Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-02
Nonsense" said Isaac; shave you

"Nonsense," said Isaac; shave you
ever seen him."
IT didn't take much notice of Isaac,
but left the children and started home
Iopened the house and made myself
comfortable, and then dropped in to see
Mrs. Porter, hadn't been there more
than ten minutes before Mrs. Porter
said:
II suppose you know Dorothy is en-
gaged?"
II should think she'd be ashamed"
said I, getting angry, "to engage her.
self to man that has one wife already,
but I suppose they'll live in Utah"
what do you mcan?" said Mrs. Por-
ter, turning red in the face like turkey
gobbler.
"Why," said I, very loud, Dorothy
knows he's married; she saw about his
wife in the paper" wasn't going to
be put down by Mrs. Porter, not l.
II don't believe one word OF it," cried
Mrs. Porter.
Ask Dorothy" said I, thinking that
would convince her.
Then Mrs. Porter was mad, and how
she did talk. She told me that I was
a meddlesome gossip, interfering with
other peoples business instead OF stay
ing at home to take care of my chill
dren, and-wcll, just at that moment
Dorothy and Roy came in, and Dorothy
looked from one to the other and said:
Whats the matter?"
"Why, this-woman here" said Mrs.
Porter, as if she could think Of nothing
quite contemptuous enough to call me-
says that Roy is married, and that you
know it"
you have made some queer mis-
take, - said Dorothy, as pleasantly as
possible. won't you tell us all you
know about it %
/ was so thunderstruck at the way
Dorothy took it that I could not say II
word
Come, [ want to know when I mar
ried. and whom?" said the young man,
laughing.
you ought to know" said I indig-
nantlv, I'm sure 1 don't. / saw in the
paper about Mrs r. p. Hutton staying
at the Nendome, and I knew Dorothy
had been writing good many letters to
Nh. Hutton, and Thought she mightn'
know he was married, and so / showed
her the paper, and now she is engaged
to you just the same,
who is this fellow?" cried Roy
freely, turning to Dorothy.
MY cousin" said Dorothy, "four or
FIVE times removed, who is writing a
history of the family and wanted infor-
nation about our particular branch.
And now" she continued, turning tonne,
"allow me to introduce Mr.. Roy Dut-
ton, who is no relation to Mr.. Reuben
Hutton, and who is not married."
Yet" interrupted the young man,
"but is going to be soon,' and the saucy
fellow actually kissed Dorothy before
us both.
You don't seem to mind being kissed,
Dorothy" said severely.
No." said Roy, "she's had that pleas
ure before"
They both looked so good-natured
that I couldn't help saying:
Il hope you'll be very happy"
1--WE intend to-" returned the young
man, and then we all laughed, and ]
shook hands with Mrs. Porter, and
thought of saying, Forgive me,' but
the words stuck in my throat Still I
think she understood, for she offered
me some doughnuts for my tea that
night.
I've thought since if what Mrs. Por-
ter said was true, that I was meddle-
some gossip, and I've concluded to be
just little careful. But then, most
anybody would have made the same
mistake that did. Don't you think
that Hutton and Dutton sound very
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