Show fall 1111 fal T G A WO v mi y WAS AT THE WEDDING EXCEPT MISS 13 BECKETT ECKETT from in of a villas vill ge courtship sty a betl or edding laTh y il alb use the h groom WAS w an un neca t ud mad buried tel M andr who r ir delaske 1 samuel Ilu uel pavey and mra urs who lias has been known in h rn sao alp lud for twenty five years as aw kill i millions widow were ales ettl C ed i or recently in the tile presence of d in this village except old sites miss era y ana beckett would have been decked bec nisho if she b bad ad not left ber sick I 1 wv k to call on mrs milliken bed last of the into the particulars aire II 11 itald eat t after thia this imprudence she I 1 engrem d has been unable to bober i bd aher 0 lied bed she was propped up at 1 wall all the afternoon however adv indo iad S the saw eatery everybody body that went in or out bof churill pavey has buried all of dead here for tile past sixty years the is now a tall thin man with close ile and smooth shaven I 1 cropped white hair rand and always dresses in black as be face an linder undertaker taker only the oldest citizen comes can remember when he looked 4 different from the way lie looks ay ills wife died forty years ago now T aina ni be baa bas kept shy of all maidens and I 1 dv ever since years ago lio ile was iaz d by by the most persistent match r 1 hopeless jacaso case I 1 tho widow of kill milliken is an estimable aimable lady a great P maker aar of cakes for tili church festivals arid clever at crocheting j wor ted tidies with a large of which tho the chairs and tho the sofa cibere III her front parlor are adorned aa As has bm bi yn a good deal of curiosity t I 1 abut her euga encasement gement and marriage the be baa ba consi con si niad to a public statement bhe is a short far fat woman with hair of i a peculiar shade of yellow which slie she got mt by the hair dye which was advertised verti ext sed in connection with and letteron letter lette of recommends i con ton aha she sas says that mr pavey had never shown any signs of preference for her vita teTer nor bad had she thought of him y athe be Burce of kill until ten days I 1 before tho the marriage I 1 about that timo lie knocked at her I 1 aront front door at halt half past 11 in the inoru ang in it was ft a wednesday and the widow milliken was deep in the dougli dough lis that katis is baking day through this whole I 1 own she looked out through the blinds of the window next the front door and saw who it was As she had known mr pavey so many years eho she just wiped the flour off her hands upon 1 her apron and opened the door I 1 mr pavey went into the parlor and eat down in the can cane escat seat roc rocker kerwith with the green worsted tidy with blue ribbons through it he lie set his tall hat carefully on tho floor beside him and then said good morning sarah milliken good morning mr pavey ey said mrs milliken sho she eaid said that she accented the mr so that mr pavey might understand that ehe she bad noticed liis his not calling her mrs milliken as ho be waa was accustomed to do mrs milliken also bays says that she had bad a tort bort of premonition that something toia bom ething was coining coming it rant cant bo be that the gompers girl is s ano she said anxiously no said mr pavey but life is ime ertain sarah milliken no one should know thai that better than you samuel pavey taid baia the widow wn li one of her sly laughs but mr pavey did not laugh as he I 1 went on sarah you are getting along in years you will soon be in need of my services ter sei vices I 1 eren even sent for the doctor jet tet and I 1 wont need you till hos hes dono done with me said tho the widow bridling and pouting I 1 do you remember the first mrs pavey said the undertaker paying no attention to her and pursuing his own gloomy reflections ra reaid 1 I was a little girl when sho she died eaid mrs milliken Mil likon I 1 yes said mr pavey you had just married tho the lato late mr milliken five years before yon remember that sho she bad the lest funeral this town ever saw not excepting old captain landers funeral which cost five dollars as I 1 should know i if anybody As I 1 said sarah you are getting old if you marry me I 1 will do i as well by the second mrs pavey as I 1 I 1 diaby the first you always would have your joko joke sam eid said the widow what will vill everybody aay say we are both getting old said mr pavey parey still paying no attention to what the widow WAS wag baying saying lifo lifa is uncertain there is no timo time to lose so mrs milliken aid said all right whenever you say i ten days is is long enough ill soo see the pastor ibis this afternoon I 1 then they tin y shook hands and mr pavey put on hia his hat and arid went away looking q quite U ite g gay ay and chipper as soon na As the door closed on him for he lie did not know that mrs miliken liken was watching liim him through the blinds two minutes afterward eho bad had called mrs meek her next door neighbor to the back fence force and und had told toll her lier all about it ten min utti i afterward by the clock on the court mrs meek having left her bakery in C charge hargo of her daughter lizzie had on in her bonnet and shawl and was bear mi down tho tile street telling everybody I 1 suo met cor new york sun |