The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-08-08

handle the one thousand dollars Of
! which she was the reputed possessor,
occurred to Mr.. Strawn, and he seized
her hand:
\ Hannah" he exclaimed, swat for
me. You shall have me, and truck,
ere two days have passed over your
head, y
The next day a, small street bay
Knocked at the area door and Hannah
was requested to step out She didsso,
house, was an elegant truck with two
enormous horses, and on the truck in
an attitude of triumph, stood Samuel,
holding the reins.
''Minep he said. Mine! Ha! ha!
ha! | will be around tonight and take
you to my sisters, where we will be
married. Mine!'
In delirium of joy, Hannah made
her preparationsss If the kitchen was
Aot run ON quite as good prin-
ciples as usual it was due entirely to
the fact that the girls mind was in a
chaotic condition. To be the wife of
man who owned such a truck and such
pair of horses, was enough to upset
the mind of any well regulated cook in
Christendom.
That night at the humble dwelling of
Samuel's sister, they were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony. For the
immediate present it was agreed that
Hannah should retain her place, at
least until Samuel could make arrange
ments for an establishment on top of a
tenement house, of their own.
y II
Two days passed, Samuel spending The
evenings with his wife in the comfort
able kitchen. IL was happiness for
him to sit on her knee, with love in his.
heart and a corned-heef sandwich In
his hand. He wished that it might be
always thus, for his cup of happiness
was full.
Sammy, my dear, 'ow is bisnisp''
A cloud passed over Samuel's brow,
and the mouthful of sandwich almost
strangled him.
Hannah, darlin', forgive me. 1t
was love as did it! Love for you, dear,
love for your
.sDid what, Sammyp''
Hannah, you must know it some
and you may as well know it
now a'int got no truckP'i
no truckaH
Nary truck nor nary boss. That
blishInent / borrowed for effect.
But it was love chat did it, and then /
said to myself she viii forgive me, and
she will let me take her thousand dol5
lars out of the savings bank. and Twill
get a truck, and we will be happy
yet"
A subdued sigh, a relaxation of
limb, and there was a hundred and
eighty pounds of girl fainting on the
floor Samuel dashed water in her
face, and she slowly revived.
Samuel. we are miserable people.
You ave no ttuck-I ave no thousand
dollarsAI 'ayen't cent?
Al first he was indignant at being
deceived as to her financial condition,
and then she was indignant at his de-
ception in the matter of the truck.
There was some hair on the floor, and
Samuel stood for some minutes over
the kitchen sink stopping the flow of
blood from his nose; but finally, after
passion had subsidized and the situation
was fully and fairly considered, they
made it up and renewed their vows of
eternal love and constancy.
The pair are rubbing along as best
as they can. Mrs. Strawn, under her
maiden name, is still cook, and Samuel
is still working for his old employers.
But they have quit the yanities of this
life Samuel beer and Hannah rib
bons-and they hope to save enough to
produce at least a one-horse truck.
There is no especial moral to this,
for there is no catastrophe. 1t is
better for them that they have
to shift, with nothing to begin with;
Tor when they have earned and saved
fortune they will appreciate ito
Iedo Blade.