Show ME AND SIES HAWKINS mr hawkins he left the app iutin of sur weddin day to me and I 1 set it for a sunday when you come ter think ont there dont seem to be many days suitable for gittin married in you see mondays day an tuesdays aronin day and of course nobody would be married a friday and saturdays bakin and cleanie cle anin up day so theres only wednesday and thursday left and bothern mothern mo thern me wanted that much time for estry odds and ends of work and to turn round in as you might say so I 1 set it a sunday momin before fuat service now to begin with I 1 must tell you that mr hannibal hawkins the man 1 was goin ter marry was what call odd so that although wed been keepe company ter gether for some time and id had every chance ter git acquainted yet I 1 felt moally certain that it would be a good while fore id know him all through not but what he was a likely man more tew for ho was a church member in good and regular and he adwers had the name 0 bein a good husband to his fust wife and a good per vider and all that but as I 1 said he was odd wall he came over the saturday before the weddin sos ter be on hand ho said and kinder dew for roe and mother we no men folks in the house capt caleb jones the hired help and he want much dependence at such a time it was bout 8 in tho forenoon when mr hawkins rived and an hour or tew later 1 got a letter from his daughter carbine CarI ine it was marked private and read thus DEAR misa me ruth ana ll ye know I 1 write to caution yon about par I 1 feel awful fraid ano cloes hes took with him to be married in aint right all tronco ho waa struck with one 0 his odd streaks and insisted on his bag him aalf a thins he never donea toro in bis life and the lord only knows what he put into it I 1 dont aba most look him over real sharp foro he poes in where the folks bo im sorry I 1 cant come to tho n eddei but 1 cut my bangs yesterday and got cm so short that 1 look just lew hideous for anything ive cried myself most sick im so and par saya im silly ter stay away on account 0 the bangs but I 1 cant help it id ruther dio than go and chow myself bech a fricht to all them folks so there I 1 send you my love and 1 hope everything will go off acil with re speck CARLINE HAWKINS P 5 ID afraid par caa took odd boots look oat tor him I 1 laughed when I 1 read that letter it trouble mo much of any thinks I 1 ter myself he is old enough to pack ins own bag less lies a gump and a fool and if he is a gump and a fool tho quick erwe find it out the betherl bet terl 1 felt the wust because carline want comin to the weddin it worried me to think she was so silly them bangs wall como sunday mornin when it was time to dress ourselves hannibal took one room and t another and wo begun id just got my hair all down when hannibal hollered tew me and said lie ruth ann I 1 wish bring in your needle and thread and dew a little job 0 cewin for me I 1 find my vest is nil split out behind though goodness knows liow it come so 1 never wore it ant in my life its a bran new one I 1 thought then of callines carlines Car lines letter and when 1 see the vest I 1 knew in a minute that hal took tho wrong one but I 1 sewed the old thing up as wells I 1 could a pretty lookin vest it was to be married in and went back to my room fealin a good deal and anxious his nest was yet this time he spoke to me so kinder quick and that I 1 knew it was so methin serious serio I 1 was jest my dress over my h wl but I 1 stop to half button it up 1 hurried in ter see what was the matter now when I 1 opened the door there stood hannibal in the middle 0 the room lookin down perplexed like and iu quirin at two old boots you call em a pair for I 1 knew the minute I 1 set eyes on em that they both belonged to one and the samo foitl they both had a round nob kin up the big toe went and another great belgin one for the toe jint I 1 noticed anything peculiar bout cannibals Hanni bals feet before but them two boots did look curis enough and they looked kinder wicked and knowin somehow as if they was enjoying en joyin 1 laughed I 1 help it but hannibal even smile he turned to me and said he do them two boots look right to you alien he tried on one and that was well enough ho put on the other and wall you can imagine how it looked I 1 of courso the and budgins bul gins come in the wrong places and the hull foot was hind side afore and wrong side tew as you might say he took em off and reversed revar sed em but still they con tinkered tinn ered ter disagree and look wicked at one another he squared em up ter octher as squares he could and says he ruth ann I 1 believe them boots ia odd undoubtedly On they be hannibal says I 1 and they look odd but how do they feel can you wear em that ia tho question 1 I dont care a continental how they feel says he awful savage ill wear em if they kill me but I 1 dow wish they look so like the the evil one I 1 felt like death but I 1 knew wed got I 1 to make the best of tho so I 1 bays oh I 1 guess they wont bo noticed but you must be sure and set with your feet on the noor and draped well back under jour chair and you on no count cross legs or if yon dew be sure and have the right foot on top then 1 had ter leave him I 1 was all irked up but I 1 managed ter finish my toilet with my mothers help and when I 1 waa dressed I 1 went into the spare chamber where the couples that was goin to stand up with us was baitin I 1 found bliem all right and finally hannibal was ready and him and me locked arms and perce eded down stairs hollered foll ered by tho others cousin triphena Tri pheny and ryal hunt came enst then mandy plympton and john ray then cousin seraphine and star chase there was six of em and they made a noble pc arance tew jest as we effot on to the stairs and hannibal and mp was most to the bot torn all of a sudden ee claps his hind to his head and whispers ruth ann I 1 must go back a minute yon wait right hero no hannibal says I 1 him along you cant go back how it would looka bat I 1 tell ye I 1 enst and I 1 hilll says he jerkin away and back the percussion per cession stood stock detill on the stairs and fust one then whispered down ter know what was the matter and the folks in the parlor began ter peak out and buzz I 1 concluded as longs I 1 bs married without hannibal I 1 might as well go and look after him thinks I 1 ter myself who knows but he means ter put an end to his miserable odd existence I 1 so when he rushed up the stairs and pitched bead fust into his room I 1 want far behind and what did 1 see that great silly dew but make a dive fer tho lookin glass and go through with the motions of br his hair deliberate and arnest as if wall as if hed had some hairl for hes most as bald as a bedpost and what hair hes got lays down of its own accord as slick as grease all times I 1 mad I 1 snatched the brush away and grabbed his arm hannibal ays I 1 firm an 1 determined I 1 tell ye hannibal haw you come down stairs with me this instant ive had enough 0 your oddity fer one dayl ive boro all I 1 can or will and when were married ill take some 0 this nonsense out on ye or ill see says L he glared at me as if he deverd seen me before he was so but 1 hauled him back down sirs and we all went into the parlor at last and took 0 places in front of the minister but did seem as if delays and hitches was to be the order of the day for bestas 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 middio 0 the floor lookin at ona nother and beelin awkard enough among the folks I 1 invited to the weddin was old aunt betsey griffin deaf as a post and settin benido her was old mis potter and mis Pott erd lost her mind in a measure as it were I 1 knew it would please em both ter come GO 1 invited em well while we was baitin for the minister and the room was still as the grave all of a sudden mis potter turned to aunt betsey and screamed into her ear loud enough to wake tha dead who did you say our ruth ann is goin ter marry and aunt betsey ec reamed back jest as loud though mis potter aint deaf a mite mr hannibal mis potter nods her head contented and sets and rocks for about a minute then she leans over and screams again what did you say his name was aunt betsey tells her and she nods and rocks as before but her poor old head cant hold but one idee at once so she hollers a third time and says she what did yon eacher name was and aunt betsey answers patient and loud ruth ann Robb insl everybody was laughin by this time and I 1 dont know how long them poor creators crea would ha kep our names goin backard and ferard if tha minister come in jest then and put an end to it tho ceremony perce eded along smooth and proper till hannibal undertook onder took ter find tho ring to put on my finger then was in one pocket then another took out a cigar a little box 0 matches a toothpick a penknife a horse chesnut that he adwers carries for and several other things took cm out one to a time looked at em thoughtful and in quirin and put em back agin finally he drove into some place and took out a little wad 0 paper and all revived that looked more like but when he condid 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 feared ter have some whitin on it 1 I found out afterward that hed writ down on that card where he put the ring for fear lied forgit jest as he had when hed read the card what did he dew but stoop over deliberate and pull off one 0 em fretful boots and shake the ring out 0 the toe then he put his boot back on and straightened himself up as carm as if it waa customary and common for bridegrooms bride grooms to carry the ring in the toe 0 their boots and my hand slipped the ring on to my finger as graceful as you please wall I 1 was thankful when it was all aver better believe it liada t seemed a mite as I 1 expected 1 supposed eliat the thou glit of the great responsibility I 1 was as sumin and one thing a nother would lift my soul and make me feel fretful sollum and pious but I 1 declare to man I 1 think 0 bothin from beginning begin nin to end but jest hanni bals odd boots and odd actions so little does it take to keep a comans womans mind from boarin after the ceremony we had cake and coffy passed round and then as the dells wasa bingin we perce eded to the church it want but a few steps jest accost the common and we walked up the broad aisle ter agether Tg ether and me I 1 a deanin on his arm lookin my best and he with eyes upon us I 1 tried not to feel proud but it was a happy moment for me I 1 tell ye and when we set down in the old pew where rd set ever bence I 1 was a baby mother on one side hannibal on and me in the middle it seemed awful pleasant somehow seemed as if I 1 never loved the old church so well not that theres anything nice or harn some bout our house in craney holler its almost a bam compared ter city churches but it bad ono recommend it was surrounded by whose god we had come to adore the great winders was wide open and I 1 could look out on to the common all green and wavy with maples then away off the medders and up up to the woody hilltops that touched the blue canopy 0 heaven oil how can anybody that lives in the country ever lack for religious privileges god is so nigh in and he speaks through lier so plain and so why if I 1 could git the time if I 1 so much housework ter dew and one thing a bother id make a practice 0 goin out every day as as I 1 say my prayers to some beautiful spot a purpose ter commune with my maker through in no other way can we git so near to god As said isaid I it deemed uncommon pleasant to mo in that sunday momin the horses pin in tho sheda seem ter disturb me as usual and the chirpin of tho birds and the dronin of the crickets through the drowsy air sounded awful nice and so othin inside the house was full of good old fashioned smells Pati gony mint and boys love and tanzy ami camm for all the old ladies and a good many of tho young folks had a bunch 0 ono or tho other and perhaps a sprig 6 green caraway seed ter muncha wayon in case theys inclined to be sleepy I 1 looked down to where old squire brown set in his pew in front 0 the pulpit asleep and was and I 1 noticed that ono hand wisely supported his head in order ter keep on his red wig 0 hair but ho want alwera so careful for I 1 remembered how nigh he olten come ter loan ont and how one sunday it did acte wally slip clear ofin his bald pate and how he jumped and hand to his head and all the young folks laughed and some 0 the old ones even parson lamson jest barely eared himself by a timely strange that all this come back to me so on my mornin but it did and a good deal more and I 1 had a hard tussle br ingin myself into a proper frame 0 mind to tend to the service mother adwers had a him book to herself on account 0 scein better ye know so hannibal and me we looked on ter gether and I 1 had the proud pleasure 0 hearin him sing for the fust time hes got a most powerful voice and his ex does beat all everybody u us lookin at him why he acted it all out so as you might say when lie struck a high note he riz ap to his fall fa balanced himself kinder teen terin on bis toes stretched ap his neck rolled his eyes way inter the back part of his head and sech a tone as he fetched high oh terrible highl and on the co cantry when he sung a low note he jest ched all down inter his and chist and Bo methin rambled way down in his insides low oh terrible low and I 1 think his low A was the very lowest one I 1 ever heerd his was sart imposino im and I 1 know it imposed on everybody that heerd it As for me 1 felt so excited and lifted up by it that I 1 kep awake all through the sermon even nod once and was right on hand ter rouse up mother and hannibal in season for the then come the benediction and we walked ont hergeth er as we come in with everybody lookin and admidin ad mirin and envying and I 1 tried ter realize that I 1 was married and that this was my wed dinday but somehow I 1 it all seemed like a dream bello C green 0 in portfolio the bishops bible in 1564 the anglican bishops resolved to prepare a version of the bible for themselves the work was tended by archbishop parker of canterbury who distributed portions among qualified divines for examination and revision in four years the work was completed and in the new translation still known as the bishops bible was completed it was handsomely got ap with wood engravings a map of palestine an elaborate series of genealogical tables and copperplate portraits of the queen leicester and burleigh it was never specially authorized by queen or parliament and the orders of convocation for its use were only partially obeyed A second edition was issued in and a third with considerable amendments in 1572 but it was never a great success as it did not command the respect of scholars and its size and price put it beyond the reach of the people it is described as a work of unequal merit but was really only a revision of the great bible chambers journal |