The Marshall republican., 1907-09-27

daddy 'cas. settled the bust. |
ness, but my memory still fingers fond.
ly on that yellow vest. ! wore a ruffied
shirt that II took my old colored nam.
my q whole day to iron and a blue
necktie that made the little stars twin.
kle. Il was 80 brilliant. All. my little girl. |
you can't imagine what a swell your |
daddy was when he was a y%oungster. |
Did I ever tell you about the time
had getting my bridal suitf ] don't
believe I ever did. and this Is q most
appropriate time to reveal to you n
OF the dark chapters Of my life.
There was only one tailor In our
town, and he wasn't much OF q tailor.
Besides. be had a habit of looking on
the wine. or It's Missouri equivalent.
when II was most in~convenient for his
customers. His name was Johnson. but
iit wasn't Andy. He resembled Andy
IN his affection for certain brands Of
corn Juice. but that was rs far rs the
likeness went. Well. ] had given John.
son pretty free range and coolies Of
time In the matter Of my outfit, and
made II a point to call on him every
day and give him a mild lecture on the
evils Of in~temperance. particularly
when wedding clothes were involved.
j held him up pretty well. and he was
Vetting along fine with the Job until
the day before the great one. when an
old pal of his from Kentucky blew into
town. Then johnson fell, and 80 did
my hopes. l was going home thos
night, with my feet In the tall Eraa
and my head up In the solar systs0
somewhere. a. happy as a honeybes =
June. when I met the tailor and ths
.Kentuckian coming up the road. tn
were arm In arm. and the AppiaA way
wouldn't have been wide enough ~
them to navigate without buttiAg i1t0
the fences. They were vainly epdsov.
oring to sing WE won't 30 homo -
morning" and ] knew johnson w
enough to be satisfied that ~
wouldn't, nor the next day either. -
lessrI got a nov on myself. I chane1e
bny mind about going home. Instead ]
rounded up my best man elect. an4 -
gether We started out on the trail. We
found them stlll undecided az to whst6'
Yer the north or the south side OF u
road was the better for travelling. ~
I'VE persuaded them to keep n the ~
xsye Of II. II might shock yen u ] ~
y6~ how we did II, but you muge -
Eusmber, my dear. that W. were ysune
md hot blooded and the situation w.
vsnted extreme measures. At any raeA
i've thought 30. and we carried Jchnsgo
Houe on the soft side OF Q pine beAD4
H1ed, what a heavy man no wasi ~
SrIns ache yet when I think a Il. ~
M him to the willing and aetivs ~
nstrations OF his wife. and before -
fouid get out Of bed the next mornino
No were with him again. Maybe -
i6idpft stay with him that day, ene
Iaybe We didn't watch every s111A
Mt bis nnssrs put into ~
nit! TWO or three times he tTtoo y
1epek loose. but every time We tesooo
lin back to work. Even 1t that Il ~
1ark and one sleeve OF my coat ~
Gnly baatod In when I rushed fran0G0'
20 my room 10 dress. cot 70 -
nofhsr's home ten minutes late, 60
a during the ceremony ] was n -
III terror Of that coat sleeve pu1n~o
1. HandIns Down AdvlsA
Hut that VA : long time aeo, swsgee
acsrt, ! long time ago. and e dnsQUy
-r1orcst you much no doubt. bscau1
.Aaay little heAd y " full Of -
.sp..s ~ ~ ~ -
vlE6s unheard. u vou s0o
Nhat / intsnded 70 NJ. vsv6S'
vhkn I ~ down q - sssrcs I -
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