
| clear out: all Of us. Smiths 'goin' to
rake down every stun and put 'em up
| again into fine new buildin' as shall
be an ornyment,' says he, Mrs. limp
| SON."
Susan and Mr.. Pennant each sat
down in the most convenient chair,
''struck all of a heap" as Mary Jane
told Timpson.
"Yas," said the relentless woman,
yell both have to clear out. Mrs.
Timpson,' says he, operations will
have to begin immediately"
where shall We go?" said Mr.. Pen
nant helplessly to Susan.
"What shall we do?" cried Susan
despairingly back to Mr.. Pennant.
Henderson Pennant braced up.
"II 90 out tomorrow and hunt
| some place for u.s."
eye can't" said Mary Jane stolid-
ly.
"May ask Mrs. Timpson why l can
not ?"
"Ye'll make folks talk, They won't
take you, comm singlewise"
''Is this world, then, so censorious ?"
The question was not addressed to
Mary Jane, nevertheless, she re-
marked:
cts the bestenest place to talk l
ever got into"
ooh, it would never do" faltered
Susan.
"Do youmean we'llhaveto separate,
Miss Susan Smart ?"
Susan nodded sadly.
"Bless me. How inconvenient."
II know it, sir"
Don't We 90 in, TimpsonW Mary
Jane grasped the janitor's arm in the
hall. "I've broke it to 'em and their
goin' on would kill We to hear. Leave
EN- alone, say, and they'll find out
themselves that they've been keepin'
company. They don't know it more'n
two babes. | tried to pint it out"
They went sadly about all the next
day. In the evening they had agreed
to 90 to the theater. There they were
more fearfully affected than ever.
They cried even when they should have
laughed.
Suddenly, at the most pathetic mo-
ment, Henderson Pennant laughed
aloud. Susan lifted her face out of
her dripping handkerchief in astonish-
ment Mr. Pennant laughed all the
more.
''It's such an idea," he said, in a
loud whisper. ''Strange that | never
thought OF it before" Susan could
scarcely wait until the play was over.
"Why, Susan" said he, as hetucked
her under his arm, "we'll get married.
| Queer I never thought of it before. 1t
will solve all our difficulties, and so
simple solution. You are SO much
more thoughtful l wonder it didn't
occur to you"
ooh, l did, sir, but l wouldn't think
of mentioning it," said the honest
Susan.
"We'n it's no matter now. That's
settled. Well attend to it to-mor-
row."
"But 1 haven't anything" susun
sUammered.
"Tut-tut, never mind, my dear
Afterward we'll go out and buy some
thing"
The rapid march OF events quite took
away Susan's presence of mind, but it
| is needless to say Mary Janewas equal
. to the emergency, and was the presiding
genius at the wedding.
81 do, declare, Timpson," she said,
as Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson Pennant
| drove away. II do declare that them
two innocents would have gone on set
tin up stairs purrin' polite like and
contented to each other until the end
| of the chapter, and she'd gone down to
| the Judgment Susan Smart, Button
hole Maker, eff l hadn't stepped in like
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