Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-01
She became = Mormon.

From tho Neao YORK Sun.
II don't say as l approve of Mormonism, y
observed the old man as he chewed away at a
fresh quid, but l owe one o. them ere Nor
mon elders a debt OF gratitude kin never
pay"
''How's that?" asked one of the group.
"Waal, don't mind tellin' ye the sarcum-
stance to while away the time. Long bout
twenty years ago, when had some shape to
me, w1dder up in the ChsnangO valley got
struck on me. | was mashed on her. 1t was
sort Of mutual fro insurance company.
Two hours after / first sOt eyes on her she
squoze my hand. responded by hugging her
waist. She called nae her deary. | called her
my dovey. Dang my buttons, il we wasn't
engaged in less'n ave hoursP'
Was she niceP
''um! She was an angel! For about four
weeks was the happ1est man in York State.
1t seemed as il | trod on air half the time.
Bimeby dark shadder got up and bumped
itself across my azure sky"
what was it?''
why, diskivered that the wilder had her
faults. She had temper like an old meat AK /;
she smoked pipe; she walked in her sleep (;
she believed in dreams. Wehad little tin.
same as all lovers, and she picked up an old
scythe andTun nae half a mile. Then l began
to CLAW or"
'Wantcd 70 break, ehY''
1.-THE wust way. She begged my pardon
and called me deary and dovey, aId allowed
that | WAS the rOhest Roman on earth hut I
insisted that the SILVER cord was busted. Then
she sued me for breach O. promise damages,
$40, O00.n
THAT was tough"
Eyes. ewest over 1t like yoke o. cattle
DRAWN in hay. The day the suit was TO be
called driv down 10 the depot TO take the
train for the county seat, and I found her
there She come right up an shook hands as
II nothin' hRd happened, and when we went
into cars she says, says she:
"'JOhn Henry, faint your money m after,
but it's you / want.
"'But you can't have me, Lucy Ann an
swcrs.
"'Mebbe not, but you had no right to pro-
mise me-.
"waai, purity soon looked down the car
and spies Mormon elder. | knOwed he
was, 'cause I'd seen him IN Attica. file was a
missionary, sent ont TO gather IN the harvest
The harvest had been mighty slim, and he
looked as glum as grasshOpper left he
hind the drove. / goes over 10 him and
softly SAYS:
Elder, what Of the caused
ITS glorious one he answers.
"'And the cOnvertsP
"'Rayther ekcerce.'
Say. Elder, do you want 70 make a hmm
dred collars and fust-class convert At the
same timeP axed him.
If II ar the Lords WILL he solemnly an
swers.
'waal. sent MIN over to talk to Lucy Ann.
and IN fifteen minutes she whistles 20 mo.
goes over ana they was squeezing hands and
lo0kin everlastin' Hiss into each others orbs.
John Henry SAYS she. "A wtdder woman
NAV want money, but she wants a second
husband wuss. Let's dickor.'
"'How much to squelch the suit, Lucyf
"'Gimne two hundred
SIN twenty minutes / had IL all fixed, and
In three days she headea west with the
elder "
Ever hear Of her afterward?r
"Shghtly, About year after I met the
elder over in the Mohawk Valley. He wouldn't
speak to men
whence this disdainY' says I, as driv
him into fence corner.
"'AlasP sighs he, but You were too good .
She broke my jaw. busted my harem. and
kicked 50 much Of the ztunini ont or Brigham
lOung's Rfile that We ciln't find 'num Scrip
tur - hold prayer meetin' on. Go away,
designln' yluain-go way
And Iwent.n