The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-04
What Came of a Matrimonial
Trade on the SuWanee.
New York Sun Letter.

AS came GOWN stairs lLc Oluci
morning | saw Capt. Frank Sans, a
noted hunter, seated on the edge Of
the stoop, swinging his feet into a
rosebush. "Look here" said he,
"you think you know something
about Florida murders. The Lang
and Cochrane stories amt patch to
the beauties of the Suwanee country.
Out there they make a wholesale bu-
siness of it. Some time ago two men
named Locklier and Munday lived
near the mouth of the Suwanee river.
They raised cattle for living
Locklier had an average looking wo-
man for a wife, while Munday was a
widower with mighty fine daughter.
The two men got quite thick, and
used to COW drive together and eat
in each others houses. After time
Mundy took a fancy to Locklier's
wife, and Locklier took a fancy to
Mundy's daughter. So they struck
up a trade. After palaverins around,
Mundy offered to give his daughter
for Locklier's wife and twenty head
of cattle. Locklicr took him up
strait. and the bargain was made.
| asked the captain what kind of
girl the daughter was.
"Well," he replied, ave heard she
was plump little lilly, about eighteen
years old. Locklier's wife was a lit
tie skinny, but she was a good driver
and worked we'll in harness with her
husband. The daughter never made
any objection to the bargain, and the
wife, like most of the women, was
glad Of anything for a change. So
Mundy drove off the twenty head Of
cattle and the old woman, and Lock-
lier shook himself down in the cabin
with the daughter. Things were all
snug. Well, in about two weeks
Locklier's wife got sick oft. She de-
clared that her husband was bad
enough, but he was IN angel along
side Of Mundy. She went back home,
and swore that she wouldn't live
with Mundy any longer under any
circumstances. Then Munday came
up to Locklier's house and wanted
his daughter back. The daughter by
this time had fallen in love with
Locklier, and you couldn't have
driven her out Of his cabin with
pack of dogs. Locklier said she
shouldn' unless the old man drove
back the twenty head of CATTLE
Mundy said he'd see Locklier in hell
before he brought back the cattle,
and threatened to shoot him if he
didn't turn over bis daughter. Lock.
lier told him to shoot and he dod.
drotted. So they parted bad friends
THE CART-WnEEL BATTERY.
interrupted the Captain by ask
ing what the neighbors though Of
such proceedings. "
"Well," he replied, "they didn't
have many neighbors. What they
did have were like themselves. They
looked upon the whole thing as
bona fde bargain, and if one or tht
other got cheated it was no outsiders
business. AS l was saying, Mundy
declared war. He threw up a sort
of parallel around Locklier's house
and bombarded it with a double bar
relied shotgun. All day long he laid
around the house, waiting for a shot
Locklier was afraid to 60 out Or ever
show his face at the window. Fol
hours he would sit on a chair with
his old rifle across his knees ani
watch the door. Whenever the latcl
moved he would blaze away without
waiting to find out who was coming
in. Two or three times he came neal
shooting his wife when she was ou
after a pail of water. You see HI
knew Mundy meant business, and h
WASN'T going to let him get a twist OF
him. Mundy skirmished around thu
house until dark. Then he Travelled
home and got a good nights sleep
but by daylight Locklier again fount
him intrencLed outside the door.
"This arrangement lasted severa
days, and Locklier began to get tire'