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demand my freedom, as fur as | know
"Iour husband would" says Jabez.
81 amt got none,' says Corianna.
"Have one" says Jabez.
How be 1 to go to my weddingg' says
Corianna.
"Corianna," says Jabez, "let your we'd
ding come to you"
CORY, how's the fish?' says Granther
from inside.
ut isn't shad," says Cory, "and /
guess it's stale"
"oh," says Granther, "don't buy none
eff it's staleI'
81 sha'n't." says Cory; "Ill look keer-
full"
Out of the winder she sticks her head
again.
when your granther is at tea, Co.
r~ianna," says Jabez, you come to the
hole. It's 8 o'clock, I SUPPOSE
"About g." says Corianna.
Things will be fixed all right after
that" says Jabez. Keep up your
sperits."
Flows the fish," asks Granther Peeks.
"Awfult" says Corianna, giving Jabez
a kiss and drawing her head in.
She felt lots happier, for she had con-
fdence in Jabez, though she didn't know
how he was going to fix it.
That evening she came down totea all
dressed up, and she made Granthe1
Peeks a lovely lot of cakes and an ONE
let, and he sot down to table just as the
clock struck 6, with a crash towel under
his chin, and began to eat as eff he hadn't
had anything before for a fortnight; and
as soon as he did SO Corianna began to
fan herself with a big palmleaf fan that
always stood behind the kerosene lamp,
and says she:
sob, for a breath Of air! I've got to
have a breath of air or chokel"
"You kin git it at the hole in the win
der, then says Granther Peeks. "You
know my regulations"
Then C~orianna she few to the winder
shutter hole and she poked her head out,
and there she saw a sight
Close against the house stood Jabez
Chow, with white gloves and a white tie
onto him; and behind him was his broth
er, Plummer Chow, ditto; and t'other
side wa Sally Post, all rugged up in
white, with a bouquet, for bridemaid;
and between them was Dominic Chal.
mers, that had baptized her; and next
him was Dominic Brown, from Porter
town; and all over the garden was scat
tered the fust residents of the village,
and all the little boys and gals was
perched on the fences; and the man with
melons had stopped his cart to see the
specialization such it was-and there
was Squire Peeler, justice of the peace,
perched on top of the wood she'd
"a-waiting my turn fur to act in this
here case, ladies and gentlemen" he says
In them there commanding tones of his'n n.
Well, when Corianna saw all this she
turned first red and then white. We la
dies all kissed our hands to her, and the
jedge atop the woodshed he h'isted his
hat. The rest of the men all took off
theirs, and the dominic he turned around
and lifted up his hand, and commenced
to talk jest as eff he was in meetin'.
When he came to askin' whether there
was any one present that could give a
reason why that there ceremony should
not perceed he waited quite a spell; but
nobody answered but the jedge, who re-
marked official and serious from the
woodshed, go ahead, dominica
Then the dominic went ahead, and all
went on quite regular, except when Cor
lama disappeared from the winder hole
quite sudden because Granther Peeks
bellered for more honey, and once when
she had to fry him another cake to ton
off withrwhich space of time we occi.
pied singing hymns.
However, the dominic got her married
all safe, ring on and all and writ out a
certificate, and the witnesses signed it.
and Jabez kissed her and so did the
bridemaid; and then the squire came
down off the woodshed and went round
to the front door, and battered onto the
panels and rung the bell until Granther
Peeks stuck his head out of the winder.
and says he:
'How de do, jedge?"
Fair to middlin'," says the Judge.
"Why don't you open your door, Mr..
Peeks?"
II amt openin' no doors Jest now"
says Granther Peehs.
"Guess you've got to- a y the Judge.
s'There's a man says you've got his wife
shut up there"
81 ain'tr' says Granther. 'There amt
nobody here but Corianna; she's a spin
ster and my grandfather"
"Mr. Chow, you jest step here" says
the judge.
So Jabez comes around the house.
Demand your wife," says the Judge.
swell, I'm here Mr.. Peaks, for that
purpose. You've got my wife, Mrs.
Jabez Chow, in there and I want her"
says Jabez.
''Your wife?' says granther grinning.
eyes, sir" says the dominic following.
"Pve jest married them"
II assisted" says Dominic Brown.
"Will the witnesses come forward?"
says the judge.
Then we all trooped around the house.
you see, g~ranther," says Jabez, "Cu-
pid don't need doors to get in at eff there's
eve SO little a hole in the shutter
Twas a very romantical speech, but
the occasion kinder worked Jabez up, ]