Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-06-05
sA,rANTHY's WEDDING.


p.rr Drivgers was a character.
y,,5-a exhausted herself in adding a
.-rr Of homogeneous supplements to his
Pam lh8t were continuous sources Of
g'-i.a and dismay to his parents as
- developed. one by one, during his
v;. aee was study in physiognomy,
-.'~ fire roots of hay colored hair down
Is. narrow retreating forehead to
s.rs his ,uuint eyes bulged out like twin
..a,. SET nH either side of the base of
he romoutry of his circumlocutory
nose.
Rsral.h tie twisted peak of that
rralirg 8puendage yawned a mouth that
r,. protected by row of yellow, pro-
,-riirg teeth. SO grewsome that they
.aot the thin upper lip in perpetual re-
treat
Poor Bonv His real name was Napoleon
Rr3p8rtr Uriggers, which was such I
cruel satire on the looks of the boy that
f,, called him Bony, for PHYS sake.
FbI. face was ugly his figure packed it
nm sto1u .houdered and narrow chested.
4. ag, were so crooked that it was said
Nm, lis mother used a reap hook in
Measuring the cloth for his breaches.
More than this, he talked through his
r,.a and listened well, he didn't listen
mg.h. for he was as deaf as a post, and
nothing short Of a yell in his good ear
odd make him comprehend.
IN the same community lived a maiden
whose unoyeiness was a nightmare for
as ram of Bony Driggers.
That was Samanthy Slayback. Tall
and tiresm She tried to reduce her alti-
m'- Iv cuvng out her spine and pulling
ben thin neck down betwiXt her angular
shoulders. Her features we're regular in
their regularity Her keen little green
eve, .oa0d scarcely discover the tip Of her
nmej-Bp nose and she had practiced a
Wrs gntiI her sucker lips were twisted
dear ont of line.
Her head was covered with a shock of
] r.aeol0red hair, and there were two
color, of frecdes on her thin, weasened
| ask. One sturdy champion remained
t8.l her front teeth, and that stood out
| T 40 aggressive manner, as if defying
| thuage, of time. Against this tusk
rested snuff brush. in a nonchalant,
! 8e..-may-Dare sort of a way as if it We're
| constant reminder of the Independent
spirit It's bearer.
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-.... w p the river, hyed squire Z
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a.Mr ". ''Ee isl,d., oIe nou[ o.,
.. .f..- .' d, ,L iog the hnest ten-acre