Show bargaining for a wife the THE BLACK PIG AN THE TIM li LINEN q r if LOOM 11 A swarthy hard bard tl baided fellow resident in i a country district of th a 3 union lately attended at the registrars office in Dal dai lymena announcing that be had called for the purpose of giving official notice of cf hii bli ii 1 tended marriage with a young woman of interesting appearance who with her father a decent looking old linen w Ae eaver averof of the bame same neighborhood accompanied led him on the occasion after a minute inquiry respecting t tl to co costs costa and procedure of the uie tue dittel meditates ceren onial the cautious applicant without thinking it necessary to c ci nguet the opinion of the f female em ale aie party selected the more tedious terilous but less expensive n ve course with all the acuteness of a va yankee 9 k e til tie registrar was about to make he usual entry when the intend intends d bridegroom reque requested sted that he be v ouid would hould bould a NN wee eel for he tle haa hau baa bau a word to say tay sa by to the auld man iran ir an J an w what t I 1 jae ae ye to say ci 0 the auld garip man johnny asked the th father of the intended bride 1 I hae just this to say J re replied p lied the other with a most unexpected change of countenance cenance te nance cep and a mulish obstinacy of tone and attitude III 1 I say that youre come to te the dyke at last an ey maun matin either loop it noo roo or into the for afore I 1 pit pen to paper I 1 maun hae baeder yer decided answer abbot the black pig an tile the linen loom ye me that ye wad maybee e gie them wi wll betty anz an that ye re wad irad may maybee e gie mair but there na may way 1 bees ee s aleein noor noo A bargains a bargain ye ken an if I 1 tak hetty betty ill hae baith the loom an the pig wi wll her an a bargain bet beyt bei if no why ye bae yer ain yet an theral thele s nay nav harm done to on bodyl the poor old man appealed to be completely thunderstruck at the unparalleled effion tery of his intended son in law a ind nei well weil he might considering the time a d circumstances circumstance circum stance stanco s of uhe the demand ki for the unmannerly lout had bad evidently calculated upon wringing parental compliance with his selfish views at a moment when proceedings in connection with ith the matrimonial engagement hd had arrived at a pint pant from which no young woman under ordinary circumstance circum stanca 9 would wil wll willingly wilin angly gly recede bettys color suddenly mounted from a pal pai pals pais a pink to that of a full blown peony 8 sha she flashed one lightning glance upon the lover over of her fathers black pig pie and after a minutes earnest gaz upon her gutta percha slipper slip pir she rose with creditable dignity and left the office without uttering b a word her father when his astonishment permitted utterance re reproached pro ached the bargain seeking bachelor with hi hla hia duplicity and then left the fellow below to h 9 in meditations e who ater alter all appeared excessively s annoyed at the tb ill lii s access of his scheme schema to secure possession of the coveted proper y but betty had two strings to her bow the appeared at the registrars office on the fo 1 lowing morning with nother another smart looked looking young young bachelor right glad to have her as a e atoo st oot oo and atter alter due attention to al the preliminaries they were wera united in the silken bonds of matrimony I 1 st at week the auld owner of the black pig being one of the I 1 subscribing sub lub scribing witnesses |