The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-25
WHAT GAME OF A MATRIMONIAL

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down stairs, the other morning, I saw
CAptatn Esank Sans. a noted hunter,
sd ktedbn TIE cage of the stoop. swing.
id$ hib feet into rose bush. "Look
hffe. tsaid he. s"you think you know
mething about Florida murders.
The Lang aud Cochrane stories ain't q
patch to the beauties OF the Suwanee
country. Out there. they make a
wholesale business Of it. Some time
ago, two men named Locklier and
Mundy lived near the mouth of the
5uwanee fsivus. They .a:sa;l a.:.!=
for living. Locklier had an average
looking woman for wife, while
Mundy was widowcr with a mighty
fine daughter. The two meu got quite
thick, and used to cow.drive together
and e.t in each others houses. After
n time, Mnndy took fancy to Lock.
lier's wife. and Lpckiier touk fancy
to Mundy's daughter. So they struck
up trade. After paaycring around,
Mundy offered to give his daughter
for Lockiier's wife and twenty head of
cattle. Locklier took him up straight,
nnd the bargain was made"
asked the captain what kind of
girl the daughter was.
"Well," he replied, eve heard she
was plump little flIy. about olghtee II
years old. Locklier's wife was a little
skinny. but she was good driver, and
worked we'll in harness with her hus-
baud. The daughter never mady any
objections to the bargain, and the
wife, like most of the women, was
glad of anything for change. So
Mundy drove off the twenty hend of
cattle aud the old woman, and Lock
lier shook himself down in tho cabin
with the daughter. Things were all
snug. Well, in about two weeks. Lock.
lier's wife got sick of it. She declared
that her husband was bad, but be was
an angel alongside of Mundy. She
went buck home. and swore that she
wouldn't live with Mundy any longer,
under any circumstances. Theu Nun
dy came up to Locklier's house and
wanted bis daughter back. The daugh-
ter, by this time, had fallen in love
with Looklier. and you oouldn's have
driven her out Of his cabin with a pack
of dogs. Looklier said she shouldn't,
unless the old man drove back thu
twenty head Of cattle. Mundy said
bed see Locllier in hell before he
brought back the cattle, aud threat.
ened to shoot him, if he didn't turn
over his daughter. Locklier told him
to shoot and be dod -drotted. So they
parted bad friends"
1 Interrupted the captain, by asking
him what the neighbors thought OF
such proceedings "Well," he re.
piled, "they didn't have many ueigh-
bors. What they did have, were like
themselves. They looked upon the
whole thing as bona fde bargain, and
if one or the other got cheated, it WAS
no outsiders business. As I was say.
ing, Mundy declared war. He threw
up sort of parallel around Locklier's
house. and bombarded it with dou
ble.barreled shotgun. All day long,
he laid around the house, waiting for
shot. Locklier WAS afraid to go out,
or even show his face at tho window.
For hours, he wonld sit on a chair
with his old rifle across his knees and
watch his door. Whenever the latch
moved, he would blaze away, without
waiting to find out who WAS coming in.
Two or three times. he came near
shooting his wife whsn she WAS out
after pail of water. You see he knew
Mundy meant business, and he wasn't
going to let him get twist on him.
Mundy skirmished around the house
until dark. Then he travelled home
aud got good nights sleep; but by
daylight. Looklier again found him
entrenched outside the door.
"This arrangement lasted seyera
days and Locklier begau to get tired Of
his imprisonment. One night be took
a couple OF stont cart wheels standing
near his cabin. boarded them in on
three sides with two.inch plank. and
when Mundy put in an appearance
next morning confronted him with
this movable battery. Tho tables were
tnrned. The old man had to fall buck.
Locklier followed him up the road
with his battery, shelling him at every
jnmp. Mundy was driven into his
headquarters. and his antagonist took
the part of besieger. A dozen shots
we're exchanged before SUI down, aud
ut dark Locklier drew back to his
house under cover Of the battery. Be-
fore the roostcrs stopped growing he
was agnin moving up the road toward
Mundy's house, Smelling his way every
few roads aud driving the old man and
his shotgun to cover.
"Well, the war was kept up in this
way about week, but at last it had to
come to an end. ono bright moon.
light night, Looklier thought he would
quietly wheel his battery up the roud