The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27


But he talked about string beams
Yes. when you can get widower
TO talking about string beans some
thing else Ia bound TO follow. It's bat
a step from that to matrfmony.
"But I never heard OF that before"
There's q good many things you
Fever heard OF before. Now then. don't
you go TO telling around that I'm try
Ing 10 catch Mr.. Davenport, for I'm
net The poor man In lonely. and |
may take pity on him. but you know
don't care 10 get married TO anyone.
Did you watch where he went 10 when
he left here as told you TOT"
"He went to Mrs. Stringer Mebbe
he was going to talk string beans TO
her"
Miss Hetty received a box on the
ear for her impudence. and for the
next three days the mother fatte.ed
herself that her market was maGe
Then the widow Davis called, and az
ter paying several compliments she re
marked:
did you know It was all over the
village that I was to marry Mr. Lay
enport?"
mo. | hadn't heard a word about IT,
He called here first the other day, but
of course when he began to talk love
I packed him off about his business
I can't afford to marry no such man.
"Nor l either. They say he short
ened his wifes life by years with his
fault-fnding."
1.-THE poor thing! He was just or
the point of asking for my hand wher
I remembered what | had heard and
changed the subject and shut him on
Neither one of us can afford to sacri
| fee ourselves for a man of his stamp
"If he comes here again he'll get E
cool reception"
"The same at my house. Well,
must be going"
The two widows were hardly a hun
dred feet apart when each one sail
to herself:
1.-THE old cat! Does she think SIX
has fooled me the least little bit? Mr
Davenport shall learn just what sh'
thinks of him"
! Next day the widower received tive
anonymous letters conveying the in
| formation, and a great deal more. HI
was advised in paternal way not t.
trust his future to woman wh'
couldn't properly shorten a pie crrs
| to save her neck; who made te(
with the foot the highest; who wa
J rta;n 70 -iau
from running a rusty nail in her foo
because she would go around in he
| bare feet; who STEPPED over old coffee
! grounds; who had bad teeth. Th'
| above wasn't all. No names wer'
| mentioned. but he had no trouble il
| guessing who the writer's were.
Mr. Davenport's response was i'm
| mediate. On the very next day n
called on the widow Davis to say:
| Widow, it occurred to ME that yol
might be Lonely"
Dear me, but I can't tell you nc
onely!" was sighed in reply.
But matrimony is a Ga15erou
thing"
I've heard say it was, but"
"The other day l called to adyis
you to set out your tomato plant
early. l now advise you to do the sam
about your cabbages, and to forge
natrimony."
Moses then made his way to tn
house of Mrs Elkins and said:
widow, when l was here the othe
lay, advised you to plant string
Deans and plenty of them. If you ar
asked to marry refuse the Offer
stick to string beans. They never dis
appoint you"
''But, Mr.. Davenport"
Sentiment - love - matrimony =
string beans!"
And to the widow Stringer he said
81 called here the other day to as
f you had a catnip bed in your yarC
have now called to ask you to be m
wife,"
'But I acknowledgements!
Suppose We set the day for mont
ahead?"
And after a blush and a wriggle an
Z stammer the day was set.