Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1910 — Cheering Her Up a Bit. [ARTICLE]

Cheering Her Up a Bit.

A young lady living in Atlanta visited the home of her fiance in New Orleans. On her return home an old negro “mammy” long* in the service of the family, and consequently privileged to put the question, asked : “Honey, when is you goin’ to git married?” The engagement not having been announced, the Atlanta girl smilingly replied: “Indeed, I can’t say, auntie. Perhaps I shall never marry.” The old woman’s jaw fell. “Ain’t dat a pity, now!” she ejaculated, and, aftet reflection, she added, consolingly, “Dey do Say dat ole maids is 'thd happiest critters dey is, once dey quit strugglin’.”