Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-08

her, ABIGAIL. 90 to the nartv at Neioh-
Dor Watkins'2 II seemed not o9lv
ridiculous, but nninst for dnTino the
two weeks preceding the eventfnI 6a1,tv
niybt ma had NOT onIv annroIad Of
her ooino. but had even helped her
make a new dress for tbe occasion. and
now the NIGHT hayino arrived for no
apparent reason She had declared thai
4i,5y must STAY at home,
This was Ahbv's side Of the story
and tbis She kent renoatino, !. herself
~ she sat in her own room late that
afternoon. Ioolino mournfuIlv at that
new dress spread out on the bed be-
fore her. and occasionally dashino
the back of her hand across her nveS
f. wine away those tears which do
What She w0nId nersistod in risin@
r..rIfforslv.
BUT Mother Toxins, tale was very
different A. she toId her GOOD friand
Mr., looming. who Ind lust stonned
in for y =. .Ient,s cbat She had q Ta1,T
cool reason for koen;,,o, hcr Ian9}tnyr
It home ', fbat niabt S'''' '>' '''' VI
Now. nj tell Won Mrs Honni,,o
because Know Won Won't ever let #
reach ann Of the Weaknesses (tho GOOD
iaIv knew his to be the ouickpst ANA
,,,nSt reliable way to oct fine ,t,5.,. 10
T..,mhbor Watkins, f9,ni1,I IN toll
VEN wbv I'm keenino kbbv home
You see, Tom watkins has been keep
IN company with my girl for most a
SIX month"; and he's awful hard hit IT
! let Abby 90 ter-night there's no tell
III Whatu happen. She's jest S like
as not to get struck with that city fell
Ier that's comm down to spend the
Summer over to the " atkins. They
60 say, them that see him before, that
nc mighty pleasant. Now, then,
Were IL poor Tom be? LII tell you
what tbs, Mrs. Hoppin" (and here
Mrs. Iookins heaVed deep sigh and
or hall peeled Potatoes), Il tell you
tWould be downright wrong, wicked;
Ter me to let that young giIrl go and
jest Prhaps rum that poor Rom lie
Tor nm, wouldn't lt?0
es, indeed, Mrs. fooklns," the
other woman replied, II you let her
20 such thlng you Wouldn t deserve
s@!Fatlon hohoW," and the plous Mrs.
Hopping rolled her horror stricken
eos toward the rafterS. Soon after
she took her leave.
A. Mrs. IookinS, standing on her
donrstai' watched her friend Waddle
slowly down the road, she thought to
herself: Now, II she Il only be real
oufck an tell tbe Weaknesses T know
itn bri00 Tom 'rornd When no
thinks bo nav 1ocn Ahhv T o,noo bn,1
look 1.-Two .
Mrs Honnino on the other hand &C
she tnrned af the end Of the road
to saw . last oood-bva 70 bar noioh ho,
said 70 herself. q know she thinks
t6at dn11-focod LITTLE AIM If bors has
GOT ahead Of NV Sarah hut wa,U see lya
T caIkprIate Hannah Watkins WON'T he
over, narticn1or nlnasnd if lot her
think Susan Tookins' 1ookin, for higher
came +ban her Tom for Ahbv. don,t
care to have ,on tooether mncb While
that citv fe1ler3s Found. onass i'm
ua7l bar hit D And Mrs 0HonlLinc
cbDcIl1ed 70 herself as she tried to hnr-
~ aIon0 the road,
So the story was told half an boDr
later at the Weaknesses, Mrs Honnino
ssiest hannened to he nassin, Their 1 at7
and tb0Hrbt sba,d lest ston IN 70 iot
them lzn0w Abhv Tookini conId1,3f
come THAI HJUhT. 100 pad. WASH + IT
But then Mrs, Toxins was ALWAYS
kinder stuck up. etc, until the rest Of
the story, as conceived bv Mrs, Hon
nin@ ba3 bepn told A-NP
Naanx,[iIe the moor oirI on ,vbosa
acconnt tbosa two Worthy iadies
troDbiad themselves 81 narch cor Iono-
\, IN her room tbinkino Of tho d .oale
that sb he I ,oo' f. miss ubich aii f' Tho
o4Ie,.s VOC 70 eniov andNof Tow ~, '''0
a4e wer9 ~ So oH f6am al hit ho oi and
soraL H Ho"hil &c che innr 20, Sb ,,0, o ala
ia "a an h1oi3tllS ~ IT,, "G ~ G,J "oulJ
po "a ~ me- ~ n5 ~ = m, S'lIo
Noui9 I9oh PreiI5 Ia ,n u II ON
Wo9Io only say MnetllGL lie Gareo most
!or leri Aooyi sl'Iln3 mere ;, alone, thllh-
ing Oh MN, ne l"o sai" every IhLll9
else, ana Ee'-ne was 81 nice 70 the
othef girls ana Vo-hISnI he would see
them an put her' a Ihought seemed
TO strike hef; Slowly oAe went down
STAIRS into the hiIchen l., Ma can
help you get the supper:
NO. Abby'chi!!o. s"p1gr al ready
the mother Tep1ed. Now you just