Bewlah was humly , poor in flesh , dreadful freckled , hed red hair , black eyes , an ' a gret mold side of her nose . But I 'd got wonted tew her ; she knowed my ways , was a fust rate housekeeper , real good-tempered , and pious without flingin ' o n't in yer face . She was a lonely creeter , -- her folks bein ' all dead but one sister , who did n't use her waal , an ' somehow I kinder yearned over her , as they say in Scripter . For all I set an ' gawped , I was coming raound fast , though I felt as I used tew , when I was goin ' to shoot the rapids , kinder breathless an ' oncertin , whether I 'd come aout right side up or not . Queer , war n't it ? '' `` Love , Flint ; that was a sure symptom of it . '' `` Waal , guess 't was ; anyway I jumped up all of a sudden , ketched Bewlah raound the neck , give her a hearty kiss , and sung aout , ` I 'll dew it sure 's my name 's Hi Flint ! ' The words was scarcely out of my maouth , ` fore daown come Dr. Parr . He ' d ben up tew see aunt , an ' said she would n't last the night threw , prob ` ly . That give me a scare er the wust kind ; an ' when I told doctor haow things was , he sez , kinder jokin ' , -- '' ` Better git merried right away , then . Parson Dill is tew come an ' see the old lady , an ' he 'll dew both jobs tew oncet . ' '' ` Will yeou , Bewlah ? ' sez I. '' ` Yes , Hiram , to ` blige yeou , ' sez she . `` With that , I put it fer the license ; got it , an ' was back in less 'n half an haour , most tuckered aout with the flurry of the hull concern . Quick as I 'd been , Bewlah hed faound time tew whip on her best gaoun , fix up her hair , and put a couple er white chrissanthymums intew her hand ` chif pin . Fer the fust time in her life , she looked harnsome , -- leastways I thought so , -- with a pretty color in her cheeks , somethin' brighter 'n a larf shinin ' in her eyes , and her lips smilin ' an ' tremblin ' , as she come to me an ' whispered so 's ' t none er the rest could hear , -- '' ` Hiram , do n't yeou dew it , ef yeou 'd ruther not . I 've stood it a gret while alone , an ' I guess I can ag ` in . ' `` Never yeou mind what I said or done abaout that ; but we was merried ten minutes arfter , ` fore the kitchen fire , with Dr. Parr an ' aour hired man , fer witnesses ; an ' then we all went up tew aunt . She was goan fast , but she understood what I told her , hed strength tew fill up the hole in the will , an ' to say , a-kissin ' Bewlah , ` Yeou 'll be a good wife , an ' naow yeou ai n't a poor one . ' `` I could n't help givin ' a peek tew the will , and there I see not Hiram Flint nor Josiah Flint , but Bewlah Flint , wrote every which way , but as plain as the nose on yer face .
` It wo n't make no odds , dear , ' whispered my XXXXX , peekin ' over my shoulder .
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