River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-17

take Hugh's sister out to get some fresh /
air, but / purity soon noticed that he /
sIlus had some excuse for goin' over to
Jud's at least once day.
IL mentioned il TO Jud, an he said he
could see that Betsy WIS gcttin' more
clipper than she had been for some
time. and it wasn't long ontil you
wouldn't although to see her that she'd
ever heerd of Hugh Browning or
knowed that he was on earth. She
asked DAM Webster about how he
was a-gettin' along every time he come
over, but that was all, an the folks soon
noticed that she got to goir' to the
gate with Dan1 Webster every time he
come over, an l l1nowed then that
Retsy's fancy for young Browning had
Jest been girls fancy for a stranger,
and / am mighty glad ont for Danl
Wcbster's peace o. mind.
MY boy quit sayin' anything about
petsy an Hugh. an | could zee that
Hugh was gettin' very friendly with
his sisters friend, an things begun to
look as IL they were comm our way,
sure 'nuff.
"After long time hugh got able to
go back to the city. an, do you believe
fl, he jest said, as he was a-goin' away:
Tell that Bramwell girl good-by for me.
some o. you folks Stranger, do We
know. felt Almost like knoekin' him
down, / did, to have him keer so little
fer her so blame soon after they had
been 50 thick. But says / to myself:
Wal, it's better SON fer 'em to "a got
married fore they both found il out
n had another o. them Chicago di-
vorce suits, as they would sure if Jud n
me hadn't put down our foot on their
spoonin'. Don't you think twas well
we did, now?"
admitted that did think the joint
action of the two heads of the two
families had been most wise-though
was fast losing interest In the story
In my disgust at the tickle lovers.
II am willin' to own up now" he
continued. after a moments medita-
ton, that was sorry to have him go
away, though l was glad he had got
well enough to so. 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 a horse, did, sure's you're born.
1T was gettin' along to'ards-s spring
by the time Hugh got away, an after
that Danl Webster and Betsy got along
together the best kind. They hadn't
never said a word about their inten-
tions, but we knowed what they was as
well as they did, an understood the hull
thing from a to lizard.
"One evenin' we all went over TO
Jud's to spend the evenip', because II
was his birthday, an Jest as we was
goin' TO go home DanI 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 Jud's wife pretended to
be very much surprised, an begun to
say as they couldn't get ready on srSh
short notice, an Danl Webster said
they had concluded TO be married quiet
like, an lust go by themselves up to the
city and get some minister 20 say the
words.
There was good deal os objectin'.
but we was all SO glad TO have the mat
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.
"The next mornin', bright an early,
DanI Webster hitched up his buggy an
he an Betsy started off with the best
wishes of both families, promisin' to
come back that night.
I'VE 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 Dan1 Webster had Hugh's sis
ter'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, seein' as she hadn't
come back, an was afraid something
had happened. An somethin' had"
Here the old man stopped. Nothing in
his countenance showed that he would
ever tell the rest of the story.
Something we never had any idear
of had happened" he finally resumed,
looking away toward the horizon.
BETSY had gone up to the city an mar
ried Hugh browning an Danl Webster
had married the girl he brought back
with him. They had made il all up an
fooled rs old folks beautifully.
"NNaal, 1 wasn't one to cry over split
milk, an il all turned out well in the
end. Hugh Browning thinks as much
of Betsy now as he did when he married
her. an our Danl Webster's wife is
one &c the family, an a sweeter daugh-
ter no man ever had. She's as dear to
me as one of my own girls. Betsy is
Mis- Elizabeth Browning. an lives in
great style on Columbia avenue up in
the city, an Dan'l Webster owns this
very ground. Come up to the house
an get supper afore you go back. I've
enjoyed your talk better'n anything
that's happened for a good while"
But" said /. as | arose to accompany
nv new friend, 81 don't see where
Jud Bramwell got any the best of you
in this transaction. 1t seems TO me
that it was an even trade; you got
daughter and he got SON"
"Yes, that's true" assented the old
man. but everybody's called him
Sc uire Bramwell ever sence he got a
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