Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-10

| In rs introduction. and so n II was open.
ant ares begand strlDuting its contents.
There, mother said he, undong a
hea Y black India satin and shaking out
its folds ; IN determined YOU shall have
dress fit for you and iere s lit lie india
shawl I go with II. Get those on and
70 II cpk as much like queen among
women as you ought 10.
Then 10 lowed something for every
en-. or OF the family, received " tn
frantic Gcm1nstra ms Of app ause and
| appreciation by the more juvenile.
Oh what $ That sa d : am, as a pack
age done up IA silk aper and tied with
silver cord was disclosed.
That oh--that's my wife's wedding
dress, said Jane, unfolding and shak-
Ing out a rich satin, land here's er
shawl, " drawing out an embroidered box
| scented with sandal wood.
The 10 8 all looked at Diana, aud Dli
! ana laughet and grew pale ami red all In
The same breath. a5 James. folding back
| the silk an shawl In their boxes, handed
them to her.
Mrs. Pitkin laughed and kissed her
and said. carly, '.All right, my daughter
| -yus! right
VI hat an evening that was, to be sure!
What confusion of joy and eladness!
| VIVA a half tell ng OF hundred things
| that 1t would lake week. to tell.
James had paid he mortgage and had
money to spare and how h got 1t all and
how he was saved at sea, and where no
went, and what befel him here and there,
| he promise to be telling TEN for six
months to come.
"Well. your father mustn't lie kept up
too late, said Mrs. Pitkin. LET US have
| prayers now, and then tomorrow We'll
be fresh to talk more,
So they gathered around the wide kitch-
en- fire, and the family Bible was brought
out.
Father" aaid James, d awning out Of
his pocket the hi lie his mother had given
h IN at parting let me read my Psalm;
1t has Leen my Psalm ever since | left
you There was so emn thri In the
little circle as Jam read the verses:
"They that go down 10 the sea in ca'pJ
| and do business on the great waters these
| see the works Of the Lord and his wonders
in the deep. For he commandeth and
raise h the s,ormy wind which lif eth up
the waves thereof; they mount up tn heay-
en-; they go down to the depths; their soul
is melted because of trouble. Then they
cry un' o the Lord in the l. trouble, and he
bringeth them out Of their distresses. He
mako h the storm calm so that the waves
thereof are still Then are they glad be-
cause they are quiet, so he bringeth them
to their desired haven. Oh, that men
would praise the Lord for his goodness, fol-
his wonderful works to the children OF
menu
When all had eft the cd kitchen
James and Llama sat by the glowing
hearth, and stoned to the crickets and
talked over the past and the future.
And now" said James, ''it's seven
years since 1 left you and tomorrow Is
the seventh Thanksgiving, an I've al,
ways set my h art on getting ho g to be
married Thanksgiving evening"
But, ear me Jim, we can't. There
isn't time -
'Wny not we've got all the time
there Is "
B the wedding. dress can't he made
possibly"
oh. Tint can wait until the week
after. You are pretty enough wit lout it'
But what will they all say"
"Wno car what they say | don't,
sa d James. "rhe ia t Is, I've set my
hear on it, and you owe m some Ing fol
the way on treated me- the last Thanks
givin : was here. seven years ago. Now
don you
well yes, 90, so have it Just as yor
will And so it was accomplished thu
eft evening.
And among the wonders OF MapIetor
Miss Bri ,kett announced 1t as oh eff, tina
1t was the first tine she ever heard Of {
bri e hat was married first and had he
wedding DIR, s. made the week alter. Sh'
had never heard of such a thing.
Yet, strange to say, for years afteI
neither of the par les con erned fOunt
themselves q bit the worse for 1t.
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