The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-12

rolled down her cheeks as she told us
the story, and we had to cry, too,
me and Miss Pinney, and Miss Peters
and Maria Brown. Maria Brown
she was just proposin' breakin' down
the door and carryin' poor Corianna
off when a upstairs shutter opened
and Granther Peeks poked his head
out.
"See here, fo]kses." said he, ga man
has right to keep his house shet or
open as he pleases, and to order his
wimmin folks as he sees fttin'. You
tech bolt, or bar, or lock, orhook on
my premises, and I'll shoot you down
fust and have you took up for burg
lars atterward, and I'd have the law
on nv side, tu." Then he showed us
big boss pistol, and says he, otis
loaded" and we scattered. But l
wrote on piece of paper, "Ill tell
Jabez," and gave it up to Corianna,
pretendin' to kiss her good-by. And
never was 80 thankful that I oilers
carried a pencil in my pocket for new
recipes. For she needed comfort,
and l guess them words gave her a
little. l kept my promise, and that
night Jabez pranced about the house,
but couldn't get peep at her. No
more he couldn't for couple ofdays.
But at last he thought of tootin'
through a fish horn. If there was
anything Granther Peeks liked it was
fish. Sohe says to Corianna, "Peek
out, Cory, and see eff that's shad;
shad's in season"
So Cory poked her head out of the
hole and saw Jabez BLOWN the horn,
and as soon as he saw her he up and
kissed her at the shutter hole.
"Keep up courage, Corianna," he
said, "this thing can't last long,"
81 shan't says" Corianna; that l
know. Granther says the law can't
make a man open his doors, and l
don't reckon it can; and nobody has
a right to demand my freedom, as
fur as know"
"Your husband would" says ia
bez.
81 amt got none," says Corianna.
"Have one," says Jabez.
Chow be 1 to go to my wedding?"
says Corianna.
"Corianna," says Jabez, "let your
wedding come to YOU"
"Corry, how's the fish," says
Granther from inside.
cit isn't shad." says Cory, "and I
guess it's stale.''
"Oh," says Granther, "don't buy
none eff it's sta!e!"
81 shan't,' says Cory; "1'll look
keerful."
Out of the winder she sticks her
head again.
''When your granther is at tea,
Corianna," says Jabez, "you come
to the hole. It's 6 clock, l 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.
"Awful!" says Corianna, giving
Jabez kiss and drawing her head
in.
She felt lots happier, for she had
confidence in Jabez, though she
didn't know he was going to fix it.
That evening she came down to
tea all dressed up, and she made
Granther Peeks a lovely lot OF cakes
and an omelet, and he sot down to
table just as the clock struck 6, with
a crash towel under his chin, and be-
gan to eat as eff he hadn't had any
thing before tor a fortnight; and as
soon as he did so Corianna began to
fan herself with a big palmleaf fan
that always stood behind the kero-
sene lamp, and says she:
"Oh, for a breath of air! I've got
to have a breath OF air or choke!"
'You kin git it at the hole in the
winder, then, Says Granther Peeks.
You know my regulations.
Then Corianna she flew to the win
der shutter hole and she poked her
head out, and there she saw sight!
Close against the house stood Jabez
Chow, with white gloves and white
tie onto him; and behind him was his
brother Plummer Chow, ditto; and
t'other side was Sally Post, all rig
ged up in white, with a bouquet, for
bridemaid; and between them was
Dominic Chalmers, that had baptized
her; and next him was Dominic
Brown, from Portertown; and all
over the garden was scattered the
fust residents of the village, and all
the little boys and gals was perched
on the fences; and the man with mel
ons had stopped his cart to see the
specialization such it was-and there
was Squire Peeler, justice OF the peace
perched on the 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.
Well when COrianna saw all this