| Show ann AND AN BROWNS BY 3 ams L s ill tell you what it is wife said peter smith and he emphasized the remark by a wise shake of the forefinger things have got into a very bad way the farm is mortgaged to the last cent it is worth and I 1 owe a heap of money besides more by a i long shot than I 1 know how to pay what is i to be done im surel dont know peter replied the bothered wine wire but it seems too awful bad to be turned out of the house bouse and home at our time of life now if our son bon john would woul donly only marry john browns daughter sally it would help us out amazingly the browns you see are belloff well wel loff off and the connection would be a perfect gold mine to us of course give sally the hundred acres of land and things that al ways said they would a good idea wire wife and peter brightened up amazingly you always were a cute woman and that notion does you credit but do you think the young youn 9 folks would take to it III 1 I dont know but it seems to tome me that always taken a great notion to each other ever since they were children been more like brother and sister than anything else but suppose the browns should object as most likely they would you vou know we aint on good terms thick as the young folks have been ill tell you what peter is just the thing for us to do put up john to elope with sally agreed ill leave it all to you to manage thus the matter was settled and the sebe scheming nil nii n couple went to bed to dream or of aspee a speedy fly gly release from their financial embarrassments embarrass ments coincidences are sometimes of the most curious character al almost most surpassing belief in some instances about the time of the above conversation between mr and mrs smith their neighbors mr and mrs jonas brown held an important conference do you remember that note for six hu hundred adred dollars I 1 gave for stock last sp spring asked jonas yes replied his wife well its comin coming due in about a month and how unger under the tho sun were going to pay it I 1 dont know 11 mortgage the thi farm 11 weve done that until it cant be mortgaged another cent im clean discouraged cou raged and theres sally wanting a piano where the money is coming from is more than I 1 know W ere on the verge of banar bankruptcy 11 1 I wish sally would marry john smith gra gracious clous cious knows together enough to take a notion that way 11 yes but I 1 don dont tsee beo bee how that would help us any 11 you dont eh eb well I 1 do aint 11 his s bolks rich and they set him up handsomely then thed we could stand some chance of getting help through sally a good plan 11 was vas jonas conclusion cl after profound meditation but the difficulty is that the smiths are not on good terms with us and would be likely to oppose the match 11 then the best beat plan is to set the young folks up to an elopement 11 so it chanced that the browns and the smiths planned to dispose of their fh children ildren lidren to their own pecuniary advantage the next step in each case was to mould the young ones in the proper shape john Smith was a brawny handsome country fellow with p enty of good sense and an ocean of love for sally brown when his normea parents arents proposed pro posed b his is marrying her he informed them that he would gladly do so but he feared her parents would object then his father au august t pa THE DESERET NEWS 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 1171 slyly cl suggested u g ested an elopement and offer e eato I 1 t t aid ald a in carrying out such an exploit john said he would think about sally brown was a rustic maiden with much redness or of cheeks and rejoicing in the possession of the bastin lasting 0 comeliness which is derived from a bright smile sweet temper and a pair of clear earnest eyes made none the less impressive by the near neighborhood of a saucy little nose her wavy brown hair had not a ripple out of place and her plump little figure was encased in a well fitting dress which was neat ness itself when her parents spoke to her about john she blushed becoming lyhne lynnd after close that she would be tickled to death to may marry him she further stated that they thoy were wore running over with love for each other that they had long settled the question of ultimate union but that they feared parental object tion now ill tell you what sally said mrs B rs brown you know pa and I 1 dote on you and would do anything to make you happy we ve would do anything to make you happy echoed mr brown and if you were to hint to john the idea of an elopement we lift our fingers to prevent it noil no replied mr dir brown 11 t we lift our fingers to prevent it in thus instructing their children the and browns displayed very little knowledge of human nature they should have known that john and sally would upon the first occasion possible themselves for how could true lovers keep a secret and such a secret and they at the next meeting each told the other all he or she had been told by parental lips but neither could conceive the object of the old folks however they were not over disposed to question the matter they were abre too glad that the consummation so devoutly wished seemed so near at hand I 1 question haw it had been brought about conscious that their progenitors were up to some kind of trickery they resolved to at once avail themselves of the opportunity to elope before any change in the aspect of affairs should occur having belavin thus concluded they proceeded to lead their parents astray lve ive glive been talking to john 11 said sally saily demurely to mr ank anh and mrs brown and we have concluded to elope its all settled and we are ready just as soon as it can be arranged eisaw aw sally last night said john to mr and mrs smith and she agreed to elope with mei mel me so I 1 think the thing had better be hurried right along it one ode week from this thia time all the preliminaries limin aries had been arranged sally had been supplied with a bran new dress and all the other fixings fix and john had been given enough money to buy a suit of wedding the respective parents were laughing in their respective spec tive sleeves at their own cunning the i browns were overjoyed at outwit hig ing the smiths the smiths were happy at fooling the browns and both chuckle leil dovera over a speedy relief from financial embarrassment the eventful night came 1 and john hitched up one of his fathers horses and drove over toward sallys domicile when within a dozen rods of the house he gave a signal whistle and sally came out under the peculiar circumstances they feared no interference and did not deem it necessary to exercise any great amount of caution john gave sally a resounding kiss hiss helped her into the wagon and away they went shortly after their departure two scenes seen I 1 es occurred which must here be recorded jonas johas brown returned from the village store and entered en tere d his house in a state of great mental and bodily excitement the latter was caused by fast walking and the former but the conversation that ensued will best explain they re gone exclaimed mrs brown exultingly and be hitched hitched in an hour or less tho tho the deuce they have cried mr brown 1 I hoped to get here in time enough to stop em cm 11 to stop em yes yes yea I 1 what I 1 said sald what whal for just this old smith aingworth aint worth a cent cant pay what he owes will be sold out with within in a month its the talk of the whole villac village e 11 goodness gracious gasped mrs broin brown what shall shail we do ill feli feil you what ill do sally shant marry the beggar ill follow yem lem cm to squire jones and get there before t athe the ceremony with this he hurriedly hitched up a horse and spun away to squire jones house about five miles distant the other important scene mentioned was at the smith residence and was opened e n ed by the precipitate entrance of V mrs r s S with the breathless exclamation was has he be gone who inquired mr smith john yes yes yea and mr smith rubbed his hands with glee he went all of half an hour ago dont stand there rubbing your hands screamed the lady but harness up the old mar mare just ejust as quick as you can n t and follow em the browns aan aint t worth a dollar in the world mrs robinson inson just told me so and a mortgage on their farm going to be foreclosed so 60 sally wont get a solitary cent smith hurried the old mare into her harness and rattled away toward squire jones residence john and sally had proceeded leisurely about four miles the former driving with one arm and holding sally on th the seat with the other when the they thes y heard the sound of wheels a short di distance siance in the rear they had bad just passed a long bend in the road and looking across they saw revealed by the moonlight the pursuing brown why pa exclaimed sally yes and he means mi mischief schier ill bet said john 11 what shall we do squealed sal I 1 lii ill show you said john Jumping from the wagon he removed a long rail from the fence and placed it across the roadway then he drove on again at a gait that made the tho horses steam stearn like a boiler brown came on at a furious rate only to be summarily checked by the rail the horse jumped the rail but the front wheels of the wagon collapsed under the coll sion brown was tumbled out and the fri frightened horse ran off with the wreck of the vehicle just as mr brown was picking himself from the ditch he saw the accident repeated this time mr smith being the leading actor and mr smiths mare galloping away with the four wil wll eels brown and smith were inveterate en mies and neither would speak but both started on a rapid run for the squire s about a mile off where they arrived very much out of breath the they burst into the house like a whirlwind just in time to hear the words ssi isi 1 I now pronounce you man iman and wife 11 heid held on yelled brown 1 I object 11 so do 1 I 11 screamed smith you are a little too late remarked the squire nothing but a divorce can fix it now I 1 the parents fumed and glared at each other im sure pa 3 11 pleaded the daughter that you and ma both said daughter hurl huri hurled burled edly ly interposed mr arr brown turning very red but striving to appear dignified 1 I am not disposed to be tyrannical now that you are married I 1 shall not refuse my blessing and anti you father eald eaid john I 1 we would never have eloped if yott you and mother said 1 I never mind my son interrupted mr smith 1 I will not be hard with you I 1 forgive you both brown and smith thereupon became reconciled and all rode home together in the elopers elo pers wagon so much has ben been said of aflato late inte upon the danger of ii introducing disease into the by vaccination it may not be ba uninteresting to know that a statement has just jual been mada by four of the most duglish vaccinators vaccina tors who concur in saying baying that they hace uever never been heen any other disease save that of vae vac cinea ciuca communicated with the vaccine although their observation embraced hundreds of thousands of cases |
