The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-03-02


the noddins black plumes of the funeri,
carriage and the tall shiny hat Of tn
driver
The undertake. a young man and new
to the business, frantically motioned hin
to one side, but he drove straight on, hi
watery blue eyes shining approval and hi
spare, frosty goatee quiverng with ad nj
, ration. while he enthusiastically shook hi
, whip towards the black horses ahead, or
: as the distracted undertaken thought
+ towards the hearse. The young maj
rushed back to the crowd that was waitn.
for the carriages, and Seizing Deacon Jone.
by the arm exclaimed
Come, deacon, quick. believe there.
unatic out here Heavens. what'll we
d0?'
'Wherr? Where Whera?" asked the
COOL man. fastening after his fri shtcnr,l
informant
There There in that buggy back of the
hcarse. Don't you see him?''
20, dum!" said the di4gusted deacon,
that's only Quipps in one of his blasted
lapses. Don worry, III see to him. Go
on about you business
! He stepped up to his neighbor and said:
! See here, Quipps, don't you know you're
out of place? You'll have to 90 to the
rear, back of all the nieces, and nephews,
and cousins
"Well, we'll so am said Mr.. Quipps
looking around. But say, deacon, did
you ever see Il finer span than them be?
l'll bet they'd trot double in ago.
The poor man did not mean any harm,
but Betsy Stebbins never forsave him. She
maintained that he purposely insinuatrd
himself into the front end of the procession
just to let the townsville people know
that he belonged in the family, which
proceeding she considered entirely out Of
place at SO early ii date
MIR. Quipps now turned his gaze towards
the rich widow Virgins, and his suit was
moment he invited her to go to the Circle
vile races, ten miles disant, to see Sleepy
Jim pace his famous race He rather eX-
pected his horse to win, hut that he should
make the phenomenal time of 2.22 was
more JOY than he could endure without
falling into one Of his calamitous lapses.
lie bore with becoming modesty the avail
anche of congratulations which were heaped
upon him; cOndescended to take two or
three moderate drinks with special friends;
paladed up and down the quarter stretch
recognizing acquaintance and strangers
and altogether conducted himself in the
regulation manner until the races were
over, when, fatal moment he hitched up
his horse and drove off, never once think.
ing of the widow Virgins until about ten
o'clock the next day. The widow was IA
spirited woman and he was we'll aware
apologies would not he in order, SO he
never ventured to look her way again, and
many times in the future crossed the street
to a> old coming in contact with her.
The next one to attract his attention was
pretty, eighteen year old Maggie Parsons
/ 70 be sure he was old and she was young;
he was lean and plain, while she was
plump and rosy; but he hlt money and
she had none, and accordingly the wooing
progressed until finally the wedding day
was fixed for the middle Of July. Maggie's
aunt invited all the elite of .Ioncsville to
the ceremony, which was to take place on
Wednesday morning at nine O'Clock, so
the happy couple could take the eleven
o'clock train for Cleveland, where the
Grand Circuit IA res were in progress.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Quipps rang
the bell at palson Bain's, and after being
cordially greeted by the good man and
seated in the parlor, said:
mir Balm, I--all--um -l-er-eXpec
to be married Tomorrow and ahem! could
you do the work for us?'' He wiped his
face with his cotton handkerchief, thankful
that the task was over.
,'Oh, certainlyn' replied the parson, II
shall be pleased to perform the ceremony.
Who is the happy woman?'
"'Ah-er--t's Maggie Parsons.
The minister looked rather confused for
IL moment when he realized the mistake he
had made in saying 'happy woman
just at that moment DR.. Sprill flashed
past with his bay beauty, and Mr. Quipps
made dash for the window, and so did
Parson Balm, who admired fast horse as
much as he conveniently could under the
circumstances.
81 tell you she's good one!' exclaimed
Mr. Quipps 81 wish owned her."
eyes she is" said the parson, and As
they withdrew from the window he con-
tinued "By the way, what did you say
was the time?" meaning the hour set for
the wedding ceremony.
"Just AGO. replied the caller, thinking
of the mares record
Nine o'clock on Thursday morning
arrived and with it Mr.. Quipps the guests
the wedding breakfast, all, everything but
the minister. At $50 a messenger was
DISPATCHED after him and was told by Mrs.
Rain that her husband was out of town and