The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-29
MR, AND MRS. HAWKINS.

nur Weddin day TO me. and, set it for
Sunday When you come ter think on I /,
there aDn'f seem to be many days suit.
Abie for g1rtin married in You see
Mondays wsshin day AN Tuesdays
1renin day. and of course nobody would
be married Friday and Saturdays
balxiu- and cleanin up day. so there's
only "Wednesday and Thursday left. and
mother N me wanted that much time for
extry odds and ends of work. and to
turn round. in. as you might say So
! set it a Sunday amornin before fust
service =. ,..
Now TO begin with. must tell you
that Mr.. Hannibal Hawkins. the man |
was goin ter marry. was what you'd call
odd. SO that. although we'd been keepin
coIAplnys tergether for some time and
I'd had every chance ter GIT acquainted
yeti felt morlly certain that it would
he good while fore I'd know him all
through Not but what he was a likely
man-more. few for ne was church
mem ber, in good and reg'lar stapdin
and he alrvers had the name hein,
good husband to his fust wife, and a good
pervider and all that but. as / said. he
was odd
Wall he came over the Saturday
mornin before the weddin SOS Ter be
ON hand. he said. and kinder dew for
me and mother We hadn't no men
folks in. the house cept Caleb Jones the
hired help. and he want much depend
ence at such IA time.
itwas bout y O'Clock in the forenoon
when Mr. Hawkins rived. and an hour
/ R:tew later got letter from his daugh-
ter Carline.
1t was marked private. and read
thus .
4AEARfMIss RoBBtNs that's me- Ruth Ann
Robbins ye ,knowi-l / write to caution you
about par ! feel awful fraid the clo'es he's
took with him TO he married in amt right. All
10 once he was struck with his odd
sa<eaks. and insisted OH IHac k in' his Tag him
self, thing he never done afore in his life. and
the Lord only knows what put into it;
DON'T You must look him over sharp
Tore he goe~ IN where the folks be. l'm sorry
- can't come 10 the wetiiin' but cut my bangs
yesterday and got em al short that look Iust
lew hijeous for anything. I've tcrieti myself
most sick. I'm 80 disappointed. and par says
l'sn silly ter stay away on account o the hangs:
hut cant help II. I'd ruther die than lsD and
ebow. myself s-ch fright To All tnein folks 10
<hsft lisl send YOU my love. and nope
ererything will go of we'll. With respect
CAK'ILSE HAWKINS.
r. - I'm afraid par has took odd boots.
look out for him
laughed when read that letter. il
! ter myself He is old enough to pack
his own bag less he's gump and a
fool, and if he Is gump and a fool the
quicker we find il ont the better |
felt the wust because Car'line want
comin to the weddin 1t worried me to
think she was silly bout them bangs
Wall. come Sunday mornin when it
was time TO dress ourselves. HHnni bal
hook one room and | another. and we
begun. I'd just got my hair all down,
when Hannibal hollered tew me, and
eAld he:
Ruth Ann! | wish you'd bring in
your needle and thread and dew little
Job o sewin for me. l find my vest is
all split out behind. though goodness
kpoSvs how ii come SO. lnever wore il
bpt once in my life. It's a bran new
0ne ~,
1 thought then of Car'line's letter, and
when see the vest knew in a minute
--thst he'd took the wrong one, but /
ssewed the old thing up as wells could
q pretty lookin vest il was to be mar
ned inland went back to my room
1esiin good deal distarbed and anx-
1Ous, -. a
bis next perdickermunt was wuss yet
This time he spoke to me so kinder quick
and sharp. that knew it was somethin
Z serious 1 was jest putin my dress over
my head. but I didn't t stop to half button
It up: Ihurried in ter see what was the
j. matter now When opened the door
there stood Hannibal in the middle o. the
room. lookin down perplexed like and
inQuirin at two old boots-you couldn't
cejl iem pair, for knew the minute
Ret eyes on ,em that they both belonged
% one and the same footl They both had
= round mob stickin mp p.conspickewous
where the big toe went. and another great
bulgin' one for the toe jint. 1 hadn't
never noticed anything peculiar bout
Hannibals feet before, hut them two
bootsNd look curis enough, anil they
looked kinder wicked and knoiyin' some
how. as if they was enjoyin themselves.
laughed couldn't helpit, but Han
1ibal didn't even smile. He turned to
ne, and said he:
Do them two boots look right TO
youY Then he tried on one, and that
was wei enough He put on the other
And-wall. you can imagine how il
lookedl Of course the nobs and bulgin $
come in the wrong places. and the mil
foot was hind side afore and wrong side
Few. as you might say he took 'em of
and revarsed em. but still they con
sinnered ter disagree and look wicked at
enc another He squared em up ter
Rether as squares he could, and says he
Ruth Ann, believe them boots is
-oddY -
-Ondoubtedly they be. Hannibal
1ays l. and they look odd; but how dc
they feel? Can you wear 'em7 That il
1he question.
II dOnr care a. continental how they
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