Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-06-18

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Ni,cholyillo wa, the objective point
e -Lo axpe,ltiun. and II WAS about tiy"
,n-l.s n,r The bows got Hoes arms from
Liro -nrrat,ct llis GIRL. and prevailed on
him tn ru,h ahead. pay the t"ll-"at" foes
rr..r.d o.. ~ Mitchcllyille and have the
h...,.,o ready. ~ as II have no delay.
Accordingly. Joe went otf at a hope, lald
thc toll for Us, AMI gave strict orders not
,o lct Martha Jones father through; Int
when the oil man cam" To- tie gate II"
ms, iuuIsd his Old oWay-hdcE over II,
aud on L, came. his hounds III full cry. |
The wav he got up aul got along that |
,oke WAS n scene not t. Ice forgotten. |
The fuss he made aroused everybody q" |
rajifs.
our crowd consisted of five. besides
Jn,. and We arrived a, MItchcllNll" about
ION m. .Inc WAS there. and aS soon az
had li~mo1!utcd. he was al my sldc and
| led M. M t. the door and ratified II ="
| ,ho. the startled Justice opened II al
once. hut. upon seeing, As h" supposed
| , female. closed II {" arrange his toilet.
| Meantime, the ull man and his hounds
| could l.. heard nearing RAPIDLY. Nhls.
rr,l f. Ioc | wanted to retire around
H.. corner # the houo" ~ arrange my
Jr... and h.. >ail. cNcit-lly. " H. III
hurry. the old man VIII soon j." mere.
did make haste. for 10 sooner had G"'
ar.uul ~. corner than d'rt i 'hI"''7h
, cate. ran down the side Of fence.
cr,rt through AN "l,Nlur INTO hach'
ward. and hil behind al aSh-hoT"r.
Wb.n the. Justice hal got clothes "n.
lie ulcucJ ia, door t" tell u I" com" H.
lon, of course. | wasn't thcr'. and Joe
wa. ruuuiu- frautirally round I'll" house
looking for his girl. while the odd man
and b., dogs w,r, coming nearer every
r.ioutr The Justice came "lt md J"o
v.ll,l for In, Martha Jane. but she cam,
r,t TL.u H.. Justice call,d"ut: Don
Harmed. madam. com" II: N"u ,il''h l
t., Iurt and cs~ay,l To- assist Joe e
find her
.N.. L,rr,lo had charged INT" town ahd
y.r, almost Al the door. ArcoruhS u
,,r won. arrauccmcllt a sham row NJ once
i.,,,, b..v,.li our boys and Ihr pnrsn
: .r, and 80 we'll was the thing dome ina
th, citizens tor every man. woman an
. child IN TIN village was mp pitched III L
| nr.v.I,t what they thought would I've
- ,aucmnary ailray.
n III. l,urlv Iu~tice. seeing the turn al
= fair, seemed t. bc taking, and eN'l'"'
= h,vond measure, mounted the horse
= block and commanded the peace 50 N'
a ci,rr,r~lv as almost to he h'"trd III 'h
d adjoining counties ot THIS state ah'
7 Kentucky. This restored qurf, on
/. bows protesting t. he law -a"hnE cl'I
/ z..us The Old man also simmcr'd dovl
II ,Louch he insisted that he had the rlEi
p. 10 he little ont Of humor at the boy
y for rolbiug him of his gal. and kept In
gcring round and "cusSln a little o
u, the outside.
III After the row had been sqnelched. IN
~ women oi the village organized
u search for the lost maiden, with ViG'
=. of shielding her from the wrath OF III
-, irate old man.
u II was not long before was disco
VI orcJ bv one Of them, and She, VII
ia another. made dash AT me. scu'tle
N of as fast rs | could. but ! hung IL
rv boot IN nv lawn calco and made pc
To- feet "shuckin" of il in my haste IL 10
he nearly off At the waist and Splt III I"
ss, aud lny the time | got to the neXf renee
I had n trail two yards long. l had gre
,r ,ronhle in climbing that fence a car
ro. see. how n woman can climb fence
Joe way,: in fact. / half climbed and III
10 rolled over. nurst the strings ro"h9 i
md wais, ran ont of all the balance oi
irl lover female harness. threw my bonn
rs back on my head, raised the yen. a
All oln,ost ran over some more women :"
her we're looking for me, and heard one
, TO them saw, as l rassed.'LordT' ma
81 wba, ,rGs that" | didn't stop to
new plain. hut made good my escape
1 il Joe was not to he thus outdonc-
ocrscvrrcd. and IN a short tim" succ"c,
on N getting away with the right Mar,
,out Janc and the two We're made one. j.
red Mr. Joe wolll never speak to me az
ans wards FIR the reason, | suppoNc' tha
.e if cane 50 nigh beating her out cf
ron- hapd. bo
and /, was the nearest ever came ~ no
as married. and though Joc-donhti'SN
,ull st,catcd hy hi, wife cave me ''rr
her. tLrs,hin- some eighteen months
m to the c.capatle. never recall II "i'ho
ne Hearty laugh.