The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-12-11

osey bIlt lis N / 4
come oxer. an snowed N n
BETSY fancy for young Browning haM
jest been yirls v faney for q strangssF,
ana am mighty glnd ont TER DaIll
!yFebster's neace o' mind
.Myyboy quit sayin' anything Hbolt
Betsy an' Hugh. ant could see that
Hugh was gettin' very friendly with
hts sisters friend ALI things begun to
look as II they were comm our way,
sure nun. N
after "a long time Hugh got able TO
60 back to the city, an. do you believe
IT, be jest said, ais he was a-goin aways
4 TAN That ,Bramwell girl good-by for me.
IN you folks Stranger, do We
felt almost like knocEin' him
A ala, to have him kcer 50 little
I& so blame soon after they had
thick. But says I to myself:
n better son fer 'em to "A got
ll( fied fore they both found It ouS
4 n llod another O. them Chicago di-
Tl2i'cA suits, as they would sure If Jud M
ina hadn't put down our foot on their
Spoonin' Don't You think twas web
xe did. now?"
4 admitted that did think the Joint
action of the two heads Of the two
families had been most wise-though
Il WIS fast losing interest in the story
in MY disgust at the tickle lovers.
IT am willin' to own up now he
continued, after moments medita-
ton, that was sorry to have him go
away, though was glad be had got
well enough to 60. After got better
acquainted with him an found that he
wasn't a-goin' to interfere with our
plans, found out that he was pretty
good Teller, take him by an large, an
the day he went away / felt as if / had
lost horse. 7 did, sure's you're born.
1T was gettin' along to'ards spring
by the time Hugh got away, an after
that Dan'l Webster and Betsy got along
together the best kind. They hadn't
never said word about their inten-I
tions, but we Inowed what they was MS
we'll as they did, an understood the hull
thing from to lizard.
sOne evenin' we all went over to
Jud's to spend the evenin'. because it
was his birthday, an jest as We was
goin' to go homo Dan1 Webster spoke
up onconcerned as you please, an said:
Betsy an have concluded to get mar
ried tomorrow, an we want to ask the
consent of all concerned
.'My wife an Jnd.s wife pretended to
be very much surprised, an begun to
say as they couldn't get ready on such
short notice, an DanI Webster said
they had concluded to be married quiet
like, an just go by themselves up to the
city and get some minister to say the
words.
"There was a good deal Of objectin'.
but we was all so glad to have the matt
ter settled our way, that we finally give
our consent, an that night slep' free
from care. We intended to have
proper doin's after they got back.
1.-THE next mornin', bright an early,
Dan'l Webster hitched up his buggy an
he an Betsy started off with the best
wishes Of both families, promisin' to
come back that night.
eve was pretty Impatient that day,
but along lords night see the couple
comm back, an went down the road
to meet 'em. When they drove up
sec that Dan'l Webster had Hugh's sis
.er's friend in the buggy with him.
by this time the hull of the two
families had come out, for we had all
got together at my house, an they was
scared for Betsy, SEEM as she hadn't
come back, an was afraid something
had happened. An somethin' had"
Here the old man stopped. Nothing in
lis countenance showed that he would
ever tell the rest of the story.
Something we never had any idear
If had happened" he finally resumed,
oolling away toward the horizon.
Betsy had gone up to the city an mar
red Hugh browning an Dan'l Webster
lad married the girl he brought back
With him. They had made it al up an
cooled lis old folks beautifully.
"Waal, wasn't one to cry over split |
milk, an it all turned out well in the |
md. Hugh Browning thinks as much
If Betsy now as he did when he married
Ter, an our Dan'l Webster's wife is
me of the family, an a sweeter daugh-
er no man ever had. She's as dear to
ne as one of my own girls. Betsy is
His Elizabeth Browning, am lives in
treat style on Columbia avenue up in
he city, an Dan'l Webster owns this
cry ground. Come up to the house
m get supper afore you go back. I've
.njoyed your talk better'n anything
hats happened for good while"