The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-10-24

frankly, as she accepted the riier-
ed seat. I'VE washed to-day. and
Sister 'Nervy thought | ought to
ttay at home; but | was determIn.
ed 10 Gomez
They were alone IN The kitchen
now: the Widow PuIlen was lend
ing a hand at setting The table !;
Patty Sparsely and Patience Dobbs
were down the cellar, getting
cream Tor lhe coffee and the canned
peaches; the Iest OF the women
We're busy ritling the rest of the
baskets Of their contents; while
gathered about the blazing wood
fire in the wide, old-fashioned fire
place, were the members of the
npi osite sex, including Brother
Goodlove, who, opposing The do
nation for himself, was heartily
willing to see it bestowed on an
other. The coast therefore being
clear, Hiram leaned nearer to his
companion.
'Llddy,' he whispered, "len
years ago asked you to marry me,
and YOU said no."
yes, Hiram,' assented Liddy.
family.
"What would you say if | asked
you to marry me tn.night?'
lid say yes, Hiram" after a
short pause.
"All right! Tonight il is then
just let me give Broh her Goodlove
a hint
20 Hiram u gasped Liddy in af.
fright, IL didn't mean 20 sOOn.''
"But you promised" insi,ted
Hiram, "an' you can't back out.
Tonight or never. Which is ii,
Liddy Z"
"Il-il's tonight, then, if you
won't listen 10 rea,on,o stammer.
ed Llddy. And Hiram slipped
away TO whisper word in Broth.
er Goodlove's ear,
The feast was ready at last
PlatterS Of roast turkey, fried
chicken, and sliced ham, extended
from one END OF the long eXten
sion-table to the other, surrounded
on every side by dishes OF pickles
sauces and preserves, plates o
donghnuts, crulls, jelly-cake
mince-pie, pumpkin.pie, custard
pie, in fact, nearly every kind o
pastry that ever was known OF
heard of.
Parson Goodl0ve stepped to the
middle of the floor
"Ladies and gentlemen" he
said impressively, '.your attention
is requested one moment by Mr..
Haviland;" and Hiram, standing
near his chosen wife, briefly ad-
dressed the assembled guests:
"Friends an neighbors, | thank
you from the bottom Of my heat
fur your goodness in coming here
tonight. As fur The feast OF good
things spread out before me, | will
give you ample proof, by an by,
how entirely acceptable they air,
though words of mine kin never
express how truly grateful | am
fur your kindness in rememberin'
the lonely bachelor. But my
friends, as the old sayin' is, 'Turn
about is fair play ; an seein' you
hey surprised me to your hearts
content, | will take the liberty to
turn the tables, an surprise yOu."
And without another word he took
Liddy by the hand, and led her
out before the pars0n.
The surprise was certainly a
complete one, and the silence
which oyerSpread the room was so
profound that the typical pin might
have been heard dropping to The
floor, that is, if it had not been for
the carpet. But when the cere-
mony of unililg the young-no,
the middle-aged-couple was con
there ensued hubbub
which deties all description. Even
the feast was forgotten until the
last kiss was bestowed on the bride
and the last congratulalion given,
when Mrs. Hiram Haviland sudden
ly remembered the coffee, which
she declared must be entirely ruin
ed with boil og so long.
ats quare how things do turn
out" philosophical Mrs. Larkins,
when the wedding supper had been
eaten, and an ample supply being
left TO furnish The newly married
pair their THANKSGIVING dinner
next day. "Here | was a-grGm-
bhn' and growlin' because Brother
GoodlOve wouldn't except our do
nation an if he had, Hiram an
Liddy mighin' never NV come to-
gelher. An Pm tiehied as | kin
be the way things has turned outl'
"Me, too" agreed Mrs. Gillett.
81 was powerful anxious for Lid
dy to marry, fur | knowed she'd
make some man a good wife, an ]
feel itin my bones that Hiram
won't never regret il; fur as they
say,
"Happy is the wooin'
That amt long a-d0in'."
"Jest my way o. thinkIn'," add
ed Miss Nabby Cobb. "But
toORld give a pretty to peep in The
winder when 'Nervy Gidd.ug'
hears The news Liddy's married 7