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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1882-06-16, Page 6l 1 ONLY A BtflN tri. "D 11 *mow of "AO* item. goad worth r sone one aloe wile, Dr. - e Baines Hayden chewed anau,trely on •slaving as he *poise • • Hapden. 1 don't kagw. Coe't you Tee some one for yotessif r replied Dr. 111,1mwortb, folding • powder in a bit of kids paper. "ko, Doctor, I can't," answered Hay- den, helplessly; ' 1 have been rotated w many limas 1 feel rather delimit* about trying. If you could do something for ale, I should like to got married It u eery difficult finding help, and the best of help don't take that interest • wife amid. Why, everything's at louse Milk in my house. Samantha -that's ay eideet--rhe does the beat she can; bet what do young girls know about planning and contriving 1" "Sure enough," responded the Doc- tor, feelingly, Having taken to himself a "child wife," in hu old age, he was supposed to know what "shiftlessness" meant. "And then again," continued the would-be Benedict, rolling the shaving under his tongue, as if is hal been aced of sweet *psi bitter fancy -"then again it eta. a sight of money t, hire so touch. Bays jr. M myself tuore'n six months alp, says I, Salmon Hayden, du you look rounf for some aware, driving, go -&head women, and marry her if you can ! But somehow I haven't seemed to have any, lack." The Doctor rubbed his left ear reflec- tively. "Suppos.t now I should say Priscilla Donley. She would wake an excellent wife, I am sure; and I really think she would be irk '.• - • her situa- tion t: is �� !lo occurs to Inc at the moment. Sarson Hayden's eyes lighted like the eyes of Jonathan after he had tasted the honey in the wood. ! "Well, she's a woman I don't know, but if you think she will do, why all right. I must consider my children, you understand, and got somebody who will make a good mother to them. But I have a great deal of confidence in your judgment, Doctor, {,nd if it is your opinion she will suit all around, you would confer a great favor by saying a Rood word for me." Dr. Ellsworth folded another powder in s bit of white paper. "I think," said he, "you had better do the speaking. I am not accustomed business myself; never did any - of the kind but once, and that was own account." 't, Doctos, I have w much bad If you will only help me this , I shall always count you my best !Band," said Hayden, in a pathetic tore phich struck home to the Doctor's volent heart. So he promised; and that very even- ing took occasion to call at Mr. Danley's alder pret3nce of asking after old lady r 1u7 a rheumatism. '., - ,Zeieci'1L met him at the door. "1 would like to see you s few min- utes alone, Miss Danley." said the Dec - ter, blushing like Aurora. "To be sure you may," Priscilla, briskly, "if you'll step into the kitchen where I'm paring apples. It's a busy time just now, and I can keep my Linda going while I talk." 'That has got in his head now l" t heught she, as they walked along til ether. "Come to borrow money, Ill .arrant. He may as well save hie breath; for I've taken all the money out of my stocking to pay off that mortgage as fu as the heel." "Miss Danley," said the Doetor, after a few desultory coughs, and a few pre- liminary a -hems, "I would like to ask Neu your candid opinion in regard to -- t e matrimony." Priscilla punched the apple -corer a little way into the bell of her thumb. •'My opinion, Doctor 1 You didn't .•me all this length of ways to Feer that t If you did it's a pity you shouldn't :et it, though; ao I'll out with it, and sant wait to be coaxed. It's my candi 1 (pinion that matrimony does very well in its place." "But in your own case, Miss Priscilla! eureeee now a g..o d, likely man, and an [lent provider-" I'i'iendlls sprang up as if one of Cut i l's arrows bad suddenly hit her and ran to tl,e.Ask in the most irrelevant manner, wadi her hands. "A man that would give • comfortable h • , ma--., "No more of your "suppose." De. {' 1 • answered lir.,sigisd,, The worst was DOW user, and Meas Priscilla's mat - 10:13.4 Apt man ner't ad bet Nis chops se WWI& "All I ask of yuu, Mime bees, this: WI11 you o- will you not s•e him r •'P w:ll, Mrtn•r.iy; why net t" replied Mime Priscilla, I....kiwt et her qua/ionise with eyes as penetretingastwo bleb vio- lets, and With as .ouch composers as though it ked been a sot et eioti~se is - 'testi of a wife Dr. 1l1Is dotth was be- speaking. "Oh, well ! Thea it'&allsitght, I will over lith the geaWara and intro- duce him," returned the Doctor, hastily drawing on his {loves. ''B, -the -by.," be added, remutuberiee his pretended errand, and tie Wog bac the door, "however is your gewa, Miss Priscilla?" Kim Primal& which Seas as ahs , for it tt liar noes, alishlhafie, bis p- provingly. "Grandfather is no bet- ter," said she, "ani *ll be no better while she continues t lire on blue -pills and Dover's powder!. AFI my wonder is that she u dive uuw." "I have t•I•i tow old lady," ••.erred Dr. Ellsworth, mildly, as became & war- rior who would a •t speak to the Neje- tee of his owe weapons, "that tee touch medicttu ALA), effect •• ,e as unfavorably as to little; trot • ie thinks she hoe livid long enou,th t.• oil t for herself; ar.d as I can di, nothi - f+r her I will wish you g •ud-day for tit • present, and call amen *son, with lour !wiry to iatTodrea thio gentleman rsferre.Ve. • , , "Of c. write. Oily.not Monday of the' week, or Se'ur,lay--that is bekiag day, Kee are suck (eon, and the must foolish thing about time thee dost know they are fools,' told kHia,Priscillaaside, lakkre up a pan of typt.s and ceruse it down again wilh emphasis. Miss Denley's figure was adap e.l to wit, strength rather .than quo, and she earth 4 dsciltun acid espabllitg re etre; thtbaI"d .iter ch'osolate calico. Her 1 air, which was the Dolor of -white pep- per, hada way of coiling itself • up in • tight twist, fastened byan inflexible steel comb; and tier complexion Was more like a russet apple than an apple-blos tom, But, though not strictly beautiful, Miss Priscilla Danley had other attractions besides those in her money stocking. She never made a failure of mythic'? she {turned her hand to, fro u pies to poetry; and in sickness she was worth her weight in diamond dust. Dr. Ellworth was quite conscious of this as he shut the door of the thrifty Danley mansion i,yet somehow, such is the perversity of the heart of man, he went home to his silty " child -wife's " pretty face and gay spirits with especial satisfaction that night. Next week, on the afternoon of iron- ing -day, which everybody knows is Tuesday, he called with the impatient Mr. Hayden, ou Miss Priscilla. And this was the way the Fates had ordered it: She and her cousin, Mrs. Pillsbury, not expecting visitors to toe, were engaged in taking to pieces and putting together again the sewing -ma- chine. Round Miss Priscilla s slender waist was tied a blue checked apron: in her left hand was a kerosene lamp with the top off; while her right hand hran- dished a feather. It was not an opportune moment that nephew David,' aged sixteen, roguishly ushered the two callers into the Sitting - room. Priscilla was conscious that scar- let vied with russet in her face, and that the tight twist at the back of her head was stuck full of knitting needles Introductions were hurried over, anti t'ie doctor took his leave, feeling Nary guilty, and very much afraid of the severe glances which the gimlet eyes were boring into his soul. The moment he left the room, however, Miss Priscilla darted after hien. "So that is your widower, is it l And a pretty time of day to bring him here, without so much as a word of warning !" The doctor lingered fur no further re preaches, but shut the front door behind him with the utmost dispatch, while Miss Priscilla ran ria stairs to arrange her toilet, leaving Mr. Hayden and her cousin together. As it was a day of blunders, and tl e Fates had matters in their own months, it is not to bo wondered at that 11r. Hayden had made a mistake at the out- set -the trifling mistake of supposing Mn. Pillsbury was the lady of his love, "I am glad it was not the other one," said he to himself, complacently; for Mrs. Pillsbury's comely face and plump little figure did certainly contrast very favorably with the grimness and angu- TM. 'HURON SIGNAL. FRLDA Y . JUNE 16 1882 "Yes, • poor, bereaved psis," tepsapd he, in more assured tones; "and really, tlhadatw, t. word of condolence from os is worth s great doral to me -worth more than you out think."( M looked up again, and this s`(�", nolieaksVlpria. 1 wee nut really oldr her why her sympathy mho be so me+ecMl1 .ahiabfb. "You hare a feeling heart, Madame,,' "I hope I have, Mr. Hayden; but your lonely condition must touch any one, 1 atm *era. 1 always thought a how tweet mesa wttekly &white when a tan goes home and finde motherless children in place of his wits" Mrs Pillsbury, as she spekalooked ttM into the eyes ut the bereaved with amok tender pity that his heart heaped with a great bound toward his gentle *yrpa- thiasr, instantly taking her into its ewp ty corner. I don't know how to thank Dr. Ells- worth enough for till`- favour ut thin in. erodsatioe," said illi -ptstdnlly • .'ii suppose you understand the object of my reit upon this ooessioa, and are will- ing, 1 hope, to receive attentions eith a view to merrlsge 1 I seppow, toe, you must understand that f wish to hasten natters as fast as is convenient to you. I sin all ready tutus, and I hope you will name as early a day as possible" S., saying -the mind of Mr. Hayden reverting to the old days of his first courtship -he took Mrs. Pillsbury's pin- cushion of a hand in the most affeotioo' ate scanner -the very hand which ought at that especial moment to have been frying fritters for its impatient owner, her husband. Impatient, sure enough; for before Mrs Pillsbury, in her amaze- ment, had eimaln speak.. or evuu drew back, the oppo.ite doors opened, and fro is in. mute rte triceof 1~IF Nit - bury, inquiring, with conjugal freedom, if supper was nearly ready. Then Ise stepped over the threshltold, gad steed in dumb surprise, just as Mias Priscilla appeared in the other doorway. "Sarah Matilda! my wife '" was all t5e astonished husband could utter; while "Morey on -us!" fell from the pars- ed up lips of Miss Priscilla like a quick Corm of hail Which was the must astouiahed one of the party it would be difficult to say; but the first to regain e luipoise was Sarah Matilda. "An apology is due to Mr. Hayden," said she, with ready tact. "He has mis- taken me, an old married woman, for my cousin, Miss Danley. Pre.cille, be has asked for my hand, and I refer hien to you for answer." "Yes, yme," gasped Mr. Hayden, with as Rood grace as he could Command. "A natural mistake, ladies; and I hope you'll excuse it, Mime Danley, I mean Mrs.- Mrs.-" "Pillsbury," suggested .the outraged husband, severely. "And I sincerely hope" -faltered the father of six, with appealing glance at the spinster's topknot of steel colored ribbon, which protruded from each side of the tient twist like a two-edged sword -"I sincerely hope, Miss Danley, it mil be so you can overlook this little blun- der, and take me for -for better or worse." "Tea is ready," said Miss Priscilla, without bending her head; "walk out and sit down iit'i us, Mr. Hayden." This invitation looked propitious. If the lady had been of:oaded beyond all hope of reconciliation she would not have asked the enemy out to tea. Mr. Hayden's india rubber spirits had suffer- ed collapse on account of his innocent mistake; but they inflated and rebound as Miss Priscilla spike. He watched her,sittiu { upright befpre the little Ja tau tray, pouring & stream • •f tea as eeirly as possible at right angles wit`1 the nose of the tea-pot; and thought within his own soul that this "other nue" would rule hie house bett r than the sympathetic Mrs. Pillsbury, ur whom lie had wasted five minutes of hopeless and unlawful adoration. Ycs, he was satisfied that the happiness of his future life depended up.m' one shoot w ,rd frons Miss Denley's decisive liior, which es yet had only opened to nett her guests if they would take sugar anti cream in their cups. Miss Priscilla di 1 not for a n,otnelt forget the proprieties of the oocasi in;be while she was acting her part as ho.tes with the strictest decorum, her mend was bay- with thoughts of the future. Should she not accent the horny hand t.f Salmon Hayden, and with it the six re- sponsibilities which ro•nped around his hearth -atone' There worn :ia'n -that was brother --M had ► wife, lust visiting, and eigit (-fiddles. Priscilla's duty to stand forever over thou children with a towel, a cake of soap, a dentine needle , nd a pair of gre- enest She had dome it thus for erre Mums Saar had married that tneapabie Lovejoy and do it she might to the end el the ekapter, and who was to thank Bat for mol Sox was not as bad as eight Use might take these ski lab her nen Milds as ran maiden &eat might dare,and utters would be only an irresponsible, easy going man to say, "Why do ye Peii Kies P'riscills considered. As for' the mistake Mr Hayden had matte in ati- dressing Kra Pillsbury instead of her self, it did not weigh a feather with the asssible Prieoills it only showed what Ellsworth. If you've got anything to linty of "the other one. There wee say, say it." net the shadow of a doubt in Mr. Sal - "8o I will, ail but the name. i've no mos Baydsn's mind that the lady with Asa d trifling with you, Mime Priscilla, her heir feU d battlingneedles had left He i• k ern I oma recommend." the room en parpies to pro him an o4 - "A widower r" "Tee." "How many children t" "What are his means I "Well to do, Miss Danley. or I WaliiIa't have watt here on such an er- t" What do you went me to say, Doc- tor 1 I ehogial like to bars the certi- fic re arab eat, and the minister spokes t,, you Wet. before Td mgt eyes on the lean 1 partially to express ilia sentiments Then was no time to be lost, be thought; ter tis aside some frisk epie as aad- desh as As lad dlaNMerad• "I am a poor, bereaved man. said he, tryiag to get a view of the sole of hh boot, "admen ' as I suppose my Mind the doctor hes told yru." Mrs. Pills. bury looked op sympathetically.' "I am merry for yon Me. H&ydes." Therm wase a tee/ is, her eye, which was very encouraging to the poor atrm- meter. obrosimm4lhility gams tke Due ter was, to risk tie possibility of soon a blunder. 11 w dtsaaeted flame ked made fore to Sarah Matilda he 'opposed e was neekidlg 11 to ;Iptia flu, so prey what was the diinnoef It is out best u "sella a bar frog" facet .fo n th side' .slats Miss Maley never wa time i. ouch puerile employment. Ilbe had been weighing this matter of mar- riage ever sinus the Friday before; acid now that she had seen the bridegroom expectant she had no particular fault to find -with Dint sxespt that be would tack with his mouth lull. She considered; gad ounsidmred; and before the pile of WSW had Sank tq nerd gnome Mr. Raydee's proeped. had risen in a re - proportion. Miss Priscilla had decided .het lie would do to aft at the fuut id the table at which she should preside at the head. She woald as lief pour tea for hint as any man she knew; and being • wornan whit tjld.wjtpt she had lo do SI oke ahos{- hestsapail nl face ante with the feweljt possible words, she stein nude -Ms esta- tic meas aoquainted with the state of her heart; whereupon he smiled like the sun after $ shower, and tlumediMeiy salted together all the scattered rays of his af- fections and beamed down upon her trop- ically. Alter supper Mrs. Pillsbury stepped into her cousin's place once more. Nut, as here, in the affections of her suitor, but this tinea more acceptable in her work of cleaning away the tale at d overlooking Mrs Sara- Dailey'• eight ohiidreu, who, from oldie& to young- est, inherited their mother's incapa- city ; " Mannah all over," as their aunt Priscilla often said, with a dig- oours,ged sigh. And thus Miss Danley had time for a little nouwsary conference wit tier selected bride4'altw ip 1W'parr lir; s season not wkult list, POO Miss Dawley alloys carried i ball of yarn and a crotchet book,in her poskst, and many was the tidy and yard of edging that hal grown out of such odd minutes. "I hope," said Mr. Hayden, with the impatience ofahotiaeholder rather than of a lover, "I hope you won't keep me waiting long." "Nothing to wait fur, as I know t,f; I was never one to dawdle. When there is a thing &e be done, do it, say I," re- turned the intended bride; making • rs- pie circulation of the necessary time for the preparation of & state dress and bon- net, with the inevitable contingencies of washing, iruning and baking thrown in. "Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, yes, well -well -two weeks from to -day is as early as I can arranve to leave here. There are the dresses to finish for the children, and I have protgi.sod to make some bottles of sarssparilla and cordial for grandmother; and then there will be some little things fur etyma Yes, to- day two weeks, we will my; and you can call again about next week on Wednes- day; there may be something to talk ov- er. I shall not expect you more than that .acs for I shall be very much et: gaged, and it must be just the luny sea- son with ou." Thus, in her practicil way, Miss Pris- cilla took at once the family retns,which she held with a firm hand e: er after. As a housekeeper, a wife and a step -mother, she showed herself all she had been re- commended, giving Mr. Hayden no rea- son to regret that his momentary admin: &tion far any lady but herself pros ed to b i only a blunder. Priscilla', nom gone Was i• DS. WM1311111118 zLLYtft U1 me gad =lc earth ev�rses V r A iYsl��+ II uM a i tkmt se$ las fetes Ude* tl� • ttrMat warmest depm..ata.. Otey over weesea will Sad its s.etalstas powers et • tr- AGENTS Wars eft. 13Ig Pay. Llgh Work- Constant employmen or Capital rcqutred, Jauae Lia & Co- Mo real. ()oche 1752 PERCHERON HORSES t.AROE*T Importing and Breeding ESTABLISHMENT _re Tem— WORLD. 6H>iG1Lil d•,><R Chilled Plow =AN D— AGRICULTURAL WORKS. Having purehasee this Ood•rtoe resadrryy, am some the premises for this sr matador of CHILLED PLOWS and AORUCDLTUR -t, I*PLZMENTS o. • large scale. 1111 Work Geas.sl Resatriewand Jobbing will be cog thee& ♦ work _gawateed. Mr. D. Rueolaasls the avant' gateman to collect wisest. aid give aeoeipls ea be half et the este arm of Reechoes .t ' Cs, an all persona Indebted are remsested to rover themselves accordingly. S. SKEO1111LLQ Proprietor. TB BUILDERS. _ M. W. DUUAN Wayne, De Page OCnaty, Miele l7. B. A. i 35 nudes erect of Chlosgal During las peal 17 moeeda. JM SIAL. Z1i1,V.• IWD MARES knee beets imported rr.in Fromm. to this e0sMw iak•r,it, bring MORE than rhoe•m./e•d importations er e11 ether imporeeve amt. g•ewrs !ram en perk el fairoN !tie M/ am resin MUM satlrs sa hoe of ha sppea•e. anent 1111aasss&Wmna bars MMeasEE this w re, weds to AM, lfgrL Me. vwisaarwr. a.rd qSM: WI ' pzaemfraoar.,, aa a mepswNew erre *5 t anowed *IMP* oeDea1sa of t012td win - sus M Om sad Ra- t was wssded Oa Dewed or 111 AM .tad 6e11.sd 6.11 fee PAG/ tfftlALlOtyi1 rear tries ea awe made boeswwsmw/ a AO se eweMeds. Order s Ota{e•ww e/ L . — Ma more a' a0"ema Iors. mid odd neta`p'nmp'M /es sett emir clause et Irmo. , 'a.'4s ` t1' 0.10* day h.gq.ea:M/q s• . a KiNTAIL BRICK YARD. for int stiryof reeaos,able rates.ton land as The subscriber Is now &rg�I the brick mmkta[ hostages at the ttta(a11n win sive a➢ orders ehteb may be mss$ tk most prompt attention. The betek 1. o ant class quality, sad the terms are reasonable Address JOHN K. Me GREGOR, Bin tall G.H.OLD 8t. 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