New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-26

just at bllS moment Anu6s WHO udu DOOA
watching for the return Of her friend, seeing
two figures approaching, uttered cry OF
joy and ran forward to meet them. Inc
shock of her disappointment at seeing
stranger in place Of her father, caused her
nearly to sWoon away in Kentuck,s arms.
'NeOw, don't We, honey" he said, sooth-
ingly, in his kind, Kentucky dialect. 'ShO !!
don't We take on. We's all gOttO die, some
time or mother Don't mind me I'M yer
pap's oldest friend on this cOast-hey pro-
spected an dug an washed up with HIM
senee '49, and a kinder eOmrade man
never he'd. In course | consider 1t my
doOty an privilege to see that you're took
car Ov. The Bars purity much cleaned
eOut-that's so; but I'll soon hev' eaoln
up somewhere; an We can jest run my She
bang any way We like. Reckon l can ind
some nice woman to stay along with ye, fur
company"
This was lust the kind of talk best calcu-
lated to engage the attention OF one in
Anne's situatiOn-halt soothing and nall
suggestiVe-and by degrees her father 8
old friend succeeded in arousing her to
face her loss, and the prospects Of her fu-
ture.
They told me at Wilson's Bar, only last
0ctOber-it must have been about the ami
versary of the fre-that in two or three
months Anne had recovered her spirits and
health so far as to essay teaching the little
flock Of children at the Bar, with Hatterlng
success, and that in two or three more it
began to be observed that Gentleman Bill
now more commonly called Mr.. Randolph,
out of respect to Miss ENTHUSIASTICALLY
happened to be in the neIghbOrhOOd of the
schOOl-hOuse about the hour of closing, in
order that he might walk home with the
teacher. In truth, the young people had
taken to looking and signing after each
other in a way that provoked remark,
and augured wedding. As Anne insisted
on completing her term of teaching, as
well as on taking a little time for
preparation, the wedding did not come
off until the first part of September
On this Oecasien-the only one of the kind
Kentuck had ever had anything to do
with-the rude, but generous hearted Ken
tuckian made point of displaying his hos
pitality on a scale commensurate with his
ideas of its Importance; and the elite of
Wilson's Bar were invited to eat, drink and
dance from dusk till dawn of shat memOra-
BILE day. As for the bride, she looked as
lovely as it is the right and duty of all
brides to lOOk-eYen lOVelier than the most;
and the groom was the very prince Of bride
grOOms-sO all the maiden guests declared
On the following morning, when the
young couple were to go away, Anne kissed
and cried over Kentuck, her second father
in truly gratifying fashion; and Randolph
behaved very gentlemanly and kindly. as,
in fact he always did; and KentUck put on
paternal airs, blessing his children in all the
hOneyed epithets of true Kentuckian.
Alas, that the legend does not end here
If the reader is of my mind, he will wish
that it had. But fhe is of that sanguinary
sort, who always insist upon seeing the
grist the gods send to their slOw-grinding
mills, he will prefer to know the sequel.
As have already told you, it was in Sep
TENDER they were married. On the morn
ing they left Kentuck the weather was ex-
tremely hot, with queer little clouds hang
ing about the mountains. They took the
road up the canon toward McGibeney's
raneh-laughing and chatting as they rode
along side by side, Anne replying to every
lark singing by the roadside in a voice
almost as musical.
Well, it must be told, there was a cloud
burst on the mountains about noon that
day. Not four hours after they had taken
leave of him, Kentuck received their poor
bruised bodies at his very threshold,
brought there without the interpOsition of
human hands. Wilson's Bar viii long re-
member that day. The fire took chiefly
that which could be replaced, but the food
washed out claims, ruined aqueducts, and
destroyed lives of men and brutes, carry
ing away with it the labors and hopes Of
years.