Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-07-01
HIS DIGNITY RUFFLED.
How a ''iomIsod !uHo Wedding Came
to An Abrupt End.
Poor Girl Is in Sorrow and Willie In State q,
Dc pcra.icn.

! There is one June weldinp maj - ar
way on. In fact we might saw with
out lear of contradiction tb,t i, is
remote The order for orange h,osso,ns
Is countcrmandcd ana those wadairo
bells will not ring out. this so,s,r ,
love sick maiden with eyes hound in
~ "'Hiiei ana pug nose that shows
.S'o VI HaNitiS Dcen used for tea,
H"eu ihourhinS over the ashes Of n
last love. While mothers heart. nir.,
broken, and Willie's picture is turne
toward the wall. and pana is groon-
4 Ing IN spirit as he thinks of that good
hard coal ali gone up in smoke throueh
the front parlor flue. the past winter
1 The neighbors are all wondering what
! has caused this cyclone in the matri
! mcnial arena and why Willie shuns the
mousse as he would the pest house dur
! ing a smallpox epidemic and why he
talks of enlisting for the Philippines ana
wearing army blue and brogans and
making goo goo eyes at some ether one
of Eva's fair daughters.
That old familiar saw of true love
that never runs smooth is exempligied
in Willie's case, but why it should run
u.
puzzles the neighbors. Willie had bcea
steady" at the house for wears in
fact he was looked uuon as one Of
those necessary encumberanccs that
must come into the family and barna-
cle on papa. Something that every
poor old papa with Il sweet ana mar
flaSable daughter expects to GnI
hanging over his front gate at all
hours Of the day and ni@ht. and All af-
Ter all honest people have gone to
sleep, Keep the rocking chair SqueAkin,y
III the front room until tn" milkman
arrives in the small hours Of the r,p-n-
ing with the Tactic fluid and after thc
calf love season is over. is expected tn
give the children his Blessing anl have
the office sign rcnaintnd and l.ttcyei:
Willie Pitllins and fatler-in-! law. sue
cessors to John Smith"
Papa was q martyr to the c9uee ana
mama WAS ticklcd almost into CON
niption fit to think her sweet chcrllb
had got Il beau while til" nci:.hbor's
daughter. whose father Cut his rnu-
pons with hay cutter. hasn't set
even a caller. much more = .t"ady
beau. 50 she used Ia ro anu oil thr
rot king chair so il woUId 10 lil,. \
deaf ana dumb orator at Suni1y
School picnic and trim tho lamp - it
would go almost out 50 as not To hurt
Willio's eye sight. AMI in the afternoon.
would 70 out calling on the neichbors
To tell about her future son-in-law and
how smart he was: that he was sccrc-
tary Of a bad luck trust down town Or
something Of the Kind and one OF these
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the world.
The other Sunday Willie started out
to make his accustomed call. He was
fashion plate. a picture book on
wheels. high collar that lowered to-
wards the heavens. q butterfly bow Of
the latest pattern. immaculate shirt
front that showed like n marble slab
4 black frock coat and worstol irouS-
ers with crease in them that looked
as If 4 steam roller had run over them
ana Il bird Of a hat The only draw
back To his make up was his face. His
small brother had nurloined his razor
to hcW The ton off corn and had left
several gaps ANA saw teeth in it. when
our hero come to use it extracted the
hair in winrows and left his face look
ing like bunch grass on Il Western
prairie
When hc reached tho house. the derr
girl was waiting with open arms To
receive him. Mama has logged of to
prayer meeting like dutiful natrnn
while papa went into his len 70 smoke.
leaving the coast clearand the two souls
with but a single thought. to talk sweet
nonsense and plan for the future.
Along about . r. NJ mamma return
ed ana was SURPRISED to see a caller
or at least said she was. excused no
self and ambled off 10 bed. our hero
kept up the game for some timc and
finally made several bluffs ut going on
ly To come back again and again t.
say goodnight. At last, she accom-
panied him to the hall where it took
about the usual time To say good night
ana when the Pullman whistle1 in he
was trying to untangle himself from
two arms around his neck.
AT last the dear girl said: willie.
wish you would do me favor. VIII
lie said he would do anything in tHc
world to please her if she would only
name it. She said: Wont you rub
your cheek down over the jam Of that
door couple of times as the heat has
swelled it and l think it viii do Just
as well as No. sandpaper." out Went
Willie and bang went the door. HIS
dignity had been rufficd and his self
respect rubbed the wrong way while
the tears from her eyes fell on the
hall carpet enough to effect the
barometer and the ncighbor's girl in
the adjoining fiat played and gang that
beautiful pathetic ballard: Il Don't
Care If He Never Come Back.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
Charlotte Austin were held at 40 +.
NJ Sunday, at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs Fra nix Foster No. .3 Gony
street. Rev H. T.. Dunnack was the Of
ficiating clergyman. The interment was
at the family lot in Mount Pleasant
cemetery.
The funeral of the late MISS l1ucin-
da Church was held at p. NJ. Sum
day, Rev Fl. +. Dunnack officiating.
The interment was at the Wall ceme-
terry on the River road.
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The Central Vermont and Grand Trunk
Railways through their representatives
in Roston have Just Issued beautifully
III, Al ~ na Pan a mcric9n