The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-24
Mr.. AND MRS. HAWKINS.

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Mr.. AND MRS. HAWKINS.
Dir. Hawkins he left the appintin' Of
our weddin' day to me, and set it for a
Sunday.
When you come TO think ont, there
don't seem to be many days suitable foI
gittin' married in. You see Mondays the
washin' day, and Tuesdays ironin' day
and of course nobody would be married
a Friday, and Saturday bakin' an clean
in up day, so there's only Wednesday
and Thursday left, and mother'n me
wanted that much time for extry odds an
ends of work, an to turn round in, as
you might say. So l set it a Sunday
moruin', 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'
comp'ny together for some time, an I'd
had every chance ter git acquainted, yet
l felt mor'lly certain that il would be a
good while fore Ia know him all thro
Not but what he was a likely man-an'
more, tew, for he was a church member
in good an reglar stand'in', an he al
wers had the name of bein' good hus-
band to his fust wife, an a good pervi-
der an all that, but as have said, he
was odd
well, he came over The Saturday
mornin' before the weddin', SOS ter be
on hand" he said, an kinder do fer
me an mother. We hadn't no men in
the house 'cept Caleb Jones, the hired
help, an he want much dependence at
such a time.
" 1t was bout o'clock in the forenoon
when Mr. Hawkins rived, an an hour or
tew later got letter from his daughter,
Car'line.
" 1t was marked private" and read
thus
DEAR Mss RoBBTNs-(that's me, Ruth
| Ann Robbins, We know)-I write TO eau
tion you bout par. feel awful 'fraid
the elo'ss he's took with him TO be nlar-
ried in amt right. All to once he was
struck with one D his odd streaks, an in
sisted on pacSin' his bag himself, thing
he never done 'afore in his life, an the
Lord only knows what he put into't
don't. You must look him over real
sharp fore he goes in where the folks
be. I'm sorry | can't come to the we'd
din, but ] cut my bangs yesterday, an
got 'em so short that | look Jest tew hi
jeous for anything. I've cried myself
most sick, I'm 50 disappointed, an par
sez I'm silly ter stay away on account o
the bangs, but can't help it I'd rather
die than go and show myself such big
fright TO all them folks-so there tits
send you my love, and l hope every
thing will go off well.
With Respect,
CAR'LINE HAWKINS.
p. Sim afraid par has took boots
Look out for him.
/ laughed when I read that letter il
didn't trouble me much, if any. Think:
l ter myself, He is old enough to pack
his own bag, less he's gump an a fool
and if he is a gump and fool the quick.
er we find it out the better"
felt the Wust because Car'line want
comm to the weddin'. 1t worried me Ia
think she was so awful silly bout them
bangs.
avail, come Sunday mornin', when it
was time to dress ourselves, Hannibal
took one room an another, an we be-
gun.
"Pd Just got my hair all down, when
Hannibal hollered tew me, an he said,
said he:
Ruth Ann, l wish you'd bring il
your needle and thread an dew a little
job O. SEWN fer me. find my vest is al
split out behind, though goodness knows
how it comes so. l never wore it bu
j once in my life, an its a bran new
one"
thought then of Car'line's letter, and
when | see the the vest knew in min.
ute that he'd took the wrong one, but
sewed the old thing upas wells ] could
"a pretty lookin' vest it was to be mar
ried in-an, went back to my room an
felt good deal disturbed and very anx
ious.
His next perdickament was wuss yet
lrhis time he spoke TO me so kinder quicl
an sharp that knew it was somthin Sc
fious. was jest putin my dress ovel
my head, but didn't stop TO half but
ton it up. hurried in ter see what wa
ths matter now. When 1 opened the
door, there stood Hannibal in the mid
dle.o the room, lookin' down perplexeC
like an inquirin' at two old boots-yoJ
{ couldn't call 'em pair, for / knew the
minute set eyes on 'em that they botl
belahged to one and the same foot They
botl had a round knob stickin' up con
spicsewous where the big toe went, an
another great bulgin one for the toe jini
] hafn't never noticed anything pecul
lar 4 put Hannibal's feet before, but ther
therl two boots did look curis enough
y an lIcl lOOhcu hluuCA ht1hcd al AnO"
: in s3rnehow, as if they was enjoyin
E themselves
!. al laughed-I couldn't help it-bu
E Hanrib bal didn't even smile. He turned
10 me and said he;
"Do them two boots look right Il
you?
: "Tnen he tried on one, and that wa
well :hough. He put on the other, an
wei you can imagine how it looked
:, OF couse the nobs and bulgins come i
e the wong places, an the hull foot wa
+ hind ale afore and wrong side tew, 3
{ you M sht say. He took 'em off an re
: versed en-, but still they continnered t
: disagree an look wicked at one another
He sqp&ed 'em up together as square
he ooUt an says he: