This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...next day at Lorainy's house was free to all the neighbors. Joe would not have it otherwise. There was room enough for all inside the house, and outside on the piazza, and in the warm sunshine on the grass. There were some tears in the parlor, among the old folks, who remembered Joe and Maria when they were young. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...next day at Lorainy's house was free to all the neighbors. Joe would not have it otherwise. There was room enough for all inside the house, and outside on the piazza, and in the warm sunshine on the grass. There were some tears in the parlor, among the old folks, who remembered Joe and Maria when they were young. Lorainy was the only one of them who seemed hilarious. She bustled about among the young people on the piazza, and was very much elated. Old Deacon Peabody felt it his duty to say to her privately, "Keep humble, sister, keep humble;" after which Lorainy was less demonstrative. The young people made it a happy and merry time before it was through with. A procession was formed, with Joe and Maria at the head, and they all marched over to Joe's house to install the man and wife in their new home. It was noticed that Joe was a little awkward in giving his arm to Maria: this was regarded as a proof of his devotion to her. It was claimed, as the remembrance of the neighborhood, that he had never given his arm to any other girl or woman. Joe and Maria were speedily settled in their home. The little attentions due to newly-married people were given them by the neighborhood with great heartiness and enthusiasm. There were pleasant visits to Joe's house; and many little presents and keepsakes were given to him and Maria. Time passed on, and the wedding became a delightful memory. The union proved to be a very happy one in its, way. Maria said afterwards that the first summer of her married life seemed to her like a strange, sweet, and almost impossible dream, friends were so kind; and she and Joe had so much to tell each other of their past Uves, --of the years of hoping and waiting. Joe's quaint ideas of a home were in a good degree realized. He sp...
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