Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-09-28
A MISTAKE THROUGHOUT.

maker Iu AIt taAfg daA'A llrNC many OkAltl
brokers', b. WAS possessed of a small
house aud garden IN one of the Outlyi ing
suburban towns, to which he was wont
10 retire when his days work WAS over.
He was. in short, a plain, every day
merchant, about thirty years old, and
by no means lacking IN manly dignity
sId good looks.
Mr.. Matthias Coddleman certainly
,aemsd 10 be very matter -Of-fact aud
good Young man. for he regularly at
tended to his business, and was, more
over. the superintendent of a Sunday
school in the town where he lived. He
wasneyertheless possessed of a romance,
and very substantial romance 1t was,
weighing, | should think, nearly two
hundred pounds: for Mr.. Matthias was
smarried man.
This il how 1t came about. Some
Two years before the time at which
write, he hal taken his summer outing
at one Of the popular seaside resort :,
and there had met for the first time the
future Mrs. COddlemau. Eta Sayle1,
as she was then, was a plump and
pretty maiden, under the charge of an
old aunt, her father being dead, and
lei ulOlLltA anu OlllN 1l0NEI III L-hlbllts
Ettas aunt had but one failing, and
that was the the PatagOnian sayages .
On learning of the deeply religious ma
ture Of Mr.. Matthias, this estim liable
gentlewOman pOunced upon him forth
with and so much was she Interested
in discussing with him plans for the
conversion OF these heathens, that she
perceived the conversion Uf Eta, as
affe ted by 1--we and Mr.. COddleman,
til % was too late.
As Mrs. Savles was great invalid
and had gone to Europe for her health a,
II seemed useless to wait for her return
So after much letter writing and ais
cuss.0u, It WAS decided that the young
couple should be married, and they
we're the very next spring,
They had now been man and wife for
more than year, and thus far nothing
mad occurred to mar their tranquility,
Indeed, there was no reason why there
should for Mrs, Matthias believed her
HUSBAND to be perfection, and Mr.. Mat
thlas returned the compliment. His
wife, indeed, almost mer ted that be.
llei, for she had but two lailngs; one a
falling Of eye-sight. and the other II
most inOrdinately jealous dispOsi ion.
OF the arst Of these failings her hus-
band was aware; of the second he knew
moth ng, because be was such q
thorou-hly good young man that even
his jealous wife could ind nothing to
carp at.
The day of the tenth Of July, 1875.
was MOTEL for two things the arrival of
Mr.. C0dIleman's sis.er-in-law from
Europe and tie arrival of the green-eyed
monster, jealousy, in his household.
Shortly before the time of which 1
write, Mrs. Sayle5 had died abroad, and
her daughter was now returning to
live with her married sister. The day
In question opened auspiciously enough,
for, though sultry, it was very beauti-
full
As AIT. ard Mrs. Coddleman rode
INTO town that morning, he to his bust
ness and she to meet her sister, no pair
OF turtle doves could have been more
devoted Before the train had pro-
ceeded far on its way, however, an
accident occurred to ruffie the c)m-
posuTe Of Mrs. Matthias, and tLts was
the loss Of her glasses.
"Oh Natl" she cried, when she had
discovered the fact, Il hIve left my
glasses behind me at home; what shall
] dor Why. I should not know my
sister without them unless she was
within three feet of me-"
well, my love- replied he, ''lt
strikes me that you can't 0nd her
without them, aud can't go back to get
them, the best thing will be for you to
wait at the station and let her find
you.'
His wife agreed with him IL this, and
so the matter ended.
All through the heat of the day Mr.
Coddeman tOiled at his desk, stopping
occasionally to wonder how he should
Ike his sister-iL-law, whom he had
never met, and whether she had yet
found his wife When four O'Clock
came be arose from his work and
sought the railway station with Joy.
All the trouble from that unfortunate
siternoon arose from his extravaganza,
10 as he knew that the common car
would be both bot and crowded, he
determined to treat himself to the lux
ury OF dTawing-Toon seat.
Entering the first of the coaches he
tSunu II Tull, and passing through 1t,
secured one OF the two re naming chairs
III the forward car. He had scarcely
se''lsd MIN SELF when, Just as the train
started, The porter showed lady, laden
WIN many bags and bundles to the
ue&t seat just then the car gave a
,uIeh, and before she could seat herself,
uet baggage flew in every direction.
40 tne porter had meanwhile disappear.
~ Matthias came to the rescue and
'0i,ecVeu her scattered belongings,
q, 90 Kind Of you" she murmured, as
sre sank back iu her seat with a sigh of
Not at all, he replied, ''but you
SIoUiu have some one to assist you with
sue,e oundies-they are too heavy for
was expecting some ona to h lp
- sue returned, but was. disap-
ttCuleu. Alter moment she cou-
sn' uueI' u do not know this part of the
ttoullIy, and if 1 would not be asking
To much, should be. So much obliged
n Gu would give me Some Information
I' " reaching my destlnation.n
ne hastened to assure her that, far
!, ,o'p oelng trouble, he should esteem
boa great honor to be of any service to
wt MI, anu begged that she would tell him
"ueie ,d sue was going.
,".LJ, 70 be sure, she replied, "the
tt.~e Is, Isl declare l have forgotten
m o lame. But l have it on card in
10, pochetOoos, which is in my little
m NO. not that one" as he picked
ns.a oroWa travelling case, "ths one
criSS S. you All, thanks Whyl" she
bsrs as q, sne opened 1t, "the card is not
aiter all, I must have lost it; but