All it said was 'Me 'n' Sam were married in Meadville afore
you can get this. Your everlasting daughter.' She see 't it was meant
for a little surprise for Mr. Duruy when he come home 'xpectin' to get
his dinner, 'n' she thought she'd ought to give it to him right off;
so she went back 'n' got her stick 'n' jus' went to town 's quick 's
ever she could 'n' walked straight in on him with it. He took on awful
'n' stamped around an' shook, his fist right in her face, an' swore at
her till she was frightened 'most to death, 'n' then it turned out 't
he'd thought as it was her 's had married Sam on a'count o' there
bein' no 'Felicia' signed to the letter. The other shock when he come
to understand brought on a appleplecktic fit, 'n', seein' 's young Dr.
Brown 's away, they had to send 'way to Meadville f'r old Dr. Carter,
'n' Mrs. Macy had to stay 'n' take care of him, with him light-headed
half the time 'n' the other half all out o' his mind 'n' sure she was
married to Sam. She said 't it didn't take much o' such doin's to get
her so aggravated 't she jus' told him flat 'n' plain 's she was
sixty-seven years old and that meant 's she knowed sixty-seven years
too much to marry his son.
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