The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-01

the justice, hoarsely. "Struck her'
Seems like"
Squire" said Wicks, "tain't my
put in, but couldn't you marry couple
that loves each other, if some Teller had
lowed Licensed be needed an brung
hit alongl 'Twa'n't my put IL,
but
"No!" roared old Hydom. q"
The next moment Wicks was sitting
astr.de of Mr.. Hydom, whose face was
crowded into the dirt and leaves IN
shameful manner.
"Spite Nv the objections Nv the girls
father3" asked Wicks.
'lfI didn't hear them objections"
To guard against the possibility of
Hydom's voice coming from the leaves
and dirt to the Justices hearing, Shores
and Pottle, the accomplished listeners,
moved by common impulse, stood upon
either side of Long Jim. Each had
a finger in judicial ear while the cere-
mony was performed that n ade the
clinging girl the wife of the Oung fell
low from Ohio.
"H'ain't my put in" said Wicks,
when the released Hydom had risen to
his feet, but man that roars that
AWAY is liable to strain himself"
The invectives and maledictions that
-, III IL l;~% ,ovarad man hurled
at all present did not disturb the equa-
nimity Of any one but the girl, who now
clung, trembling, to her newly made
husband.
Pack yerselves out O. the country
Quick as tracks kin travel, fer I'll make
hit too hot to hold ye! I'll never for
give ye! PHI"
"Hydom," said the Justice, slowly,
"you wanted the law. Wal, the Re
vised Statutes says that no man what
won't forgive his daughter that looks
like Wal, hit says he sha'n't never
fish in Red.hoss Creek from end to end,
am"
Gan me an Shores an Pottle will
back the Revised Statutes, an see that
they air enforced" broke in Wicks. =
You bet" agreed the renowned
listeners.
h-in-Red -hoss-again!'
gasped old Hydom.
"Noap"
Ten minutes later, after casting his
eyes alternately upon his daughter and
, upon the placid, cofIee-color surface oil
Red-horse Creek, IIydom grunted out
reluctant forgiveness for the young
couple.
squire" said Wicks, eve heard
that the Revised Statutes have ben re
pealed."
"They have"
: :'Wal, good-by, Ohio" Long jim
called. as the young couple and Wicl'
and Hydom were leaving, and Shores
and Pottle we're casting their lines into
: the water again. "Never had no use TO
Ohio, nohow, but l wish you might!
: wellw
, why is he so bitter against m.
: Staten the young groom asked, pres
emily.
Wal" answered Wicks, him an M
r went out together, an seems like hi
:, was Ohio soldiers we was allurs fghtin
l an hit was Ohio soldiers that socked u
: into a Ohio prison, an'-wal, he hahn
1 had much use fer Ohio sence."
e 'People say that l look very much q
my mother did at my age" said Bess e
e presently.
"You do answered Wicks. an
:, n Long Jim-wal, he was sorto hal
way engaged to her when the war brok
e out, an We staid in the Ohio prison S
/, long, everybody yereabouts lowed W
~ was dead, an when we got back, yol
NAV had married yore paw. thar. II
lie wan never so mighty pretty, either
ID but woman's-
1. .'Shes buried on the slope in the shao
r! Nv the red buds, interrupted Old Ma
ne Hydon, gravely.
81 got married after while, went G
ID Wicks, presently; ''but, some way, iii
re never followed my example,"
ut As the hook and sinker of Long jim
v line entered the water with gent
I'd "plunk, "Pottle said, drawlingly;
yet 81 reckon Wlcks sorto loVed IN