The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-09-17

at me dretful pertic'ier last Sunday
eyenin' as we was comm out. Iknow-
was goin' tew ask fur my compa'y
hum. but before he could git his cur
ridge up that bold brassy piece, Pru-
dence Packer come sailin' down the
aisle, an tuck him off with her
eff / was Prue Packer / wouldn't
let the hull town know it, if / was in
such hurry to git married Law
full suz there he is at the gate
Liza Jane, hand me clean necker-
cher out of the under draw. Not
that one that white cambria with the
tucked border. Is my cap straight! !!
I'm all of a tremble. What shall l
dew if he makes me prcpersitione
There amt no use standing out ag'in
him the deacon is sech a determined
man. Hew dew you dew Deacon
Slocum? Take cheer by the FIRE,
dew. I declare if it amt real kind
an naburly in you to comein to cheer
a lone widder. Liza Jane go down
suller an bring up some apples an
cider. Git some Of them big red ones
in the bin by the winder that your
father was so fond of"
"Don't trouble yourself widder. /
only come
q 'Tain't no trouble deacon, not a
mite. Liza Jane, bring up plate of
them doughnuts that / fried this morn
in. Ny poor dead and gone husband
used to say that I was master hand
tew make doughnuts. An he was a
master hand to eat 'em, tew. He'd
eat a peck day if he had 'em, Idew
believe. An ] gently contrived tew
have them on hand fur dew believe
in married pardners tryin' tew please
one another if 'tain't an onposslble
thing. There's Mrs. Packer-it's $
my solemn belief that she worried her
husband intew the grave by her con-
tineral frettin' and scoldin'. And sech
a housekeeperl / don't s'pose the
poor man knowed what it was to have
decent meal fur years afore he died
without twas at one of the nabors.
An they do say that Prue is her
BSdtB sfEhGGit eYsE again; e. 9 u. ] pity any
.'You surprise me, widder. I
thought Miss Prudence would be a
desirable companion for most any
man. Not that + d any idee myself. "
"Of course you amt. I see her
performance last Saba day evenin' ,
and SO did some other folks I could
mention. Iknow you was tew good
a men tew be coaxed intew marryin'
one woman when, you had made up
your mind tew have another. -
"Waal, I dunno widder. I hain't
idee-"
"I knowed you ain t deacon you've
got tew much sense. I know what
your idee is, tew, just as well as i
YOU toldit. Liza Jane, bring some OF
that cheese that was cut Yesterday.
There amt nothing that goes so well
with doughnuts as cheese. Now dea-
con, dew take hold an eat suthin'
dew"
"Thank you, widder. They are
very nice-as nice as any I ever tasted
But as / was goin' tew say"
"Gener'ly speakin' ! amt ashamed
to set my doughnuts before anybody
| If I dew say. But I don't know how
| It was / didn't seem tew have sech
good luck as common with these. But
p'r'aps you can worry EN- down with
some of the cider. Jest try lettle'
deacon, dew. 4"
"Thank you widder; seein, you've
so very pressin' / will. But as I wa:
sayin', our farms jiue, an ! thought
I'd come over an see"
"Jes' so, deacon. ] feel presactly
as YOU dew about it. It seems sort o
providential that our farms should JIM
don't it nowl
"Liza Jane, you can take some o
them pickles over tew Grandma Per
kins that made Yesterday; she''
amazin' fond Of pickles. You needn'
hurry back; saw yer gran'ther go BY
| tew the village with his OK team an
mos likely he won't be back till night
| Gran ma 5 dretful lonesome when he''
gone, an you can jest as well stay
with her spell as not.
"You see, deacon" continued thu
Widow Perkins, as soon as the dool
closed after Liza Jane, bringing he
chair little nearer her visitor. 9
don't count on havin' my darter will
me great while longer. Eben Wei
has been keepin' p steady COM ny will
her for more'n a year, an they cal
c'late on gettin' married in the spring
Liza James father left her three hun
dred dollars or the wuth ont in land
lest which she'd ruther have. Eber
thinks he'd ruther have the ten-acr'
lot down by Saltwater pond. An
don't know but what I'd as soon b
would, but wouldn' I tell him fur sar
tin till knew what you thought abou
It."
"Waal, widder, should say 'tWa
bout the fair thing, though dom
know as it makes any difference tey
me 'tain't my land nor my darter
What l come in tew say was that ou
farms jine, an that strip Of meddei
land down by the creek
"There amt no need fur ye tew sa,
another word, deacon /; / know wha
you come in fur jist as well as # ]
was writ in black an white. An
amt going tew say nothin' ag'in
nuther, fur I know you air sech a de
termined man.
"Is'pose Sam told ye. I was speak
in tew him bout 1t the other day
You see, our farms jine at that pint