The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-09-20

CLOCK surucK o, WIN a crusn UowUr uuuur
his chin, and began to eat as eff he hadn't
had anything before for a fortnight; and
as soon as he did 80 Corianna began to
fan herself with big palmleaf fan that
always stood behind the kerosene lamp,
and says she:
"Oh, for a breath of airl I've got TO
have breath Of air or cholke"
"You kin git it at the hole in the win
der, then, says Granther Peel1s. "You
know my regulations"
Then Corianna she few to the winder
shutter hole and she polsed 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'othe1
side was Sally Post, all rugged up In
white, with a bouquet, for bridemaidi
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
spectacle-for 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 hisn.
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 histed his
hat. The rest Of the men all took of
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 q
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 reg'lar, except when Cor.
ianna disappeared from the winder hole
quite sudden because Granther Peeks
bellered for more honey, and once when
she had to fryhim another cake to toI
off with-which 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
-. kl,a !, L
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..
Peelts?"
II amt openin' no doors jest now,'
says Granther Peeks.
"Guess you've got to-" says the Judge.
"There's a man says you've got his wife
shut up there"
81 ain'tW says Granther "There aint
nobody here but Corianna; she's 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.
"Well, I'm here, Mr.. Peeks, for that
purpose. You've got my wife, Mrs.
Jabez Chow, in there and l want her,
says Jabez.
Your wife? says granther grinning.
Eyes, sir" says the dominic following.
"Ive jest married them"
81 assisted" says Dominic Brown.
"Will the witnesses come forward?
says the judge.
Then we all trooped around the house.
You see, granther," says Jabez, "Cu.
pid don't need doors to get in at ef there's
ever so little hole in the shutter"
Twas a very romantical speech, but
the occasion kinder worked Jabez up,
reckon, and he was sort of inspired
1t seems that just then Corianna went
up to gTanther and showed him her ring
and her certificate, and that settled it.
In a minute more he opened the door
and We walked in. He was cryin' hard
''Oh, Jabez, Jabezp says ne, chow
could you? Nobody else kin make pan.
cakes that l kin digest only Corianna.
Now / will starve to deathw
"No, you sha'n't," says Jabez. Can't
you board with us, or we board with
you? and she can fry 'em all day, if YOU
want her to and she's so disposed"
"Of course 1 will" says Corianna.
Then Granther Peeks got out his red
pocket Handkerchief and wiped his eyes,
"Ef you'd explained thet there to me
before, Jabez," says he, 81 wouldn't hey
made no objections; but doin' without
Corianna's pancakes was a matter of life
and death to me, my son."
Then they shook hands; so did every.
body all round, and we had the biggest
supper that night, and the greatest dance
in the barn afterward!-Mary Kyle Dal
las in Firesida Companion.