The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

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haze no tam screa1n,n kist o whistles i her ain
hoose an she milks twanty an toomsday."
roared Dave
blame yer" replied Ed in soothing tones Haven't
bin ter meen' myself sin the Mehodys
inter the old meetin certainly true only
his secession antedated the arrival of
years I KANT abide organs he sympatheticaly
Dave grunted his approval Of the threshes
adherence to these fundamental principles
religious and SPELL paid two notes
instead of the which
Il was past sisters this mornin,' thresher,
they walked rig 'They a-goin' ter hev
double weddin' there yer joy yer
Dawes fairly brsed with rage and horror at
these woeful tidngs shell-pe my-tauchters?"
"shorey! else? They've hired me ter fiddle at the
weddin,. =
"The hisses!" calculated Scot pc mar
ryin on an Ieffn' her father wi twanty
COOS to milk, an three hun
furrow turned!"
AN say Dave!" continued Ed leaning forward mys-s
terious look on his face od Wuly Bells hangin
yer sisters good deal O. late. likely
woman an Wullys gettin in he KANT
be pertiklar Yen remember he said musngly tibet
brother Job ran off with Mcclouds wife,"
And having thus set the
to work in Dawes head departed harry
MS many debtors leaving it to fernent bring
waters Of bitterness. And the nightly.
that week Dave torn by conflicting
W mental He leaned the sites and cursed the
Berkshire pigs with bitter harangued
in the byre and thumped looking sympathetic
His days We're taken with milking choring
neglected fall blowing weighed his soul like heavy
crime By the end of the week.
that man not made to live
some farm, if it only twanty
COOS"
The sight Of the old padding round in gallons of
clothed filed his soul with
ments mitgated by approaching wedding
Hardly day passed without busybody dropping
tell him of the preparations
voted attentions of Wuy Invariably accompanied
descriptions The day before wedding
sinaey the cherished heritage of long
swept by the tide Of conflicting
he let the unnlked might
dark tearing up the line Stratford.
The good folks of zorra hocked from
wedding of Dave Shocks daughters Out the milk
by Aunt Jeans gate old Donald piping style
the Gathering of the Cans-and they gathered From
stratford ST. Mary and as far south Innerkip
McDonalds Rosses bringing every
man his wife daughter and a wee bit present.
The guests who had IBID ia the weddin',"
horsehar chairs of paror soemny con-
templang the glores gazing apt
by Aunt Jean at the
out occasionally disturbed the calm
and the noisy demonstrations
folk wha had but bid for the dance yen ken SILVER
the polite circle.
window the young couples facing minister who
calmly turned the Having place.
blushing girls cleared his preliminary
hem!' He had already opened his
marriage service when rousng cheer from and
the lively rattle Of farm wagon interrupted him.
Why ne exclaimed peeping out Of the window IT'S
Donald!, he shouted running to the just in
time
oulu udy meellser! fepned l1aVe, somewhat sheep
shly He would like have Shock had
fulfilled her threat anent his unederly language
what haze We in the wagon Dave?" his wife.
80, wee bit weddin present, replied Dave, glancing
shamefacedly at couple of We
Bessie he said unclasping the girls around
neck, IAN for Annie An herself man."
tinued shaking hands with Charley the
north hun'red the old farm. the
wild mustard frae John McLeven's Annie"
he added, "wul hurried
That night Ed Brady hrasher forgot his religious
scruples and fddled to the accompaniment
And Dave Shock danced highland fling with the
Wyrv IN the INNS Of fhaJ
wrustles. -
THE TOAST CURE.
stas Good Housekeeping