Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-10

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here and there; and occasionally she
would lay Toms flowers against the
dress to try the effect. When she was
dressed and quite ready she hesitated
for some time before she pinned the
pretty blossoms at her neck with the
great hair brooch which had been her
mothers; then she threw her shawl
over her head SO that she might not muss
the flowers, and she tripped down the
street to Sally's house.
The big kitchen at the Walters home
was clean and shiny, and the bare
floor smooth as wax; rows of chairs
were set along the sides of the room,
and the bashful, red-faced beaux and
country bellies were sitting in an en-
barrassed silence which was broken by
an occasional giggle.
The organ was at the end of the
room and Tom Jones stood near it tun-
ing his fiddle. Everyone looked ex-
pcctant and eager as the hostess bus
tied in and led Miss Smith to the organ.
Tom gravely called:
places for fust set"
"Fust lady balance to the ri ght hand
gent"-called Tom. chcerily, and then
he leaned over and nodded toward the
posies at Miss Smiths throat: I'm glad
We wore EN-" whispered he.
Miss Smith blushed to her eyes and
struck whole handful of false notes,
but nobody noticed it and the dancers
danced on, obedient To Toms call,
through figure after figure, ending
with Gran right an left; you done ii
so we'll you can do it agin. agin," and
then Tom called "ISedtS-all," and there
8 a stampede to the water pail and
,ser which stood on a chair in the
corner.
When supper was announced, Tom
stiffly gave his accompanist his arm
| and they followed the rest to the din
ing-room. The chairs were all full
and was left only wash bench, and
they were laughingly told they must
| share that.
AS he helped Miss Smith to the
cakes and pies and the various
| dainties, Tom told her that he was go
| ing away, and she murmured that the
i young people would miss him sadly
| Then he asked her If shs would mis-:
him, and she murmured, even lower
that she would, and then he followed
that up with another question which
he half whispered and she answered.
very low-quite under her breath. bu
he understood it, for he looked varJ
proud when he led her back to thu
organ after supper.
When the party broke up" every
body came to bid Tom good-by and h
said: boys an girls, you'll hev to SAL
good-by to Miss Smith too, fur She'
goin' with me-"
Everyone was delighted and sur
prised, of course, and wondered how i
all happened, only Mandy Null ant
Mrs. Walters shook their heads ant
said despairingly that it seemed to-
bad for the village to lose all it's musica
talent Mt once, and six of the girls. sc
cretly determined on the spot to appl,
for the position of organist in the Sun
day-school.
When Tom kissed Miss Smith on tn
he had known how very easy it was t.
propose he would have done it twent,
years before, and she said: ''Oh, Toni
and ran in the house. When Tora cam
to pack her organ for it's journey to
new country they discovered that til
tremolo-stop was broken and the key
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mand. Tom puttered over 1t in vain
until Miss Smith said: Never mind
Tom; l don't care a bit If it's neve
fxed-I only used that stop when wa
lonesome and sad I'm glad it ISM
'Vox' thet's broke. Somehow 1t seem
, kind of good sign, as though WASH
, goin' to need the lonesome one n
more. 'Vox' is joyful-let me sho'
you." and the little woman pulled ON
the stop and sat down at the organ an
| played Old Hundred with will.
MARIE MORE MARSH