St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30
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tue W0OOlnR Oi tnV one CUlCAeu SuOUlO
be phenomenal affair.
1t goes without saying that Mrs.
Clutterby was perfect specimen Of
matchmaking mamma. and she had
angled in waters deep and shallow for
Julia, but with such . bare hoek that
the fish had invariably Aopped OF and
returned to their native element until
Miss Julia, in despair Of reaching .
satisfactory settlement under her moth
er's wing, had the good sense to leave
the home coop and do little scratch
ing for herself. or in other words. to
make dear friend q summer visit. and
by this means she succeeded In hook
ing very presentable fish.
True he was not . whale, either
financially or socially, but . good
enough young man with whom Julia
was as desperately in love, as she had
been with tea or dozen more eligible
predecessors. who might have come to
proposing point had not Miss Clutterby
been SO anxious to say Yea"
Mrs Clutterby was delighted. Any
one who had good taste and sound
sense enough to love her Julia COM
mended himself to her without further
qualification. and il she had any mis-
Givings in regard to wealth and station
she hid them skillfully under tremen-
dous huffing and bridling over the
wedding arrangements, which she cal
culated with view to bringing In the
greatest possible returns for the least
expenditure.
Like tho proverbial ostrich which
hides its head in the sand, Mrs. Clut-
terby imagined that no one but herself
would know this. but society il lynx
eyed. and the air was thick with sly
hints and knowing remarks as the
time drew near.
.'Going to the Clutterby wedding.
old chappie?" and Captain Parmalee
clapped q fellow exquisite on the
shoulder.
Jaw yes. Cap, doocid unpleasant
don cher know. but the truth is. l
came within an inch of getting in the
brideeroom's place meself. old boy.
Thought the old lady had me booked
sure. and out Of gratitude, you know.
Cap" and he winked su2gestively.
$50 your wedding present will be
sort OF thank Offering. eh?" laughed
the Captain. "What is it to be?"
..POn my soul. don't know. Some
sort o silver trumpery l supposed.
Confounded boah. anyhow"
Miss Julia hinted pretty strongly
toward q French clock" said the Cap
tain.
..Just the thing. Cap. I've got .
gilt Wattlewap that I drew in . lot
terry. It's snowy enough on the out
side, but it couldn't run . day to save
the nation. Wouldn't it be q good one
for all us fellahs to take clocks" and
the facetious young men poked each
other in the ribs with their elbows.
'Isn't it q shame chose Clutterbys
have slighted the Greens and the Cot
trells in giving out their invitations?
said Miss Blanche Newcombe. Such
old friends and neighbors. and just be-
cause they are poor and not crushingly
stylish"
..And.the Oglesbys, who have just
come to town and scarcely know the
Clutterbys by sight. have cards." re-
Joined the friend to whom she was
speaking. II declare it's disgusting
to see such q bare-faced begging for
presents"
1T would serve them right II We all
sent regrets and bangle board" re-
piled Miss Blanche.
But confess to . curiosity to sec
how the affair goes OF. I" hastily replied
the friend.
There is . peculiar fascination about
. wedding which does not pertain to
any other form Of entertainment and
however presuming or uninteresting
the parties may be. people will 60 from
motives of curiosity. If no other. So
the Clutterby parlors were we'll filed
on the wedding morning with . Gu
riously-assorted crowd. out Of which.
perhaps. half dozen cared rye straw
whether Miss Julia's matrimonial bark
anchored in safe harbor or in divorce
| court.
''Oh. you dear. sweet thing. how
perfectly lovely you do look this morn
ing" gushed Miss Blanche after the
ceremony. land what charming com
pany you have" her eyes lighting on
| the four Misses Allen ranged in mathe-
matical precision against the wall;
they had clubbed together. contrary to
all precedent, and sent q pair Of an
tique vases. costly but intensely ugly.
to Mrs. Clutterby's horror and Julia's
wrath; indeed. they might havo sat
directly in front Of her in their prim-
NEST row and she could not have
smiled. she was 20 thoroughly angry.
And 80 lovely Of you to remember
me with that charming-m-er." Miss
Julia's memory gave her the slip. and
she could not have told for her life
whether Miss Blanche had given her q
china poodle dog or . house and lot
Have you seen the wedding pres
ents. Miss Blanchel" and Mrs. Clut-
terby svooped down to the rescue with
. cluck and . flutter - Nrs. JuliA'a
fxce was turuing . most uncomfortahaa