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.lI;:p:;MHS.-: HAWKINS.
Miy' Hawkins he left the a'pp'intin' of
nr wediliu day to tuer and. I set.it for a
feonday Wheu yo&come ter tbiuk on't .
there fao't neein to-be many, days suit
Able for ' (prtin ' married in - ? Yon see.
Slonday?8 waHhin. .day . an.; Tuesday's
irouin day.' and of cotvrse iioIxkIv wonld
W marriel a Friday and Saturday's
ioJnV'and " cleanin . np day,. o. there's
only Wednesday and Thursday left, and
Juothetr'n tue wanted that much time for
itrj -odds iand, ends ,of work. .- and to
. "torn ronnd'v in. as yon might, say,. So
i art it a Snmlay iiuornin , before fust
ff 1 v ice. ; -v v - ....
Now. to - begin, with; I must, tell you
that Mr. Hannibal Hawkins, the man 1
was gtin ter marry was what you "d call
4tdd'.8o that'.. although we'd been keepin
oo4p:uy, tergetlier for. some time, and
. I'd had every chance ter git aoqnainted,
3ret4 felt mor'Uy certain .that it would
be a good while fore I'd know him all
through i, Not but what he was a likely
sum more, tew for he was a church
member, in good ..and reg'lar staudin',
tuMl;,he awers had . the name o Mean' a
ood husband to his fust wife, and a good
pervider and all that: but. as I said, he
r as odd. '
Wall, he came over the Saturday
'hand.'- he said, and . kinder dew for
ue .and mother VVe hadn't no men
fxUks in the bouse cept Caleb Jones, the
hired help, and he wa'n't much depend
ence at such a time.
. It was bout H o'clock in the forenoon
'When Mr Hawkins rived, and an hour
b,w.:later I gota letter from bisdaugb-
ter Car 'line.
. It was marked private," ' and read
thus - .-,
' tKAM'Muia Kokbins itbut's nie. Ruth Ann
RobtMnis ,tiiKiw- I .write to caution you
bmit par I feel awful fraid I be i-lo'es he's
took with him to lie married in ain't right. All
tonm-e li wu mruck with one a . bin odd
auWktt. and iiibIbict! oil 401c kin' bur 0a biiij
elt, a thioif he uevrr doueafore In bis life, and
tiaciiiird only known What be put into it. 1
dooV ou niunt look bim over reai iliarp
i-J wirt come 10 the weddin'i but I flit my bannw
yarday. nnd ttut 'em m tibort thnl I look nmt
tw uijeoua hir miyt hniu. Irei-ril iiiyeir
wm u k. I'm mo dinapp'iniel. and par
J'w ill ler uy away on wuiunro' tbeiuniKH:
but I can't help it. I'd rulherdie than u anil
abnw.'wyiieU' Mt-li friKht to all I nam folk
-afc! 'iliiil i.Wnd vou uiy Kv. and 1 npe
verylblntt will kooIT well. With me'k.
Cak'lins Havkixi.
I. . - I'm afraid par. ha took "mid nootn.
latvk out for liim.
1 laughed when 1 read ' that letter: it
didn't trouble me uinch of any Thinks
Iter myself. 'He is old enough to pack
bis own bag. 'less he's a gntup and a
foot, and if he is a guuip and a fool the
quicker we find it out the better!" 1
ielt the . wnst because Carline wa'n't
eomm to the weildin It worried me to
thiuk she was so silly "bom them bangs.
Wall, come Sunday mornin , when it
time to dress ourselves. Hannibal
took one room and I another, and we
begun. I'd just got my hair all down,
Wben Hannibal hollered tew we, and
amid he: -
Rnth -Ann! I wick wvi1.! I.m.,, i.
yoor needle anu thread and dew a little
job o' sewin' for me. 1 find my vest is
U1 .split out - behind, though , goodness
knows how it come so. I- ueverwore it
but , oce in my life. It's a bran' new
- I thought then of Ca rime's letter, and
.'When I see the vest 1 knew in a minute
-that he'd . took the wrong oue. bnt I
ewd the old thing np as well's 1 could
pretty lookin' . vest, it was to be mar
tied m-and went back . to my room
Seinlin' a good deal distarbed and anz-
Hja next perdickertnunt was wnss yet
7JiiFime be spoke to me so kinder quick
; mad sharp, that I knew, it was somethin
rjous. il was jest puttin' my dress oyer
. y bead, but I didn't stop to half button
it op;t 1 bnrriel in ter see what was. the
; Voatter . now. -. When I opened the door. .
there stood Hanni bal in the middle o' the
'Toom, lookin' .down perplexed like and
teonirin' at t wo old boots yon couldn't
nul "em a pair. for I knew the. minute I
Het eyes on 'm that. they both belonged
to one and the same foot! .They both had
round nob stickin-' ponspickewons:
rhere the big toe went, and another great .
nlgin' one for the toe j"int-- . I hadn't ,
sever noticed anything peculiar bout
fiannibal's feet before, but them two
feootsV did 1 look: curis enough, and they
looked kinder wicked and known' some-.
ko, as if they was enjoyin' themselves'.
I laughed 1 couldn't help it, but Hau
Sibai didnt even smile. He turned to
. Vtc, and, said, he:
"Do them two boots look right to
youy Then he' tried On one, aud that.
Was well enough ' Be put on the other
-and wall, yon can imagine how it.
looked! Of course the nobs and bnl join's,
-ootne in the wrong places, and the unit
foot was hind side afore and wrong side
tew. as. you might say. He took 'em oB
And revarsed em. but still they cou .
tuuiered Xer, disagree and look wicked at
n another. He squared 'em up ter
(ether as square's be could, and says he
"Both Ann, t believe them boots is
-Ondou btedly they be, Hanni bal.
ays I. ""and they look odd; bnt how do
. they feel? '.Can yon wear 'em? That it
the question." .
"I dont care' a' continental how they:
, em ii me-v mil ui. wil l urw wibd wiry
:-. i leu UKf ufrirtn. opt .1. tww wcu Rot t
to make the tinst of the sitiwation. so It
sayii. - . , ' . j
Oh. 1 gats they won't be noticed
I Bm you umst insure and set'with yonr !
feet on the floor and dfa wed" well bark !
nmler yonr vhair:.aqd yon innntn't on no ;
count cross yoar leirs. or if you dew. be !
sure and have .the right foot on top.
Then'. 1 had" ter leave him. I was all
worked up. bnt I managed ter finish my
toilit with my mother's help, and when I
was dressed I went into the spare cham
ber where the couples that was goin To
rtquihup with us was waitin. 1 found
them all right, and finally Hannibal was
read-, and him and ne locked arms and
perceeded down stairs, follered by the
others Cousin Tripheny and , . R'yal
Bunt came fust, then 'Mandv Plympton
ana jonn Kay . tnen (jousin eraphme j common, all green and wavy with ma
and "Siar Chase. There was six of em plea, then away off acrost the madders,
and they made a noble 'pearance. tew. and np tne woody hilltops that'
Jest as we got on, to the stairs and ;
Hannibal aud me was most to the bot- j
torn, all of a sudden he claps his hand to
nis neaa anu wmspers: . s ..
:'Knth Ann. I inustgo back a minute I
a v u wn.11. iiub ucio,
No. Hannibal." eays l. pullin", him j
aloug. you can't go back how it wonld :
lookv , ,. ... .. ' ' '!
"Bnt I Jell ye I must aud I will!" says i
he, jerkin" away and tumin' back.
The percession stood stock, still on the
stairs, and fust one, then t'other whis--'
pered. down ter know what was the j
matter, ami the folks in the parlor began
ter. peaK. out ana. buzz. , I concluded as
lopgs 1, couldn't bs marrieti; without j
Hannibal. I might as well go and look
after him. Thinks I ter myself, . "Who
knows but he means ter put an end to
his miserable odd existence!" So when
he rushed np the stairs and pitched head
fust into his room. 1 wa'nt fur behind.
And what did 1 see that great silly "dew f
but niake a dive fer the lookin' glass and
go through with the motions of brushin'
his hair, deliberate uittX arnest. as if
wall, as if he'd had some hair! For he's
most as bald as a bedpost, and what
hair he's got lays down of its own ac
cord as slick as grease, all times! I wus
mad. 1 snatched the brnsh away and
grabbed his arm. .
"Hannibal Hawkins!" says I. firm and
determined. I tell ye; "Hannibal Haw
kins! you come down stairs with me thip
instant; I've had enough o' your oddity
fer one day! I've bore all 1 can or will,
and when we're married I'll take some o"
this nonsense ont on ye. or I'll I'll see!"
says I
He glared .at me as if he never'd seen
me before, he was bo 'stonished. but 1
hauled him back down stairs, aud we all
weut into the parlor at last and took our
places in front of the minister. But it
did seem as if delays and hitches was to
be the order ., of, the day.' for jest as we
got all ready ter begin, the minister was
called to the door on important business
that kep him, ten minutes or so. and
there we stood in the middle o' the floor
lookin at one "nother aud feelin' awk'ard
enougn.
Among the folks I invited to the wed
din was old Aunt Betsey Griffin, deaf
as a post, and settin' beside her was old
Mis Potter, and Mis" Potter'd lost her
tniud. in a measure, as it were. 1 knew
it wonld please em both . ter come, ' so 1
invited em Well, while we was waitin
for the tuiutster and the room was still
as the grave, all of a sudden Mis' Potter
turned to Auut Betsey and screamed
into her ear loud enough to wake the
dead
Who did yon say our Ruth Anu is
goin ter marry?" And Aunt' Betsey
creamed back jest as loud, though Mis
Potter aiu't deaf a mite:
"Mr. Hannibal Hawkins!" '
Mis Potter uods her head contented. (
aud sets and roc Us for about a minute:
then she leans over aud screams again:
"What did yon say his uaine was?"
Aunt Betsey tells her. and she nods
aud rocks as before, bnt her poor old
head can't hold but one idee at once, so
she nollers a third time, and says she:
"What did you say her name was'"
and Annt Betsey answers patient and
loud - , , '
"Rnth Ann Bobbins!" ......
Everybody was langhin by this time.
and I dou't know how long them poor
creator's would ha' kep our names goin".
back ard and forard if the minister
hadn't come in jest then and put an end
to it. . . V - ' '
. The ceremony perceeded along smooth
and proper till Hannibal ondertook ter
find the ring to put on my finger. Then
there was trouble. . He fumbled fust in
one pocket, then aether, took 'out a
cigar, a little box .0" matches, a tooth
pick, a penknife, a horse ches'nut that
he alwers carries for rheumatia. and sev
eral other things took .'em out one to a
time, looked at 'em thoughtful and in-;
quirin", aud put em' back agin.
Finally he. drove into some, place . and
took out a little wad o' paper, and all
our sperits .rev.iyed. ' That looked more
like, but when he ondid it out. rolled a
dozen or more sugar coated pills on to
the floor! He let 'em roll and tried agin.
This time he fished out a small card that
peared ter have some writin' on jt'.l
found out afterward that he'd writ down
on that card where he put the ring for
fear, he'd forgit, jest as he haL)'- When
he'd read the card what did he dew but
stoop over deliberate and pull . off . one o"
'em dretful boots and shake, -the ring out
o'the toe on't! Then he put his boot
back on and straightened himself np a
carm as . if it wan customary and com
mon for bridegrooms to carry the - rin
in the toe o" their boots, and takin' my
hand slipped the ring on to my finger a
graceful as yon please.
Wall, I was thankful when it was all
'over, you'd better believe! It hadn't
seemed a mite as I expected. 1 supposed
that the thought of the great responsi
bility I was assnmin' and one thing a
nother would lift my soul and make tnn
feel dretful solium and pious, but 1 de
clare to man 1 didn't think o no thin
from begin nin' to end bnt . jest Hanni
bal's odd boots and 'odd. actions! So lit
tie does it take to keep a woman's mind
.from soarin.. . '. Ut , . ' ... v . ,.
. After tie ceremony we had cake and
wasa-ringm m perceeded to the church.
common ; ." . .. . . .
And ve. walked np the broad "aisle ter-
pet her j Uanaibar'arnt m&.i j aksanin' on
his anii look in ' mv best, and he hian.
irith v.rrh.if!r'! tm nnnn ns! I tril
ot to fel rirond. bnt it was a hannv
moment Tor the. I- tell jrt- "And when
w down ii, rhe old riew where I'd
set ever sence I was a ' baby; mother on
one side, Hannibal on t'other, and me in
the middle, it ' seemed awful pleasant, '
somehow; seemed as if I never loved the
old church so well. ' Not that there's
anything nice- or ' harnsome 'bout our ;
meetin house in Craney Holler; it's al-'
most a barn compared ter city churches.
bnt it had one recommend. ' ' It was- sur- ;
rounded by natur. - whose God we' had
come to adore. The great winders was j
wide open ana i, coma look out on to the !
touched the blue canopy o heaven.' j
oh. how can anybody that lives in the'j
country' ever lack for religions privi- !
leges? God is so nigh everywheres in '
natnr-, aa ne peaks through her so
plain and so direckl. Why, if I could git j
the time, if 1 hadn't so much housework
ter dew and. one thing a' nother, I'd
make a practice o goin' out every, day.,
as reglur as 1 say my prayers, to some
beautiful,'' stillum- spot,' a purpose'-ter j
commune ' with "my Maker through na- '
tnr'. In no other way can we git so near '
to God. ' '
As' I said, it seend uncommon ' pleas-',
in'. The horses stompin in the sheds
sub i U117 111 uirrcri.111 biinrb ouuuajr ui.1l u-
didn't seem ter distnrb me as "usual, anil
the chirpin" of the birds and thS dronih"-4'
of the crickets through the drowsy air
sounded awfnl nice and soothing In :
side, the honse was full of goodV old i.
fashioned smells. PatigOny mint and
boys' love and; tanzy and cammomile;
for all the old ladies, and a good many
of the young folks, had a bnnch o' one-'
or the other, and perhaps a sprig o' green .
caraway seed ter munch away on in case !
tliey'8 inclined to be sleepy
I looked down to where old Squire j
Brown set in his pew in front o' the pul-1 j
pit asleep and nod din so quick he was
and 1 noticed that, one hand wisely sup
ported his head in order ter keep on his
red wig o' hair. Bnt he wa'n't alwers so
careful, for I remembered how nigh he
often" come ter losin' on't, and how, oue
Sunday, it did acteWally slip : clear : ofFn
bis bald pate, and 'how he jninped and
clapped his hand to his head, and' all the
young'folks laughed;: and some o' the old
ones. Even Parson Lamson jest barely
sa veil himself by a timeljrsnt6zel
' Strange that all this should come back
to me so on. my weddin' mornin', bnt it
did, and a good deal more and'' I bad 'a I
bard tussle briiigin" myself into a proper '
frame o'miild 'to'tend to'the service. '.'''
Motliet" alwers had a him book to ' her-;
self, orvact'ount o' seein bettor, ye knoVv,
so Hannibal and me we. looked on ter-j
gether, and I had the proud ' pleasure' o" j
hearin' him' sing for the fust time. : He's '
got a most powerful voice, and his ei-1
pression does beat all! Everybody was 1
lookin -at him. Why. he acted it all out
so, as you might say! When he struck' a
high note he riz op to his full statur.
balanced himself kinder teeuterin' on his
toes, stretched np his neck,- rolled his
eyes Vay in ter tlie back part of 'his head,
and sech a tone' as be fetched high oh,
terrible high: and on the contr'y, whec
he sung a low note, be jest screeched all
down inter his stnmmnck and chist. and
somethin' rumbled "way down in his in
side, low oh. terrible low and solium!
1 think bis "low A" was the very lowest
one I ever heerdV His singfn was sart
inly imposin". and I know it imposed on
everybody that heerd it. As for me, I
felt so excited and lifted np by it that 1
kep' awake all through the sermon, didn't
even nod once, and' was right on hand
ter. ronse up mother and Hannibal in
season for the doxology. Then come the
benediction, and we walked out tergetb
er as we come in. with everybody lookin
and admirin' and envyin'. And 1 tried
ter realize that I was married, and that
this was my weddin'day. bnt somehow 1
couldn't: it . all seemed like a dream.
Belle C, Greene in Portfolio.
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Its situation is unsurpassed!: ; Its climate delight
ful! It$ possibilities1 calculable! Its resources un
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