The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-11

8uo aunt 0kU83 knb<O0UCeQ me 20 toc
youdg Lady BY saying: 'SThis b Meta I"
After supper Uncle 81 and went
back to the porch and he lighted his
corncob pipe. while I drew deep
breaths of the cool breeze from the
river and the dim Kentucky hills be-
yond
Yes, said Uncle 81 presently, as If
continuing = conversation that had
been recently broken OF. Johns
married and he's got nice little wife
too, ii / do say 1t mysslf"
Where did he fnd herr" l asked.
thinking had been laboring under a
mistaken idea and rather at sea
Right hero in the neigh borhood," :"
answered Uncle Si ''You see it was
one of mothers plans. an allow she
never had one On 'em work out to the
better satisfaction O the parties inter
ested than this one did. Mothers .
master hand at gettin' up matches en-
she's sort o proud O. her record in that
direction. Long in June there was q
mighty fine gal came up from Cincin-
natl to stay spell with Nellie Bradley.
The Brad,eys have connections Ia Gin
cinnasl an thit ge1 whose name was
Jeanette Herbert, was one Of 'em.
She was calculatin' to stay all summer.
an Nell brought her over ono day 10
introduce her to us. I'd heard . her
afore she come over an supposed she
would be sort o. uplifted en- carry her
head pretty high while she was in this
neck o. woods. but shs was just the
incest little gal ever laid eyes on, an
mother nearly fell on her neck the hrst
thing. We knew her father vas rich
as mud, an we was considerably sur
prised when we found that she could
cook an do any other kind o work -
well as If she had to work for livin'.
""Twasnt . week afose mother be-
gun TO hint .sound that Miss Bradley
would make . mighty good match for
our John, and 1 knowed he was good
snoagh for any body, for he's had .
good deal O. money spent on him a-giv-
in him an eddication up to Lebanon.
an to Delaware, an 1t did secm as il
he ofter get . wife from the pick o all
tho gals IN creation. John amt my
boy, ycu know, but seein' never had
none o my own, set q good store by
him an wanted him TO do well: so
sort o fell IN with mothers plans, an
when / see that the two on 'em was
a-gittin' sloRg mighty we'll together.
kind o. patted myself IN the back over
the way tAfngs was a-soin'. Nellie an
John had allus been good friends, an
it wasn't long aforc the boy got 70 go
in over every whipstitch on some er-
rand or other, an mother an me we
knowed the thing was rs good as set-
tied an pade our plans aceordin'.
About this time John got letter
from an old schoolmaae tellin' HIN that
he might look for company any
day. an sure enough IN q few
days along comes - 6ns a-leek.
in feller as you coald wish to See
When he first came he allowed he'd
stay a week. but he KEEP lingerin' along
till finally mother she said she believed
Phil-Phil Hunt was his nsne-was
half in love with our hired gal
''I'd noticed myself that he was sorter
hanxin' round whore she yvsA, but bless
you H7SXh bnOShC. D ACC4 c~Schs AoA
that sort o. thing. an never gave it =
second thought. Nellie Bradley an |
Mise Herbert seemed TO have . great |
likin' for tho gal. too, an very fre-
quently they'd run over an talk TO her |
in the evepin' an then John an the |
gal would go homo with them across
thc 6clos, an ] never see lot o
young folks get along more friendly
together, an when young Tom Hark-
ness come home an began to pay .
good deal of attention to Nellie, mother |
was jest wild, for there was q chance !
10 make three matches 10 once. an you |
might say. Kill three birds with one /
stone.
Mother said our girl would make q |,
splendid wife for anybody, and she'd !
been real scared that John would fall in |
,ould say a word agin her, an she |
wanted John to marry little higher in
The social speer than TO take a farmers /
laughter. Mother. ycu know, is |
eetle inclined TO be aristocratic on /
some p'ints-
wall, things went On in q perfectly |
manner for more'u a
month, an mother an me had it all
ixed, how we was a-going 10 set John
,p in business. He had n little prop
,rty from his father. an mother she's
rot quite passel o money one place
IN another, AN I've got httle down to
ne bank at Ripley that Cashier Shoe
maker takes care OF for me, 30
,utiin' this an that together we could
,atber up right tidy snm on q pinch
''As was a-sayin'. things was goin'
N at a merry pasc John an Phil an
he Tired gal they went over 10 Brad
cy's every night. or else Nellis an Miss
Herbert an ToE1 they come over here.
n mother KEEP me awake half the
light every mortal night ts,Iin' ae how
icklsd shc was that John WAS a-coin'
o do % well, an she even ga up
,lan tn have three ve6dln's al st one
ime Ia the church down 70 Eip,cy. Aa'
he lowed that she would do the hest
he could with the hired girl. wbo~~
mother was a widder an not very well
4 In this worlds goods. Phil vvasn1
cry woll fxed himself only hie edeicar
lon an bis position e. book-keepcY
o Cincinnati to kesp wife On, BIZ! the
a. was good house <seper. an ssvip'.
n jest the gal for Phil 70 T. ehs
alcuiated Cd z1vin' her . good sstsia'
ct for she though: = sixas Of her an
er mother before her. and abe wss 20
;ckle.: 10 think skat John waa NOT
DIN 20 IarrJ her tsas she felt pretty
oil able liberal toward ne1.