The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-09-09

mother being i'll, and she can step right
into Hannah's shoes and be loved and
cared for. l may even do something
for her parents, but of course do not
promise"
itT' was asked
"Why, sort o. thought I'd find out
If you and Mrs. Dawson and Mrs.
Jackson believed in Providence and
thought my getting married was all
right. l don't want everybody saying
that / didn't wait till Hannah was
cold, but do want to foller the finger
of Providence"
''Well, you foller away" said Aunt
Sarah. "Folks will talk, l reckon, but
If you and Providence are agreed you
needn't care what is said"
"But you stand ready to say you
think Providence is pointing out the
way for me?" he insisted
well, Jacob" she replied after a
moments thought, "I'll go as far as to
say that Providence works in mysteri-
GUS ways and that this may be one Of
'em"
That satisfied Jacob Matthews. He
went over to Whites and had a talk
with father, mother and Susie. After
couple Of hours they were made to
see the hand of Providence in it, and a
week later the redheaded, humble
looking Susie became the wife of the
man who was hungry to boss and nag
some one. The only fear he had was
that she was too humble and docile,
too much like his lost Hannah, but per-
haps a box on the ear might call out a
spark Of temper, just enough to re-
quire another box to subdue her The
marriage took place in the afternoon
before a justice of the peace, and the
couple drove home. The bride entered
the house. while Jacob put out the
horse. When he finally arrived at the
kitchen door, it was to find several
chairs in the yard, all the curtains
pulled down and a dozen dishes
thrown on the ash pile.
~ don't like 'em and want new
things" explained the bride as he
stood with open mouth.
OdCOO WdlhCO OVER anu DOACu ucT
ears. and second later some one was
pulling his hair and scratching his
face He boxed again, and the bride
stepped back and flung the teapot, the
rolling pin and the dishpan at him, and
be had to get outdoors to avoid the rain
Of missiles. That was the beginning
of the honeymoon, and Jacob had to
beg his young wife's pardon to save
the rest of the dishes. He had been
taken by surprise, but he had hours to
think things over, and next morning
he laid the law down to her and took
his hoe and departed for the field.
When he came up to dinner, there was
no dinner ready. Jacob cuffed her
ears, and she pulled out handfuls of
his hair. He tried to shut her in a
closet, but she kicked the door off it's
hinges, threw the cat into the hall and
hit Jacob with the leg of broken
chair. Again he had to come down"
to bring about cessation Of HOSTILE
ties, but 1t was only to save the clock
and the cook stove. He had been boss
too long to give up in a day, and the
idea Of giving up to a chit Of wife
was not to be thought of. He got his
own dinner and supper, and he at
tempted no more moves until the next
morning Then at the breakfast table,
which he had been obliged to help pre-
pare, he laid down the law. For her
INSTRUMENTATION the young wife must
pass two days and nights in the dark
cellar on bread and water. She must
also expect to go without tea or sugar
or shoes the rest of the year to make
good the damage to the furniture.
Rather to his amazement the bride was
humble and spiritless, and in due time
the cellar door was locked against her.
Jacob set off to work feeling that
darkness and hunger were perhaps bet
ter than q box on the ear although
the box would come later, and as he
toiled he reflected that he was an
instrument of Providence.
Meanwhile the bride crawled through
the cellar window without much trou-
BILE, but not until she had opened the
spigots of the vinegar and cider bar
rels, upset the soft soap and smashed
the jar Of picked peaches. When she
got out, she filed up the well with
the chairs from the house, broke up
the table and the rest of the dishes
with an ak, and as a sort of farewell
went around and smashed out every
pane of glass in every window. Then
she made a bundle Of her trousseau,
gave the cat last kick and departed
for her fathers house. Jacob came up
to dinner in due time, wondering II
the prisoner would knock on the cellar
floor and ask forgiveness. When he
saw the ruin wrought. he staggered