The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-04
LUCINDY'S TURN,
Aud She Took 1t With u VsngcanCs-she
Got Her share,

Aud She Took 1t with u ~VsngoanCe-sht
Time
A pair of elderly, leatherly.lookinp
men and n limp-lookiug, br%oken.Spirlted
woman in u calico dress and Il bonnet
fashionable before the war, appeared in
a lawyers office up town n day last
week.
One Of the men said that they wanted
n deed made out, and then he turned to
his companion and they discussed the
details OF the trade they were about to
make.
The meek.looking, heavy.eyed little
woman tried TO say something once or
twice, but her husband silenCed her
with:
"Come, come, now, Loocindy me an
he kin settle this business ourselves. 1t
hRin't a woman's place to take u handin
a matter O. this kind. She's got other
fish to fry. I'm dom this tradin' my
sell. You iist set still till yer wanted"
L%oocindy, usadmonished, ''set still, "
but she seemed little less limp and a
trife more spirited, while her heavyeye
frightened u good deal when her hus.
band said:
"Now, Loocindy, we're ready for yer.
Jist come along hyar an scratch yer
name out in full on this blank line.
That's all We want OF you"
It was simply refreshing to see the
color come to LooGindy's wan cheeks
and to note the ilrmness OF her voice Us
she said:
81 shan't do it, Cy."
"You shRn't do what?"
~ shan't sign my namc to that there
deed"
"Why, good lawd, woman; that's all
| brung you along fer!"
~ know 1t, Cy, and amt a goin' to
do it."
"What in thunder do You mean? 2"
gasped out Cy, as no stared at LooCindy
with his eyes like sauCers and his month
wide open,
81 mean Just what l say, Cy Jackson.
Oh, you needn't stare so at me, Cy. It's
my time to take u hand in this trade,
Cy, an Pm goin' to do it. 1t amt often
| git u chance to show you Pm Of any
consequence in this world, but now I'll
learn you that ! am"
"LOok here, Loocindy, Pm blamed II
Pm goin' to stand this! What ais you
to go to Cuttiu' up like this2 Now, you
put your name to that deed an have
done with your foolin'.n
II amt %foolln', Cy," she replied calm
ly, Rs she took the pen ho handed her
and put 1t back on the pen rack, and
then pulled her faded old shawl up
around her gaunt shoulders.
"Lookee hero, Cy." she said at last,
"the way | look at it, that lands mine
much as it's yours. I've dug an niggcrred
harder'n you have, an I'me blamed II /
amt goin' 10 have some say.so bout sell
in it. Now, I'll tell you what I'll do:
Give INC half the money Higgins Is
going to pay you for the land right here
In my own fist an Ill sign the papcr!"
"You must be crazy, LooCindy; l
want you to stop"
"Forty million OF men couId't make
me sign without" she said calmly, as
she dropped into q chair,
"LooCindyl"
"Well, Cy?"
T-i-biamed II I-I-what you
mean, carryin' on like this2"
~ mean that l am going to havea dol.
lar or two in bank | kin call my own,
and some decent duds. Hand over the
money, Cy, an ri sign an I'll never
sign without Ill"
half an hour later Cy and Loocindy
left the office, Cy with n dazed look on
his livid face and LooCindy with n
serenely triumphantexpression on hers,
as she walked away with n roll Of bills
clutched tight in her bony hand, and
visions Of a new "alpacky" dress and a
s. bonnet and n bank account Of her own
before her glistening eyes. Her time
had come, without q doubt.