The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

QhEnoe to get out o. doors once SD
hiie, for he wss finielSy to an on
Reasonable extent, though Isuppose ha.
was to be excused. for it must asheesi'
tiresome layin' there day after day.
"This city girl hadn't been dow
more'n a week when / noticed q few
things. Ihave alius KEEP my eyes open,
an faint allus asleepw then they'reshet,
SO I noticed that Hugh gettin' more.
contented without SEEM Betsy an that
Dan1 Webster was a-goin over to Jud
Bramwell's oftenet than was strictly
necessary.
cit took a good deal Of his time to
take Hugh's sister out to get some fresh
air, but / purity soon noticed that he
allus had some excuse for goin,. oFer to.
sJud's at least once a day.
ST mentioned it to Jud, an he said he
could Q that Betsy was gettins more
clipper than she had been for some
time. and it wasn't long ontil you
wouldn't a-thought to see her that she'd
ever heerd Of Hugh Browning or
knowed that he was on earth. She
asked Dan'l Webster about how he
was a-gettin' along every time he come
over, but that was all, an the folks soe.
noticed that she got to goin, the
gate with Danl Webster every time he
come over, an / knowed then that
Betsy's fancy for young Browning had
jest been a girls fancy for a stranger,
and I am mighty glad ont for Danl
Webster's peace o. mind.
"My boy quit sayin' anything about
Betsy an Hugh, an 1 could see that
Hugh was gettin' very friendly with
his sisters friend, an things begun I'd.
look as if they were comm our way,
sure huff.
"After a long time Hugh got able to
go back to the city, an, do you Believe
it, 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, 1 felt almost like knockin' him
down, I did, to have him keer so little
fer her so blame soon after they had
been SO thick. But says 1 to myself:
Wal, it's better SON fer EN- to "a got
married fore they both found it out
II had another o. them Chicago d.
vorce suits, as they would sure if Jud m
me hadn't put down our foot on their
spoonin'. Don't you think twas well
we did, now2'
/ admitted that I did think the joint
action of the two heads of the two
families had been most wise-though
I was fast losing interest in the story
in my disgust at the tickle lovers.
H
IT am willin' to own up now he
continued, after a moments medita-
ton, "that I was sorry to have him 90
away, though 1 was glad be had got
well enough to go. After / got better
acquainted with him an found that he
wasn't a-goin' to interfere with our
plans, l found out that he was a pretty
good Teller, take him by an large, an
the day he went away / felt as if / had
lost a horse. I did, sure's you're born.
ut was gettin' along to'ards spring
by the time Hugh got away, an after
that Danl Webster and Betsy got along
rAgether theabe# kind. They hafnrt
never said a word about their inten-
tions, but we lnowed what they was as
well as they did, an understood the hull
thing from a to lizard.
Zone 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 home Danl Webster spoke
up onconcerned as you please, an said:
Betsy AMI have concluded to get mar
ried tomorrow, an we wantto 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 such
short notice, an Dan'l 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 mat
ter settled our way, that we finally give
u consent, an that night 1 slep' free
from care. We intended to have
proper doin's after they got back.
"The next mornin', bright an early,
Danl Webster hitched up his buggy an
he an Betsy started OFF with the best
wishes of both families, promisin' to
come back that night.
'We n pretty Impatient that day,
but along lords night / see the couple
comm rack, an went down the road
to meet 'em. When they drove up I
sec that DanI 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, SEEM 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 idenr
Of had happened" he finally resumed,
looking away toward the Horizon.
"Betsy had gone up to the city an maS-
ried Hugh browning an, DanI Webster
had married the girl he brought back
with him. They had made it all up an
fooled lis old folks beautifully.
"Waal, l wasn't one to cry over split
milk, an it all turned out well in the
end. Hugh browning thinks as much
of Betsy now as he did when he married
her, an our Dan'l Webster's wife is
one of fine family an !. Sweafer dafOh.