The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-10
IiDACALL TO MARRY

HIS own
e, ns nn,, AADACALL TO MARRY
forgive =
ratba, rbIadelphia boasts probably of the
ian her ,attiest quaker girls in the world.
Tvpnty wears or more ago, there
n n,oo,. uMt Al the corner of Chestnut and
II w, 'S street, a certain dealer in cheese
W." nj brlter, by the name OF Ephriam
brnt He had made a fortune in
- auaS bo trade and was widely respected.
y II" Ills AGED mother was one of those
i.tinuuished perSOnageS who take
nee now heir seats upon the platform in the
} ieave meet ng.houseS and occasionally, say
nce in six months or so, have IA
1od aI to speak,
1T their ,nI his wife was an industrious
dy. as Young looking as her own
of God laughter
We shall - for that daughter, words cannot
e,rite ncr. Nature, in pity for the
ned IN Ire udice which doomed her to wear
9 Bhla sd.buel garments all her life, had
lowered upon her all the brilliant
= ion, int, upon her palette. Friend Eph-
I, ain', DAUGHTER was fair to look
lQ",
sa.t Perhaps she knew it, for she had a
and h, CMilEgla>s. but not one word OF
Eltcgy had she ever heard.
~, week after week. first day.
III any suli ,cs>ic at meeting: second day.
"P '' ,y with household affairs, while
Ter mother SUI erlntended the wash
u l' b. third day, ironing: fourth day.
uedth bkng. ana 50 on, till the scven were
tcGIntcd,
nc devil >He was -. Twcnty-fOur and not
t a long harriet. Had YOU asked Friend Han
baA trout why, she would have said:
duties 'Ny daughter does not yet bake
Ter ones read as / could W >h. and | cannot
low her to marry until hat is well
Of asn flrnt'
willing Young men who saw BeSSy at the
/. bectlug or IN her fathers store were
all hi, bDt 80 calmly indifferent. More than
cher in Pne '.uakcr youth. with Il pleasant
Expectation Of l!eSsy's beauty and
70 sin Fhrttt consideration Of her fathers
nd rob. Fealth, were like Barkis 'willing,"
ato bt on none II them did tn paternal
BE tall viii favor.
OH V"e iphraIm Prout and his wife Hanna
e uc'H BAD already selected a husband for
way ID Aer child. That husband to be was
PNc leter Potter, a wild wer Of forty,
to look VIC talked and occasionally preached
to s "d o"nel three blocks of Arch street
W it " @ioier1y. squares" in the p~arlance
tie hiladelphians.
in FIN ie>,y had not been consulted.
his 70. 'ien She acquicsced in the maternal
= tired lIAIon that friend Peter was Il
"oFthy man. And probably she
"Ju4u nave as calmly 2cquicsced in
d ~ l"' opinion thai he was the proper
l Is ,"V '.>'dhd to select when the time
witha came. hut for ono unIuckv cirrrm.
Ftaure.
AboHt the middle of December,
LD>t when ItpSsNt. lo,y n xUnra harm
Ia com Any 10 merit approval. selma Grief
In Tue N"I married. Alter pass ng meeting
Dy a"' 90 ne through the other cere-
on the MONIES the neW-made couple gave a
lr '0>e-WaTinlng, and .hither, of
SON. purse, went Bcssy, Bessy's mother
!, turn: ald lather and Friend Peter.
stupM I"lhcr also came a young man OF
ihg h' ,Le worlds people. one Mr.. John
SHOOT p'oNDdrd, who wore Il black coat, a
at the 'I 81 patent leather boots and IL
foflne! ",eplpe hat, and who was regarded
l sue inc youthful Friends with feelings
IMs mingled admiration and terror.
lpidIJ " course, there was neither sing
or and lhs OF dancing. but they pIayed. the
wh ca nI.ellS being generally kisses. Mr..
OF t' ii0''ard enjoyed himself amazingly.
nc managed to kiss Bessy oftener
.Ada anyone else, and that night
"al"et home with her.
Slcla Questioned by her mother, Bessy
yene;i answered:
c on a a thought it but RIGHT to allow
The iIiA lest he Should think Friends
with proud"
id in 50 maternal ,o1;.itrdo uos mt ot
in his Test and . fo,v imnrossinns ,yore
pieces awakened by the fact that Mr. .John
O k q Hubbard soon .oot, y, imn,anso in
d tore terest in hnttor and nhooso con.
n." ~ "seu with Friend Ephraim on those
n 'holects with great animation when
"a he tney encountered each other at that
~ u,b 'chus store and managed to be in
M 10y nome to tea because he really
u he ~ H" u not leave Friend Ephraim I'm.
" nc qulte comprehended the advan-
~ >"1cs oi the new patent churn.
"ne evening Hannah cut the loaf,