Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-10-12

n q ousrags that wAsa shch aIos q mo1sv
was 10 b psut cn wedding u should eli b
squandeFsd on New York psopls. who had 20
much q similar blsasinn that they did nos
know how TO appreciate them, instead q
HayutCu, where the couple wyuld sooner o.
later make their home; for had not Phil ~
lected villa site for himself On his fathers
old farml
No Invitations BY card reached Hayutcu.
but Phils pastor went down quietly 10 tho
city 10 aaist at ~ marriage service, BY
special arrangemmt and Hayn farm, Of
course, seut large delegation, and the head
Of the family Aw to Il that none Of the mes
culine members wore garments Of the Sarah
Twcege cut longer than was required TO
make thorough change at reputable cloth.
Ing store Al for Mra Hayn, ber prospect
i've daughter found time enough TO assume
6lial duties In advance, end the old lsdy was
% pleased with the change that ever after.
ward che was what the late iamsnted Mr..
Boffln would have termed "a high flyer a
fashion,"
But thsrs are souls who laugh 10 scorn any
such tri6ing obstructious q lack Of formal
invitation, and one Of thess was sol Man
tringS wife She tormented her husband
until that skipper found something that
would enable him to pay the expense Of run
ming his sloop to New York and back; his
wife sailed with him a. sole passenger, asd on
the morning Of the wedding she presented
herself at the church an hour before the ap-
pointed time, and In raimcnt such - had not
been secn In that portion Of New York since
tho days when snllen bror- asone fronts bs.
gan TO disfgurs farms that bad been pictur.
esqus and smiling. She laid siege to the sex
ton; she told him who aha was, and how che
had held Phil In her arms again and again
when he had the whooping cough, and yst
again when ho had scarlet fever, although
abe ran the risk Of taking the dread malady
homo b her own children, and tho sexton, In
self defense, was finally obliged TO give her q
scat In the gallery, over the rail OF which, q
near the altar - possible, her elaborately
trimmed Sunday tpunet caught The eyes OF
every one who entered.
What all Bsyntou did not know about that
wedding, three days later, was not worth
knowing; II wasa thousand times more satis
factory than the combined reports 10 ths
morning papers. all Of which Mrs Mantrins
carried homo with her aud preserved between
tho leaves Of her family Bible for The remain.
der Of her days. and every one In the village
read them, even Sarah Twcege, who mag.
nanimously waved the apparent slight implied
By Phil not having his wedding sutt made BY
her.
Mrs Hayn, sr., no longer had 10 wish In
vain for place In the city where shs might
sometimes forget the cores and humdrum Of
farm houss lifa Risky - the experiment
seemed from tho society point Of view, Lucia,
backed BY Margis, insisted upon making her
At homo In the city Whenever abe chcss to
come; and, although some friends Of thu
family would sometamcs laugh In private
over the old lady's psculiaritiss Of accent and
grammar, there were others who found rea.
pleasure In the shrewd ssuss and great heart
that had been developed by lie In which
the wife had beeu obliged 10 bs the partnss
and equal Of her husband.
Before . year passed there was anothss
wedding. Agnes Dtnon changed her nam,
without any misgivings; shs bad previousiy
confessed TO Lucia, who, In spite Of the dii
ference In years, seemed 10 become her q,
vorits conhdante, that she had always Cd
mired some things about Mr.. Marge, and
that tho busiuea misfortunes which had com
pelled him TO become tho active manager ol
the Haynton Bay Improvement company
seemed 10 supply what had been lacking d
his character and manner.
Other people who were NJ longer youns
wsrc gamers BY tho elimination Of the incl
dents narrated In tbs tale Tramloy and hil
vito seemed to rencw their youth i,ndsr ths
influence Of the new love that psrvaded thsir
home, and almost daily the merchant blesssd
Hs partner for gains more precious than
thoss Of businesa. He mover wcarisd Of rally.
ing his wife ON her early apprehension 70
garding thOacquaintance between her daugh
ter and the young man from The country
Ma TramlayS invariabls reply was th<
question;
bat who could have forsseen 1T cant
to thisday understand how u all came about.
"Nor I, her husband would reply. IA
I've said before, It's country luck. Nins msr
u every ten who amount 70 anything In New
York ccans from the country. Rsmembsr II
my dsar. when next you have . dauehtei
who you think nscds . husband"
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