The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-24

unusual excitement without reach Tho formal
; tjsS nrii T""s lsn ire in tho porlor, waGTo
performs .!rho, iBln%slE; H@WE Vail" y
hS 10y WHTS1" gu THO janglins piano, Win Fl,
hiidcgT1orh, inGauwhii av6iling himself OF
him mas iscedor1, ESCAPES into Inc welcome
nuE.F ,,Viiy OUTSIDE, or perhaps walks around I,
Zoos at tao various farm animals aud lnd, on:
A4T ;,ey have got on during tho ~cycntiril dHya
~ ousE Of tho Iionientous. evening, over
.eaIoas holners station Themselves al the en-
thomain road, BAN r%al MiS MniBS rir Ia'R lanterns G@ 'sO oi
SnrourSEG;Rsnt At tho onco1ine quests anI
male from tue rn.N OF -ectitudc. It is probable
Ihut ,I9 l%nntCrns are to warn tho nniamiliar
u way now discardoi because OF II shay bridge
or inilcn irer across II. clear. unobstrictcn roads
ne nn.shhorhooG; BE that as it may. the iilerry
AMEN VIZ FSSS shining put from no Eoansia9
corresponding l%!sqGtet to the women and chill.
drcn packed in the ~cnrrynll, they draw,
Hide Tint Corfoundcd lantern and they'll 30
NIL right" shouts pntrr famiiiNs, whose mules
arr, backing and %snorting, and whose good lady
The 'nimSis r"rihcd and inc oytr.nnrrow, now
niIaSo passed. lnl!@n l2gs avoided, iho mcrN9ns
litnlp house, the wido.opcn doors, through which
can Nc seen a inlo%iny company AMI all The &C,
f fSmmn a. men S,, nI ,SH tlHI1 ,bS w du TRr Css'' upon
"NEcs viii haven big inforc.' remarks pntcr
inmii,a;i i, men On nanS imprIssIsSsy to ms ms WIFE VIE
yon!"r. That's something l never rcckoned on
coming TO pass
been looking into tho low window. there's
Gen, DunSin in me back room. and Col. Reynolds
Politics says. his father sententiously.
Look ont. Sambo." to the negro who has come
viii bear watching sometimes. shes light in
the heels" Then ratcr f9milias lifts his young;
est out of the ~carrynll in a sound sleep and
turns toward the back steps of the dwelling. his
Aock following after.
Everybody drives right into the hig back yard
| oil this occasion. People can get up TO the step
better there, Tor the front yard has "a flower gar.
winding up to the house. This is no immortal
mansion. The front door, back door. and the
welcome to go in and out MS he plcuscs.
Yes. Yves OF truth holds a, big infnrc. The big,
in the sFPh best g" Clothes no. am" t on heir 81 " hcs, T bnhay s,Prs
They have flowers in their hair, and lace about the
thr9a's o. their niEhinecknd winter troGks. The
blossoms. al complete. is in there with them.
The atmosphere nt the room is at a high pressure
of Consiraint. Tie girls talk is fragmcntdry
and stuffed: tho made conversation of those not
adopts in the art. Serena asks Lucia how they
quiring if her little brother has had the Group
again. somebody asks her next n~cighbor if she
Sunday. Another makes IA feeble effort to dc.
scribe a crochet pattern, and n" single one Of
least interest in the subject referred to. All arc
intent on noting the brides dress and dcmeanor,
and are smiilnEly excited over the distractions
In the opposite room, over across the hall. the
NOuDS Ilt arc ClTtltu hDDlI IDc DllIlnp Ire.
Some wear blossoms in the buttonholes OF their
coats, al bear traces OF recent m.nistra ions on
the part OF n barber or q substitute. They are
but little more at ease than the girls Occasion
ally one goes to the door ana looks across the
H Iit' Would ot dih ike fS r in5P e 9eG across iSs1ive M fnSPt a 10 Ssr..
ticular girl whom he likes is seated in plain
fIset that f battcr TN Of STisht t eyes up |, to ' be + fSs iir ,9
to break the ice; as it were, and be the CIynosurc
Of 6,n al for that .i first t. terrible err t,o Interval He goes
groom Is making, an effort to be entertaining
and looking wofully awkward and III at ease.
old farmer. slipping him on the shoulder.
lows the way over 10 B%arnwell, if there's more
like her there; do like to see a girl good and
laugh goes the rounds at this. and Yves col
ors up to his ears. He is n young fellow, only
just able to vote for the first time this year. and
he feels the responsibilities deyolving on him.
In the big bedroom back of the parior are
gathered the mothers and spinsters OF the as.
women with placid faces and double chins sit
and pet their babies in the CHEEKY radiance OF
rows on the big beds, infants ana young chill.
dren are sound asleep among the pillows: and a
mosphere. The matrons are having a much
better time, so far as jollity is concerned. than
swains gathered about their sometime comrade.
who has this day stepped out from their ranks.
her A''f mo SGnitG .hS oF and s"s shRks ae i hanG T'k Si Sh
Angles sister" and Westley's second cousin
How do You Ike i, oyer in this part J, asks
the noe,, cousin dnd from gons GsGTSia: who I Is OF al l1vG IL dis:
company she's in. Then. after this vein OF con
versation can be worked nc. further, Miss An
gie's sister inquiries if the bride likes housekecp,
, ing. ana Cousin Bills wife thinks to ask il she
knows the minister of their church. The women
8 make mental notes of her dress as they ask
these questions. and the bride acquits herself
admirably, takes two or three OF the babies in
=, turn on her lap. praises the ringlets OF one child,
the complexion OF another. the eyes OF n third,
l talks baby talk awhile. and altoEGthcr is rather
sorry when she has to go back to the girl.cncom'
passed stiffness of the front room.
Still another apartment is monopolizei by the
. older men OF the company, and the liveliness OF
. the affair, whatever OF gayety. there is, centres
= there. The night being cold. frequent libations
are INDUCED in, anecdotes are told, and pres
y emily the o~vcrtowinS mirtn draws some OF tho
bridegroom's followers TO the scene. Then it i
ogies for the absence OF his wife and daughters
and the Colonel. who, IN like case, has made eN
f 6rids. 'O on mes ' IN tfe q mfds st Of Of P 3he eons,r ro net
circle in the front room, where her ladyshiI
q sence OF the opposite sex and volunteers to get
70 up some fun.
r They just need something to start them :
the suggestion falls fiat. a hush comes owe,
. the company: and the hostess reminds him tina
Of the question. The General makes a gesture
o Of despair, but in the meanwhile there is
animation pervudc the room han have distin
% Euished, il during the entire evening. All g.
ou' to the big dining room across the hack porci
where tables. contrived with a view 10 ampl,
o accommodation are literally hcapcd up will
SAVIOR" meat. ami sweets and dclicacics.
Blcs sd Intervention! In the general comno
u ton that cnEucs, atoms of sOrc-rCprcsscd soc.a
bility, before kept apart as by an iinpassnbl,
n barrier, drift together with happy coincidence
Is Under pretcxt OF offering coffee cake or othc
description OF Wand, young men venture at las
10 to draw mar the girls so long isolated in tina
front room circle. IL is the doing nothing tina
e is such n drawback to the country youth; one
let him have occupation for hands and feet. an,
he finds mental poisc. In groups o! thrGcs nn'
fivcs, and in yet moro significant couples, tn
young people providing themselves amply viii
10 good things, drift back TO The deserted room
and actually begin to enjoy themselves an,
1t forget that they are out in company
s. The older people, those who enjoy the suppc
n for its own sake, apart from outside issues, 70
st main long in the dining room. Tho General an,
20 tho Colonel pledge tho brides health in tn
70 homo made scuprernong wine that anothc
O. time they would not think OF drinking, The
" bewilder her with compliments, shower prctt
speeches on such danes and damsc!s rs nee
r, with their approval, and, having won the ZOO
n, will of the entire company, turn their face
10 homeward. The General and the Colonel wcr
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