The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-11-29

Pcaslee were doing the handsome
thing by her when he caught the
measles. He was seventy-eight or
nine before he did this. and, having
escaped the contagion during his first
childhood he had a perfect right to it
in his second. but it went hard with
bim. and after an interesting illness
of four days during which he "swore
the very hair off her head" as Mrs.
Peaslee informed her neighbor. Mrs.
Brown, he passed on.
He was a man of property. and of
course Mrs Peaslee wept becomingly
90 his funeral and made herself -
gloomy as possible with Grape folds
ana bombazine.
She employed Paul Julius, the vii
lage poet, TO write poem of sixteen
Stauzas by way of an obituary notice
poem which Mrs. Julius. who was
not romantic, declared touching
er.ueh to wiring fears ont of q grid
iron.
She also had n 5000 tombstone set up
to his memory. with very much bent
over angel, with spreading wings. re-
clining against an urn which looked
like a patent cofieepot. and underneath
the announcements Of Mr.. Peaslee'S age
was inscribed this sentence from the
Spanish: MAS vale !arde que uunca."
She had asked one of her nepheWS
q wild young chap, just entering his
senior year at college. for some ex
pressiye sentence from some foreign
language to put on his Uncle Eben's
tombstone. and the young rascal had
imposed this Better late than new
er" upon her. assuring her it meant:
There is rest in heaven
When Peaslee's will was opened the
widow was raging mad. Most of his
property had been willed to a certain
Jonathan Ebenezer Penslee. q relative
of his. and the, widow had only her
third But she charged the tomb
stone, angel and all. to the estate,
and recovered tie price of it. After
that finding she was a desperate wom-
an to have around, Jonathan Ebenczer
bought out her "thirds,' and the
widow set up house for herself.
Directly Grape began to give way 70
lavender ribbons. and when widow
begins to don lavender the fact is sig.
nihcant.
Mrs. Peasiee was still young she
owned to thirty, but was really about
foriy-and very good looking woman.
/ suppose she. had an undouhJed right
TO look around after second husband.
Barzllla Bodea was her first flame
The courtship was made easy Every
thing was lovely. and the course OF
truc love ran smooth. The wedding
dress. white silk. with pale lavender
trimmings, was ready the day was
set and the cards printed. But. TO use
the language Of the twentieth century.
life had soured on Barzilla and a week
before the wedding he was seized with
cholera morbus. and in few hours he
was no more. Mrs Peaslce was again
q widow.
She put on the old mourning it was
by 40 means rusiy-and wore it three
months. At the end of that time she
got q little bilious. and black was not
becoming so she went back To the law
euder.
squire Legro began to visit her. The
squire was a man Cf wealth ana Mrs.
Pea, ,lee considered herself very fOru-
nate when he proposed. Again the bri-
dial dag was appointed, but. alas! fate
was still unpropiuous, and stepped in
between the widow and her fond
hopes Of felicity. in the shape OF Annie
lracy, the squrc's seamstress. who
threatened TO sue the squire for breach
of promise This was too much for
iAat worthy gentleman, aud he packed
up his movables and escaped His hal
WAS found on The shore OF SWlf
River, together with a note directed
TO Annie and the widow saying that
he preferred death to disgrace and
announcing his intention go shuttle
OIL ct cetera
His body was never found, and 1--WE
years afterward be was seen 200 tile
ncsh-lSO pounds Of it-iu Chicago
along with his wife and a pair of twin
babies. So of course, he had not died
when ne expected to.
a month or two after the squire,
exodus John Nusent came TO town q
engage in the very striking buslucs,
vi putting up lightning rods.
Immediately the widow was selzc(
with terrible dread Of lightning. Shi
had rods put on all her buildings, tn
hen house included.
Mr.. Nugent took a room at her house
When It Numbered she flew 10 him 70
protection. lie projected her. Whe
IL did not thunder She was afraid
was going to, and sought consolatio
from him. He cOnsOled her.
There was more lightning than usua
that summer, ard Mr.. Nugent had hi
hands full. Altogether. 1t was delight
ful time. Everybody was happy
August the nth was set for the wed
ding. but. alasl on that day OF all oil
ers appeared at the Widow Peaslee'
front door. inquiring for Tim Jenkin
freckled faced woman with five chi
dfen.
Mrs. Peas,ee told her that she ha
not the honor oe Mr.. Jenkins acquain
ance. And she called Mr.. Nugel
down to protect her from the woman
abuse.