The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-07-17

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ter Of age, but then Eliza was slow iu
yanking a beau. Mary Jane used, to
pike around the parlor when Eliza,was
setting her cap, and telling her young
man how much the unwilling workers
and missionary society were doing for
the reformation of the world, but when
Eliza turned witherng sidelong
glance at Mary Jane she wilted ~and
soughted the solitude cf ho7 own
chamber to have her cry out, and wish
she was big, grown woman like Eliza,
and had young man.
But when Mary Jane finally got in
to long frocks that didn't have but
tons in the back, and stopped plating
her hair and tying the end with a yell
low ribbon, she laid right down on the
unwilling workers and talked like a
real girl, until the boys cire ulated it
around among themselves that she was
lady right, and the man that won
her was strictly in it. And when che
got where she could run Eliza out Of
the parlor and chew gum half the
night, with nobody but the young
man who,was dead struck on her to
demonstrate with her, the old folks de-
cided that the time was ripe to give
her swell blowout, if ever girl ever
had one.
It was tough on the old man, who
had recently run up against financial
snag, 80 have to draw on his imagina.
tion for wealth, but the old lady said
Mary Jane was her baby, and that
they didn't have wedding every dsy,
and her baby was gcing to be married
in style if it was the last act of her
life. And the old lady generally had
things 60 her way.
Before the end Of the week the in
side works OF the house looked as
though the main spring had busted.
There va, an odor Of soapsuds and
orange blossoms all over tho lot, and
everything from the front steps to the
back yard was looking spanking new.
The parlor looked like busharbor at
a campmeetipg, and there was more
frosted cake setting around in spots
than you could shake stick at.
On the night of the tieup they
hung fresh lot of clothes on the old
man and rigged him up in standing
collar. Then they instructed him
how to play host and extend the glad
hand to friend and foe. The old man
was not,pleased With. his Job worth q
hardly, but it was up to him to look
pleasant, and he made UP his mind to
go through or break trace, yet if he
had his rathers. he would rather have
shuoked the store clothes and sat out
on tho front porch in the cool and spit
red. AS it was, he wore the standing
collar and the sickly smile and signal
ed the guests TO go TO the parlur.
There are uses. for an idiotic young
man just as there is an occasional use
for an undertaken, and this was one of
the times. The women folks had
seated themselves and mentally OBJ
served from corners Of eyes how So
and-So dressed on little OF nothing in
the way Of income, and the men pid-
died their thumbs and wished the
thing was over. But the smart young
man said something that, willis it was
idioaie, kinaled c regular bisze Of con.
versation, aud encouraged by this
outburst Of applause, he continued to
do things out Of the ordinary until
conversation hummed. Everybody
broke loose in talk, and the wedding
bells rang ont merrily, SO to speak.
In the midst Of this hilarity somebody
with q handmade megdphone announe-
es that tie groom has arrived. The
old man gathers him frst, falls all
over him and then hustles through the
hall to some secluded spot in the rear
OF the house so as TO have him on
hapa for the ceremony.
Tie appearance Of the groom and
his hasty disposition subdues the hum
of talk in the parlor, and the guests
give themselves up to g general dis
cussion of his merits, possibilities,
etc. In the meantime four or FIVE
sympathizing female friends have
been hard at work on the bride in q
back room. They have rigged her up
in white stuff SO tight that she could
not ges ont Of them suddenly without
can.opeEer, put gloves and slippers
on and otherwise got her ready for the
fray. She was told not 60 sit down SO
that her dress would be ruined. and
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