Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-30

Peter, Cindy Evans, he's - aA
honest an old man az ever lived w 1nu
.Asner tnonght the world OF MIN. But
YOU can just set your minds at resi-
aooot him, he amt no more idee Of
marrying than have. The idee OF itls
me girls went home in greater peace
VI MIND than they had known when
coming TO see their mother, since thev
now felt confident that their share ~
the three thousand dollars THAR mother
nao IN the bank was not to be lessened
py the possible claims OF a step-father.
Inc smile on Uncle Peters face deem.
eneo the next day as he drew near the
widow Newton's house while maxine
MS daily rounds He stopped singing:
Here we are but straying pilgrims"
ana began on lively ditty about
"A lady fair.
With nut brown hair.
On tumfny VI yum,
Oh tumuly vi yum
VI yum di de do
The Widow Newton heard him corc.
Ing and bushes came to her nlumr
cheeks.
shan't let on that I've heerd anv
thing OF the scandlous mess of stint,
bout me and him." she said, as the
sound OF the rafting cart wheels came
nearer and nearer; ''I'll just go out and
ask him how the folks are at home and
get me pound OF haddock and come
right into the house SOS the tongues OF
the gossips won't have nothing to wag
about There he is at the gate. WellI
what's he hitching his horse for? He's
coming in, too. Well, If that amt aueerl
Dear me-"
"Good morning, Calisty," Uncle
Peter said, stepping briskly into the
widows Kitchen and standing, his old
hat IN his hand, near the open door. He
had known her all her life. He had
carried her to school often on his hand
Sled when they were children, and he
had always called her Calisty but,
somehow, she blushed when he called
her Calisty to-day. He went on calmly
and directly.
"Calisty, you heard the yarns that's
goin' round bout us?' he asked.
'1-I-Yes, Peter"
She turned her burning face from him,
lingering her apron corners in a con.
fused way.
Did 1t make you mad when you heerd
emp
'I-I-didn't like it, Peter
II s'pose not-not at first, nohow 1
was mad as a wet hen when l first
heerd EN-, but, Calisty, 1 was glad in
the end; yes, sir, / iist was Air you
mad now as you was at frst?"
'I-I-hardly know They want
true, nohow, Peter"
mo, they WANT, Calisty, that's So
there want word of truth in EN-"
He came nearer and caught one of her
hands in his own as he said:
Lets make EN- true, Calisty From
bein' mad at first I've come to wishin
and hopin' they might be true, that me
and you was goin' to be married, that"
the end of it all was that Uncle Peter
went away singing about the lady
fair" in louder and shriller but joyfully
triumphant notes, while the lady fair
went about her work humming an old
love tune forgotten for years until now.
A week later they drove quietly to q
neighboring town and came home man
and wife, Uncle Peter joyfully and
boldly proclaiming the fact to all whom
they CHANGED to meet
They came back to the BRIDES cozy
little brown house and settled down to
quiet and happy life, needless of the
houts and sneers of their children, who,
as a matter of course, soon came to &C.
cept the situation with some degree OF
good grace and to make gladly-accepted
overtures of peace,
Eve owe 'em a good deal, anyhow,
Calisty," Uncle Peter said, ''for if they
hadn't raised such a fuss bout what
wasn't so what is SO wouldn't of come to
pass, and we wouldn't of thought OF
marryin' each other and being the hap
piest old bride and bridegroom on top
of the earth, now, would we9'-Zenas
Dane, in Household.