The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-28
A Kentucky AncCdOtC.

'hmiiiPS 10 attend the prominent bar.
bccucS; and this was especially the case
in the cnntest between Mr.. Ereckcn
ridge and General Combs, in 1910
! Out of these affairs grew the authcn.
tic story Of the incest widow in the
bluegrass region. Not far from the
forks Of Ekhorn lived the pretty lit,
tie widow Fauntlcroy, and one Of her
nearest ncightors was General Pc, =
ton. The general had looked upon
his bloodcl horses Powhattan--srho
finest borse, sir, in tic bluegrass re-
gion."
The pretty Mrs. Fauutleroy had
been widow more than year ;
while the general, having great re.
gard for etiquette, had waited patient.
~ Tor that time to clapsc, to declare
himsclf But the widow, with her
woman's art, kept her lover at bay,
and yet kept him in her train.
lie had escorted her to this barbc-
cue, when returning had expressed his
satisfaction at the prospects Of Gene.
raj Combs, and the success of the
Whig party.
The widow took sides with thr
| Democracy, aud offered to wager hec
h!o"ded saddlc-horse Cipsey, or any.
thing else on her place, against Pow
haitian, or anything else she might
tancy on the generals place.
TIE generals gallantry would not
aIIo" him to refuse the wager, which
he promptly accepted. BY this time
they had reached the north Fork Of
Eikhorr, and were about to ford it
| (brldgcs were not plenty in those
days,) when John Pey ton, the gcner.
ais on y son aud heir, came up at Il
sharp gait behind them.
The widow turned and bowed to
John, and rode on into the stream,
but little behind her companion.
The east bank was very steep. and re-
CURED the horses to put forth nearly
all their strength to reach the top
with their loads.
AS luck would have it, good or i'll,
the Widows gir,h broke when Just at
the commencement of the steep part.
| The lad y, still seated on her saddle,
SLID swiftly back into the water, while
her horse Welt up the bank like an
arrow.
John Peyton leared from his horse
and in an instant eau ght the floating
lady and saddle, and, before the gen
eral had recovered from his astoui>h-
meht was at the top Of tho bank with
his burden. The little widow was
equal to the occasion, for she begged
the general to ride on and stop her
hors". which had now begun to under.
stand his part in the misnap, and was
beginning to incl case his gait toward
| hou.c.
The general did as he was bid, and
soon returned with the horse. In the
meantime John Pcyton had secured
his own horse, and when the general
came back with the widows horse,
she and John were laughing merrily
over the ridiculous accident but what
further passed between them is only
known themselves
John Peyton repaired the broken
glrth, fastened the saddle again on
the horse. placed the lady in her seat,
badc her good evening, mouutcd his
horse, aud taking another road down
the the Eikhorn, rode rapidly home,
leaving the general TO escort the
widow.
1t is not ncce ssary to relate how he
entertained his fair companion with
PondcIous anecdotes Of Mr.. Clay and
other famous public men but when lie
reached the Fauntleroy place, he ac-
ceptcd the l.dy's invitation to dis
mount aud take tea with her.
After having changed her wet
clothing, the pretty widow cntcrtan-
ed her guest with her brightest smiles,
and some new songs. The general
was delighted, and expressed his de-
light as l<eutncky gentlemen of that
day would do. "You are the finest
songstrcss, madam, in the blue grass
region"
When he bid her goodnight and
shook hands with her OF the porch,
the wicked little widow gave bis
hand little squeeze, only little,
but it thrilled like an electric shock
through his great, pondcrous frame,
while she laughlngiy reminded him
of his wager. That night in his
dreams, the little Widow Faunllcroy
was repeated SO often, and in so many
bewitching forms, that he resolved to
propose to her at their first meeting.
nor did he dream that he should bo
refused.
The next morning letter from his
tobacco factor called General Peyton
to Louisville, and before MS re-
turn the political contest in the Ash =.
land district was over and, wonder
ful to relate, John G. Breckenridge,
the young Democrat, was elected to
Congress.
General Pcyton was both astonish-
cd and indignant. "Mr. Clays dis.
trict sir, the finest Congressional disu
trict in the blue. glass region, has dis