The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-11-08
THE INCEST WIDOW IN
BLUE GRASS REGION.

lived the pretty little widow Fauntleroy,
and one Of Der nearest ueighbors was
General Peyton. The General had
looked upou the little widow very much
as he did upon his bloodcd horse Pow
hattan-s' s'the finest horse, sir, in the
Bluegrass regoin-"
The pretty Mrs. Fauntleroy had been
a widow more than year, while the
General, having great regard for
etiquette, had waited patiently for the
time to elapse, in order to declare HIM
self. But the widow, with her wom-
ans art, kept her lover at bay, and
kept him in her train.
lie had escorted her to this barbc--
cue, and when returning had expressed
his satisfaction at the prospects Of Gen
eral Combs, and the success Of the
Wing party.
The widow took sides with the Dem
neraey. and offered tn wager her blood
cd horse, Gypsey, or anything else on
her place against Powhattan, or any
thing else she might fancy on the Gen.
erals place.
The Generals gallantry would not
allow him to refuse the wager, which
he promptly accepted. BY this time
they had reached the North Fork Of
Elkhorn, and were about to ford it
bridges were not plentiful in those
days } when John Peyton, the Gener-
ais only son and heir, came up at
sharp gait behind them.
The widow turned and bowed to John,
and rode on into the stream, but lit
tie behind her companion. The cast
bank was very steep, and required the
horses to put forth all their strength
to reach the top with their loads.
As luck would have it, good or i'll,
the widows girth broke just ut the COM
mencement of the steep part. The
lady, still seated on her saddle, slid
swiftly TX into the water, while her
horse went up the bank like an arrow.
/ John Peyton leaped from his horse,
and in an instant caught the floating
lady and saddle, and before the Gencr-
al had recovered from his astonish-
ment, was at the top Of the bank with
his burden. The little widow was equ-
al to the occasion, for she begged the
General to ride Oh AMI stop her horse.
which had now begun to understand
his part in the mishap, and was begin
ming to increase his gait toward home.
The General did as he was bid, and
soon returned with the horse. In the
meantime John Peyton had secured
hls 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
to themselves.
John Peyton repaired the broken
girth, fastend the saddle again On the
horse, placed the lady in her seat, bade
her good evening, mounted his horse
and taking another road down the Elk
horn, rode rapidly home, leaving the
General to escort the widow.
1t is not necessary to relate how he
entertained his fair companion with
ponderous anecdotes of Mr.. Clay and
, other famous public men; but when he
reached the Fauntleroy place, he ac--
eepted the lady's invitation to dismount
and take tea with her.
After having changed her wet cloth
ing the pretty widow entertained her
guest with her brightest smiles and
some new songs. The General was
!, delighted, and expressed his delight
/ as Kentucky gentlemen Of that day
would have done. "You are the finest
{ songsters, madam, in the Blue-gras.
, region.
!, When he bid her good night and