ld Kreder couple had not worried much about it. Herman always did
everything they wanted and he would surely come back in time to get
married. But when Monday night came, and there was no Herman, they
went to Mrs. Haydon to tell her what had happened.

Mrs. Haydon got very much excited. It was hard enough to work so as
to get everything all ready, and then to have that silly Herman go off
that way, so no one could tell what was going to happen. Here was Lena
and everything all ready, and now they would have to make the wedding
later so that they would know that Herman would be sure to be there.

Mrs. Haydon was very much excited, and then she could not say much to
the old Kreder couple. She did not want to make them angry, for she
wanted very badly now that Lena should be married to their Herman.

At last it was decided that the wedding should be put off a week
longer. Old Mr. Kreder would go to New York to find Herman, for it was
very likely that Herman had gone there to his married sister.

Mrs. Haydon sent word around, about waiting until a week from that
Tuesday, to everybody that had been invited, and then Tuesday morning
she sent for Lena to come down to see her.

Mrs. Haydon was very angry with poor Lena when she saw her. She
scolded her hard because she was so foolish, and now Herman had gone
off and nobody could tell where he had gone to, and all because Lena
always was so dumb and silly. And Mrs. Haydon was just like a mother
to her, and Lena always stood there so stupid and did not answer what
anybody asked her, and Herman was so silly too, and now his father
had to go and find him. Mrs. Haydon did not think that any old people
should be good to their children. Their children always were so
thankless, and never paid any attention, and older people were always
doing things for their good. Did Lena think it gave Mrs. Haydon any
pleasure, to work so hard to make Lena happy, and get her a good
husband, and then Lena was so thankless and never did anything that
anybody wanted. It was a lesson to poor Mrs. Haydon not to do things
any more for anybody. Let everybody take care of themselves and never
come to her with any troubles; she knew better now than to meddle to
make other people happy. It just made trouble for her and her husband
did not like it. He always said she was too good, and nobody ever
thanked her for it, and there Lena was always standing stupid and not
answering anything anybody wanted. Lena cou