Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-10-05
Established December 18th, 1850,

shoemaker, who has about a.
much Of an ijee Of books as &
hog has of meeting. ! sisiss @
"There's no might of use argu
flying about it, old woman; I'm
sot.' ;ss5 So - - 2 ss'Asf =. = sseal.s.z
tAnd SO am /, replied the irats
dame; "and well see who can eli
to the most purpose. IF Susan
can't marry the kind Of man she
wants to, she can stay at home,
and that's the end Of it. .asg
With this clincher, mother Lip.
pc turned her face to the wall and
refused to say another ,word.R
In the meantime, Henry Cover;
dale was gradually winning his
way to eminence. . AS a speaker,
he stood head and shoulders above
any of the young men, his asso.
ciates at the bar. The result Of
his efforts also began TO Aow in
upon him in golden streams.
Yet, he still remained a bachelor,
though many wondered. Still
there were no signs of old Mr..
Lippe relaxing in the least from
his views Oh education. - ssFz4 3
However, things were destined
to shape themselves entirely DIFF
&rent to what q mere 2 observer
might reasonably hope 70 expect
This grew out of Coyerdale's
love for Susan, which now assumed
the cast OF impdtience. YF oars
Que day a young nian, in home.
spun garb, presented himself at
the house Of old Mr.. -Lippe,1 and
Inquired if he wanted to hire a
hand on the faim. ~ s,s.te
The old farmer eyed him for
some moments. and finding him
remarkably we'll favored aud knit
together, said: ss,s as
Where are you 'front.' 5et
81 live at Alonroe, when at
home" replied the young man.
RAISED on a farm p
Yes, sir" ~ :
"About how much do you want
a month"; .s #
whatever you think is right"
You'll never get along in the
world unless you drive a, better
bargain than that, ,"said Mr.. Lippe.
But I'll tell you what Ill do
You shall work month for twen-
ty dollars. and after that, if we
suit one another, we'll bargain for
a year" ~ ttsf
Agreed said the young man,
and was installed forthwith as
hired hand. -
As the reader guesses, the band
was none other than Henry Clio
verdnle, who had commenced to
put into operation q plan to gain
the old mans consent to his union
with Susan.
Time wagged along. Old Lippe
was nightly pleased with his
hired hand, and often praised him
to the women folks. Indeed, be
looked with a degree of compla-
cency on his attentions to. Susan,
which began to be marked-and
COverdale was on the point OF
the question, when a cir
occurred which in
duced him to postpone it for q
short time. The circumstance was
as follows.
The farm of Mr.. Lippe was a
part Of tract, the title of which
had formerly been in dispute,
though it was indeed and in equi-
ty his. Just at this time one of
those land sharks that infest the
country raked up q worthless
claim, and entered suit for posses
sion. sasg s-s sv ssa lssi'ss17
This proceeding was 80 obvi-1
ously absurd and rascally, that
Mr.. Lippe merely laughed at it,
atthe adpice.Of his hired
hand, he appeared at court to re-
fute the claim, supposlng, howev-
er, that his, bare word would be-
sufficient to dispose of the scoun-
drel of land shark. His hired
hand slso yconcluded. to lose the
day and 60 with him, in order, he
said, "to see what judge and
court were like. fTs elsa
Old Mrs. Lippe and Susan ac-
companied them for the purpose
Of making some purchases, as they
could get better bargains in the
country town than in Stanhope.
The conversation OF the family
had placed Henry Coverdale in
full possession of the facts in the
case, and he had manifested such
an interest in the affair, and ap-
peared to be so anxious as to the
result, that the old man was not
astonisLed to see him enter the
bar and take a chair by his side.
He noticed also that his dame and
Susan were among the spectators