The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-09-15
LOVEIN THE MOUNTAINS

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The next day after the affair at Bur,
tons in Tennessee, / went over to An
drew's Fork, seven or eight miles away
and was made heartily welcome at the
largest of three CABINS. Andrews had
a daughter about 20 years old, and |
soon understood that she was to be
married the next day. Indeed, the
lucky young man was on the ground
and waiting. He was six-footer, slim
as toothpick, awkward as Calf, and
dead in love. The girl was more shy,
but not to be blufted by my presence.
When | entered the front door the
young man, who answered to the name
of Davy, ran out OF the back. He felt
confused and embarrassed, and taking
his seat on log about thirty feet from
the house, he hid his face as much as
possible behind a sapling. Andrews
called to him, then Mrs. Andrews called
but he put his finger in his mouth and
would not come. Then his Susan went
out and said:
"Now, Davy, what's the scrimmage ?
He'un hasn't come yere to hurt
we'uns."
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"Then come along i'll. All of US will
be ashamed of ye."
"Got headache said Davy, as he
hung back.
"Honest?"
"Yes, ortul honest. Feels like it 'ud
split"
''Shucks You's bashful You's afraid
he'll poke tun at we'uns But he won't
Davy- Pops dun told him we're to
jne, and he says it's right. He'un won
laff Davy."
eur shore?"
eur snake shore. Come in Davy."
She came leading him by the hand,
and did my best to put him at his
ease. In this succeeded so we'll that
after dinner he took me into his conf
dence. We were lying under a tree,
and had given him the first cigar he
ever saw, when he suddenly said:
"Would you-you-run away7"
"What ! From gettin' married?"
Eyes"
"No stree! You are lucky man
to get such girl as Sue"
"But folks'll laf."
"Let 'em laugh"
"And wink and litter and make fun"
''Pooh What of lt?"
dts jist orful, but mebbe l kin do
it, I've killed bars and rattlers and Wild
cats, and I've had fights and rows, but
this skeers me"
l got him braced up after an hours
talk and then we took a cut through
the woods to see the new cabin which
had been erected for the bridal couple.
1t was an humble structure made of
poles, with no door to the doorway and
no sash in the window. The ground
was beaten down hard for floor, there
was rude fireplace at one end, and a
bedstead had been made of poles laid
IN Crotches. Davy's mother had given
him a bear skin, kettle, and skillet and
jug, and these were placed in a corner.
Susan's parent had given her a pan, a
kettle, three tin plates, two spoons, two
knives and forks and a bottle of vine
gar, and these were placed in another
corner. That was the whole outfit.
The mountalneers were my friends.
They had gone to every trouble to
oblige me, and here was an opportunity
to requit their kindness. There was a
genuine country store about a mile
away, and got rid of Davy and went
down there. had a little talk with
the storekeerer, and wrote out list of
things and rendered the pay, and his
voice actually trembled as he said
"Twelve hull dollars! Stranger, ye
can'tmea it !"
"Oh, but | do"
"And all free guift to Dave and
Sue? Wall, it beats sarpints ! Deed,
it beats bars and wildcats Put it thar
stranger I've seed strange things in
my time, but this cutters me r'
That evening Andrews and his wife
had to go over to sit up with a sick
neighbor, leaving me alone with the
lovers. After the "sputter" had been
lighted Sue said to me:
"You won't keer, will you2"
about what ?"
"And pop said you wouldn't laff nor
litter"
"What at ?"
'tDave and me is goin' to court.'
"Go right ahead, my dear girl. L am
very near sighted and hard of hearing,
and you needn't be afraid of me-"
They sat down on the door and
after a minute Dave queried:
"Hain't nobody lookin'. be tnar?''
"Guess not"