The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-14
|WOOING SALLY PLUM
By LAWRENCE ALFRED CLAY.

She had for rag dolls and play houses. She
At the age of sixteen Sally attended a sunday
school picnic which lasted all day. The only time
during the day she was heard utter a remark was
when woman asked her If wasn't sorry she
came, She replied: Yes am" that was all
was because sally was so different from other
girls that her grandfather her $4,000 He also
eIt Saiiys widowed mother half that amount. The
in it. f
= Besides being odd and different Sally plain of
h aoe ana rather awkward of figure. At twenty she
had never thought love talked it. No young man
and sh Sid WIN , ner she mad never read novel;
anu sne old not know the meaning of romance She
cooked and washed and ironed and baked and sewed
carpet rags, ad serene
What's going to happen to a plain girl who tnherits
sZoVoo? She's going to have offers OF marriage OF
any cash Sally Plum began to have offers The arst
eame from Deacon Harper. The deacon was ffty
thing He dropped in to sally. The mother
elt them together whole evening and the only
IN reply to the deacons question as to why she was
50 silent she thought for moment and then re.
Cause I've got stone bruise on my heel"
tirad @eo" oioh fehnauish his plans. but he felt
r. me merchant OF the village was an old bachelor
he had known sally for and years. Consider
mother owner her house and that could live there
rent rent free IT wouldn't be bad match for him. He
That evening She cut sewed and wound them
INTO s balls; and he talked and talked. He been
10 New York, Boston and Chicago. He had seen a
man hung He had almost seen a mad dog Ills
nrother John had been robbed the highway. All
these Things he mentioned in hope OF drawing sally
out. She didn't draw. she kept the same sober
race and silent lips from finish. There were
look? ' WY what
The merchant worked harder to draw SALLY ou,
and break the ice than had to sell $500 worth
OF goods but not word from err until he had his
hat in his hand go. Then she made long speech.
for her She asked;
Did the man you saw hung kick around much So
The third candidate William sfmms He was
twehty-three years old and worked in a sawmlr He
was plain-faced young man and much given 10
talk. He counting with a small package In
his hand. and when left alone Sally he handed
her the package with the remark;
afternoon" N'''
Sally accepted and began to chew, She was knit
ting that evening Mr. simms canted his chair back
on It's hind legs against the wall said nothing
further He had killed big black snake in the
mill yards that day, bur he didn't mention He had
heard at the postoffce that trolley car In phla-
dephia had run off the track and killed passen-
gers, out he didn't repeat IT, In fact, he dozed and
nodded and slept and it was the clock striking
that aroused him. Sally had knit and ehewed and
had real good time
Bring you some gum sometime" said MIR.
simms as he up and yawned and took his de-
parture.
Gums good saiy's reply as Che shut the
The fourth man came from village ten miles
away tie was lawyer, about thirty years old. He
noon call He decided that Sally was plain. but taat
the $4,000 was good, He had travelled. aud he sci
told her of Niagara Falisthe great ctties-the fns
hotels-oeean Observation-Disclosures She looked
al him in amazement. and he was hattering himself
that ne was making great impression when
opened her mouth and asked:
Did you a fall down on the ice on
the mill pond in winter
He had He acknowledged that he never
mad and Miss Sally Plum had further use for
him She went out into the garden weed the onion
bed ana there was nothing for the lawyer do but
Then the hfth man came. He clerk from
d sore ore. N aho,her village. tie was up on dress
a bouquet with him. He raised his hat o Sally and
AGAIN s 20 her mother, lie found them on the veranda
from his pocket and did lot of small talk He also
mother withdrew. He 10 tai about
the poets TO gee II sallys approachabie lay in
that direction. and long hour she interrupted
him ask:
We're you ever bit BY. a hyena7"
girl to say more. Then Deacon Jackson returned.
He felt that he had not been explicit enough Ha
returned to say that in OF marriage he should
buy gltframed mirror for the parIor and that the
bridal tour would include Niagara Falls. He had
never been there himself, but had talked with
who had. and he was going on TO tell of the awful
majesty when Miss Sally Interrupted him ask.
Deacon, do you believe that 'tater-bugs bore into
cucumhers?"
Gus warning, he drove up In one-horse wagon.
said:
I'VE going seottsvilie to the elrcus",
Sally got ready without word. On the six-mils
and he whisted the air of hymn. When they
rived in the town he bought gingerbread and root
beer In the menagerie they walked from cage to
cage and Mr. simms briefly explained:
This is Bengal tiger"
Blamed hyena here"
Elephants there
performance
peanuts and lemonade The clown was funny but
Mr. simms and Sally sat there solemn as owls.
The riding and tumhlng were good. but they made
no comments. When the circus out, Mr. Smms
handed over some spruce to replace the ''cud"
thrown away to eat the peanuts and they logged
home. Two weeks passed and Mr.. Simms called at
the house say:
Sally, shall get the preacher next week.
She didn't reply for minute and then AaiAS
William. them hyenas AW29@
Yep"
But the peanut was fine
Next week Sally.
and ANY ana
could have got her her $4,000 had they studied
her. She different. you know
some of the churches. Probably much of this was
due the modern evang elist happily grow