The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-29

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was about half over, when Mrs. Carter
said:
Where be ye goin' for your tower,
Philetus::1
"Wall. he said, slowly, 81 lowed that
me an Glory Ann would tower to Glen
ham an back. Ny sisters husbands
child, Alphonso, lives there. / lowed
'twould be as good a place to tower to as
any, | did,"
Then Glory Ann looked up quickly,
and her cheek glowed SO that her hair
seemed pale In comparison as she said,
with whitening emphasis:
"I'lowed to tower to Kings Holler an
see Uncle Elbertus. / lowed l should
tower there an to no other place else, /
did"
Seems to me-" said Mr.. Carter, speak
ing up quickly, "that Glory AIMS tower
is best. 1t only seems to me to be jest
proper in you to go an tower to your
Uncle Elbertus', for l hear Mirandy amt
very we'll"
San it pears to me-" said the groom,
''as if / was the one to decide on this
tower, 50 it pears to me, it does"
81 can't set quiet an see my darters
opinion set aside an sort o flounced at,
SO to speak, ~interposed Mrs. Carter.
"Why, amt you decided on your
tower yetT' asked Philury. why, my
sister Dorlesky knew where her tower
was a-goin' to be before she knew about
her weddin'. She says to me, says she,
'Philury, Jerry has promised to fetch
me to Niagary Falls on a tower if | mar
ry him. If he is really meanin' it, / will
if he amt, I won't An he was, an she
did"
Philury paused with a smile, AND
glanced inquiringly at the bride.
"An'" GLORY Ann shook her head EN-.
phatically) IAN, Philury, Dorlesky wa:
right. She didn't intend to be cast dowI
or trod upon by any of them bullies
known as men. Nor I don't, neither. Tn
a-goin' to tower to Kings Holler or
amt a-goin' to tower at all, SO I amt"
"Wall, ye are interposed Philetus.
"Well, ye set and daily till l git ready
to go on any other tower, said the bride
c~omplacently, as she passed her plate up
saying, PLEASE gimme some more o
them cakes, pa"
Hereupon Philetus grew very angry
Rising, he said, fierceIy:
"Glory Ann, I'll take back that sal
cellar, an you don't come to Glenham.
"An' you, Philetus, kin take your sal
an yourself-ye are both too fresh fol
mean go to Glenham, or where We will
for I'll tower to the Holler or Ill towel
none."
And Glory Ann arose and passed ma
je~stically up stairs, carrying a glass O
cider and them cakes with her.
After supper, Mr.. Carter said, turning
to his new son-in-law:
''Seems to me, 'Phile. that if ye ain
goin' to tower none, itwould be as wei
to onhetch them horses an get ready TO
mill1in'; it's arter five."
II low to tower to Glenham yet" sale
the groom, as he arose and vanished vi
the steps in the direction the bride hat
disappeared.
Slowly the time passed. 1t was al
most dark when PhiIury, who had out
stayed all the guests, in order to he'll
Mrs. Carter, returned home to impatien
Rhody Ann, who sat in the kitchen wait
ing for her.
"Well," she exclaimed, "Philury
where did they tower to, or amt the.
towered?'
s.They lowered. said Phiiury; thel
added: Eye see, it was this way-1ons
bout half past 8, after Phile had beer
most q half hour with her, a-coaxin', thu
parson went up, an he prayed with her
an Phile's ma went up an exhorted her
an I quoted from the Bible to her, an a
last she said she'd go, as obeyin' seemed
to be the heftiest part O. the marryin'
Then we all went down to let her put OF
her new brown alapacky. Well, il
about ten minutes she came down, will
the salt cellar in her hand, leaning Oh
Phile's arm a-smilin' like a basket Q
chips; an he was a-grinnin', too. Jes
as she passed out, very majestic like, he.
purple feather a-streamin' out belinC
her, she paused an said, It's King
Holler.'
fan 1t was, too" added Philury.
"Well, I guess Glory Ann will set of
them gilt hair pins, if she amt so fer,
that they melt" murmured Rhody Ann
"Well, she be skairful," said Philury
"She be- echoed Rhodv Ann.