The suburban citizen., 1901-04-06

'Your uncle is welcome to what !
have left"
The little girl received the seeds
and bounded away, saying,
The beds are all ready, and I'm to
show Uncle Eben how to sow them"
Then back she came again:
L forgot I was to ask you which
are the morning glory seeds. He says
yon told him they must be put near
the window"
Il never told him any such thing;
but there, them's 'em"
Don't be in a hurry, Katy" said
Mrs. Carver persuasiyey. 80 your
he?"
Eyes, ma'am."
"Who is he going to marry? Now,
now, there's a good girl"
Don't know, but l guess mother
does. She told him she wouldn't make
the carpets unless ne told her. But
she won't tell, though I've coaXed her
ever so much. How funny it WIN seem
to have Uncle Eben marriedp'
"There's your mother coming now,
with her bonnet to be trimmed, and
she don't leave this house till she
tells" said Mrs. Carver.
Just as though you didn't know al
ready" said Mrs. Rice in answer to
the allimportant question. Hasn't
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"Of course not, or shouldn't have
to ask you"
"Oh, well, then, I mustn't tell; but
I will say, Polly" and Mrs. Rice
spoke mischievously, you're very ex-
acting. Plenty Of girls would jump
at the chance to marry Eben, and
leave the fixing up till afterward."
"What do you mean? oh, how
am insultedw
And Polly drew herself up proudly
and angrily.
"Why! didn't you agree to have him
if he'd fix up smart enough to suit
you?"
mo, never did; never told him
so, and he knows it; and, what's more,
I wouldn't marry Ebenezer Stickney
if he was the last man on earth, and
you may tell him So" and Polly went
up to her own little room to cry away
her veXation and grief.
Polly, come here, quick" said Mrs.
Carver one bright morning as she sat
sewing in the window. Ebenezer is
coming down the road as fine as a fid-
die in his new buggy, dressed in a
brand-new suit, too. Well, there! He's
coming here, after his new shirts, like
ly."
Polly got the shirts and sat with
them folded in her lap, while she
figured up how much Ebenezer owed
her.
Put up the shirts, Polly; didn't
come for them, but for you"
Come for Pollyw exclaimed Mrs.
Carver, in astonishment
Eyes, Polly, l have come for you.
You know you said you'd marry me
on certain conditions, l have com.
piled with your requirements, and now
want you to fulfill your promise"
"Mr. Stickney, 1 never"
Hush, Polly" said Ebenezer, soft
ly, as he stole his arm around her
waist, while Betsy glided from the
room; "call me Ebenezer dear Eben
ezer and make me as happy as you
did that day on the beach. heard
you, Polly-heard all you said, and
I've been happier since than ever be-
fore. So get on your things and come
along. The elder is waiting at his
house to unite us, and several OF our
friends are there to witness the cere-
mony. Wen take our wedding dinner
at our own house, and we mustn't for
get to invite Betsy and the children,
for the extension table is provided"
This last was said a little teasingly, !
and Polly hid her blushing face on his
bosom, murmuring:
Don't Ebenezer, don'tw
well, there! So you so and get
ready right away, I'll never mention
it again"
Two hours later Ebenezer led his |
wife prouuly through his newly-furn.
ished rooms, and more loving bride. |
groom OF a happier bride could have
been nowhere found-New York |
Weekly.