The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-26
HOW THE WIDOW WAS WON.

Undertaken Samuel Pavey and Mrs.
lrah Milliken, who has been known here
tr twenty-five years a. Achilles OF XIII
illiksn's widow. wsre married recently Va
ige presence of everybody In this village
sospt old Miss Beckett says the Aristotle.
Md, correspondent Of the New York FUN,
Miss Beckett would have been present II
,e had not left her sick bed last week to
III on Mrs. Millikcn and inquire into the
PARTICULARS Of the engagements. After thls
,nprudence she had a relapse and has been
Unable to leave her bed. She was propped
) q the window all the afternoon, how
,er, and saw everybody that went in Or
lit OF the church.
.Undortaker Pavey has buried all the
Bad hero for the last sixty years. he -
Inv a tall, thin man with close cropped
lhite hair and smooth shaver face and
ways dresses in black. a. becomes an
A%ndertaker. Only the oldest oitizsns can
pmember when he looked any different
tom the way he looks nov. His wife died
brty years ago and he has kept shy OF all
laidens and widows ever since, Years ago
II was abandoned by this most persistent
hatchmakers as q hopeless case,
The widow Of Kill MiIliken is an esti-
Fable lady, a great maker Of cakea for the
hutch festivals and olaver at crocheting
itorsted tides. with a large number Of
which tho chairs and the sofa in her front
aaYlor are adorned. Az there has been 4
God deal Of curiosity about her engage
nent and marriage. she has consented to 9
,ublic statement. She is a short. fat
yoman with hair OF q peculiar shade ct yel-
UN,,, s-ks~h + r~A ~, srotnr TIM hAiP diva
which was advertised extsnsively in con-
lection with her picture and letter Of rec
ym%mendation.' She says that Mr.. Pavey
had never shown n sjgns OF preference
Ior her whatever, nor had she thouRht OF
him as the successor of Kill till ten days
pefore the marriage.
About that time he knocked at her front
loor at ll:H0 O'Clock in the morning. II
was a Wednesday and the Widow Milliken
vas deep in the dough, ~ that il baking
lay through the whole town, She looked
Dut through tho blinds of the window next
the front door and saw who II was. AS abe
aad known Mr.. Pavsy, 90 many years she
just wiped the -four off her hands upon her
apron and opened the door.
MIR. Pavey went INTO the parlor and sat
hown in the cane-seated rocker with the
green worsted tidy with the blue ribbons
Through it. He set his tall hat carefully on
the floor beside him and said:
Good morning, Sarah Milliken."
GOOD morning, Mr.. Pavey," said Mrs.
MIR. SO that Mr.. Pavey might understand
that she had noticed his not calling her
M 8. Milliken. as he was accustomed to do.
Mrs. Milliken also says that abe had a sort
lot premonition that something was coming.
1T can't be that the Gompers girl is
deHd?" she said anxiously.
mo" said Mr.. Pavey. But life il I'M
lCertaiD. Sarah Millikan..S
mo one should knowthat better than You,
Samuel Pavey," said the widow. with one
'of her shy laughs.
But Mr.. Pavsy did not laugh as he went
Sarah. you are getting along in years
IT haven't even sent for the doctor yet
and I won't need you till he's done with
me- said the widow. bidding and p~outine.
do you remember the first Mrs. Pavey?'
said tho undertaken, paving no attention tt
her and pursuing his own gloomy rshsc-
4tions.
Il YES q little girl when she died." sale
YES" said Mr.. Pavey. ''you had JUS
married the late Mr.. Milliksn Ave years be-
fore. You remember that she had the bes
funeral the town ever saw, not excepting
old Capt. Lander's funeral. If you MARI!
me I will do as we'll BY, tho second Mrs
IhVoy a. L ulu ny bu0 AE6t.
.'You always would have your joke. SAM
said the widow. ''What will everybod,
say?"
1--WE are both getting DID," said Nj
Pavey, still paying no attention to what tn
widow was saying. Life 10 uncertain
There 10 no time to lose"
So Mrs. Milliken said: "Ail right, Sam
uel; whenever you say"
Ten days 10 long enough. I'll see tn
pastor this afternoon."
Then they shook hands and Mr.. Pave
put on his hat and went away, lookin
quite gay and clipper as soon ~ the doc
closed on him, for he did not know tina
Mrs. Milliken was watching through tn
blinds. Two minutes afterward she ha
called Mrs. Meek, her next door nsiRhbol
to the back fence and had told her all ahou
it. Ten minutes aftsrward by the clock o
the court house Mrs. Meek, having left he
bakery in charge of her daughter Lizzi.
had On her bonnet and shawl and va
hearing down the street. telling everybod
she met.