The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-02-15

@IJl said old Aunty
gSsS smith, ad.
ZWk, dressing the
W mem bers OF
the sewing circle assembled In the
clergyman's residence one Friday aft
ernoon how they do come about,
70 be surei Seems to be n special Prov.
idence in EN- sometimes for blessin'
and sometimes for cuss.r
''Mostly for . cuss, said Miss Jones,
still spinster at sixty-fye.
And two people, or any one Of two
people, can make u marriage n curse
or blessing, as they choose, after the
ring IL on, 4" said Mrs. Brown.
Until that horrid word obey Is
struck out OF the service began Miss
Jones. II feel sure"
II don't see why that should bother
you," cried Annty Smith.
"Aunty Smith is right about one
thing" interrupted the ministers
wife in her turn, perhaps TO avert the
impending squabble. "The most un-
expected matches are always being
made. Just the people we think ought
TO come together never do; and just
the people whose names we never
couple, do 1t for themselves Now,
twenty years ago no one would have
fancied that would be Mrs Calvin
Richards. I'm sure wouldn't have
believed prophecy to that effect my
self"
'.Why, I've alters said you were sent
down from Heaven ticketed for each
At11n ~, T.. n
Smith.
IF we were" said Miss Richards, ~
had certainly lost my ticket. l was a
very lively girl, Aunt Smith. Iloyed
to dance and sing, and enjoy myself
generally. dotted on good play
here Miss Jones was heard TO groan
quietly over her back stitching-.sand
had beaux enough with tastes like
my own. A clergyman's wife ] had
often vowed never would be. And /
felt more certain about 1t than ever
whenever my father entertained
clcrgymen. They We're, it seemed to
me, never young and never handsome.
Their very smiles were solemn, and
they generally had weak lungs"
Yes, poor dears, that's very true
said Aunty Smith. About the lungs,
Imean.n
II had notion, said Mrs Richards,
that to be very handsome man must
De a little wicked. The handsomest
man ever saw was gambler. When
was ilttle giri, nine or ten years
old at most, an old uncle of mine had
salu 70 me once as STOOD at the Win
COW Oh ms parlor IN New ! ork: Emma,
uiu you ever see gambler? Ihats
one. ms name IS thompson. II was
Us tnough ne mad said: DID you ever
see satanf istafea Win al my might
ana nave never forgotten the face
saw tnen- ihat gamblerY said !.
oh, uncle, u cant be. She knows a
handsome man when she sees one
alreaay, saia my uncle. And i always
oio. langhed MIS- Kichards When
was girll looked first ut mans
face and then at his figure, and, if
1ney "iu hos sun me, never asked
aoou. ms virtues rs Tor ms talents,
loon = oeiieve that eitner man or woni-
an ever zen IN love Wltn talent yet
ana you KNOW, continued Mrs. Rich
aFue' Mf' hicharus IS not a handsome
man.
Aunty smith remarked with great
truth. mat beauty was only skin
0eev' anu mts' hle'lafas went on;
nc poftiy now though, and wears
wh'sKerS' lie IS very much improved
lnueSu' outwaraly. mas viii OF his
own an" SHOWS ~. hc hasn't weak
lungs ~ ioftS-nVe' but when first
saw hihi ne was pale and thin and
nervous I, ana haa q oao cough. And,
though Us pastor oil our church. saw
nun every sunday, ! forgot nm every
MONDAY. anyone Knew seemed more
hkely to please me than he did. And
wheh ne tlFst octsaa to ealI on me- I've
many time oeen wicked enough to
seIu town worl tnat was out and
hiae IN tue closet; while ma, who had
not heard me give the message to the
servant, looked FOR me mail the rooms
Oh inc mouse
me Young man used to run about
with most drank himself to death ten
years ago; but he had checks like
peaches tlGn and eyes as blue as u
ha6y's And how he could sing! And
wenG down ON my knees AMI thanked
eod' when heard the news. that it
was not who wcpt over his grave the
day they buried him.
but lin running away from my
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