Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-02-20
Love Laughs at Shot
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A hard-hearted, inexorable par
ent has come to grief in Kensico
New York. The neighbors cal
him "Old John Lowery," and b,
has beautiful daughter, Kate
An old man with a beautiful daugh
ter is always fair game for some
body. Kate had been to New
York, and on her return home by
rail she met, for the first time, 6
young man named Robert Wilson
of White Plains. Robert anC
Kate became acquainted and ex
changed many civilities. Wher
the couple reached White Plain:
Robert proposed to drive Kate
home in a sleigh, and she censen
ted. On the way he proposed tc
marry her, and she consented
When the sleigh jingled up to the
door of Old John Lowery, at 2
o'clock in the morning, the old
gentleman appeared on the thresh-
eId with a piece of inch rope in
his hand, and asked Kate who
was with her and why she had
stayed out till the chickens had
crowed. Wilson told the irate
father to hush up and 60 bed, say
ing that his daughters compan-
ion was her future husband.
Lowery dragged Kate into the
house, and closed the door in
Wilson's face. A night or two
after that a sleigh without bells
drove up near Lowery's house and
Kate knew who was in it. She
was not long in getting on her
things, and was soon gliding away
under the starlight with Robert
Wilson. They were going to the
nearest town to be married, and
were as happy as two unmarried
lovers can be-the very highest
stale of expectancy and bliss.
Suddenly they were startled by
hearing the report of gun, fol-
lowed by an ominous rattling up
on the back of the sleigh and a
wild spring forward of the horses,
evidently tickled by the scatter
ing shot. Then came a mild re-
mark: ''Stop, or I'll shoot again. y
Old Lowery was behind them
on horseback, but evidently bent
on going a Staying too. Robert
and Kate thought it prudent not
to obey the invitation to halt; on
the contrary, they commenced
flying at the top of their horses
speed. The enraged parent fred
the other barrel of his gun, and
continued to load and fire half a
dozen times in the chase, but ow-
i1g to various delays caused by
working his battery of flying ar
tillery, the sleigh gradually widen,
ed the distance between itself
and danger, and finally gave the
enemy the slip by sliding into a
by,way and disappearing forever
from his sight. He went to Sing
Sing, the supposed destination of
the sleigh, and the runavays went
to White Plains.
They tried to get married that
night and could find no preacher
or Justice who was willing to get
up in the cold to do it, and so they
took separate rooms in the Ora.
wampun Hotel. The next NOR
ming the lovers were distressed to
hear that old John Lowery was
still after them, coming rapidly
toward White Plains with rein
forcements, The report was that
he had two shot, guns and three
pistols, and was swearing that he
intended to shoot them both.
They lost no time, found a preach
er and were joined together SO
fast that no shotgun could put
them asunder. The old man ar
rived with his artillery. but on
being informed that Kate and
Robert were married, he counter
marched and returned to bis lone
ly home in Kensico without fire.
ing another shot. The sleighing
in NewsYork is remarkably good
this season, and the severely cold
weather is said to be favorable to
matrimoDy. 1t has, however,
been a hard winter ON old John
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