The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-25
WE WON a WIFE.
o....,on that AstOnish ed. a aI Pio-
D Que.aodist Ministerin his WOO

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that Astonished Pho
ns Qges .sodist Ministerin his WOO
ns -. II. Indianapolis Journal.
pom W y Raw, himself now vener-
CD jon 1.,dei man, tells the following
shls gray - =, ,-,n-tsilip and marriage u MS
'ry , =, her the Rev. John Ray, Ray. VINO .
7anlia 'art,lv in the Methodist church IN
tss1r'a - ~ Of the last and the early part
M t fs-ber joined the travelling , comes lee
NV i-19 said be, when tne.1 To- W" TIoitaJ
COZ u ~ 'o9rdained memoers III Ine LIN In
hsn l@ ND hut one conference e1 1o t,s
safe; a. insists 20 Florida, along Tue
I'm A liz early work was IN virginia a 1an
COST H1 d, where he traveied ten
/Sorin S-,,,rsa a single man, Tor III InUs9
JsaTs, o. -. lI, was to locate. lie traVeie9
dsys 70 10 "a river circuit, which extended
j ~, ", - into tie interior huiiuioC,
tron 'le - re He was 81 years oId, anu
uli7s u nm mis- mind 10 marry, ana locdte'
81 IlHuo ,rnich meant into kentucky,
nd g Nos'' home Among his stopping
BIS iHllIL. H. circuit was the plantation OF a
places on n4' bv the name of Lewis. well
hen Nluo"i javes and the luxurles that a
Et0ckel "'iins,-abolder of that period was eX-
wealthy sia 'S,ss The widow had also a
eeted y. i,,,pgbrer. who had made such an I'M
grow u- ',,Sn the bachelor preacher that ne
ression lad 70 ask her to 60 with Nun,
bad COMBATING that she would go, and go
potnlHs ~ farms. but he had said nothing 10
pn So w. snbiect until one evening, to-
Der on I.. ~ cIos. of the year, he took scrap
warl y. and wrote: Are you under obll
papsI 20 eny MANI Are you IN the spirit
1, .1sTsry. Viii you 60 west' WIZ you
% with mef in,r,edia+e answer
II nj course, a favorable one; lQr no"
" Ia Girl refuse such a man! But she
SSa1IIy folded the paper, put IL III her
-opst and soon after left the room, 10 De
w nv more until tie next morning. 10
~ .nrnrise and perplexity of the lover, she
s' '-- the next morning in the family
". os merry as usual, and went about
''' binary duties of the morning as
uSb nothing unusual had happened. The
.ssnsa became painful and embarrassing,
n he finally got all opportunity to ask II
,1nd now answer the question which
had nropounded. She asked for further
1,yo said he, 4 must know now. l am
,oing away to-day, and | want to know be-
",WeI' SAID she, 4 have some questions
ask before deciding. VIII you give up
our ppef
ever entered his head tnat q girl had any
Egbt to PROFOUND such question on such
occasion, but that the extent of her pre-
gatlve was to say Yes, with all my heart. }
resumlng upon his own Importance, and
ssuning that she would be only too glad
say YES after this little episode, he said:
"'No. not for the beSv woman on earth.
at was now her turn to speak, and she
bid. in tone that indicated earneStness:
"'Then you can have my answer, once for
will never marry man VINO thinks
ore Of his pipe than Of me-
No man ever did more thinking
few minutes than he did then
BID there She had put the pipe question
new light. Think more Of my pipe
an Of lerr he soliloquized. why, GER
nly not; yet it looks like it if l cannot
We up for her. But there is an
her question; Shall girl force me to do
ba. four conferences have failed to d (?
an ! be happy without this girl-happier
itHout II aud with my pipe than with
ra4d without hly plpep and the man
und himself deeper in love than he had
EeF Snsi ected, and he was not long in set
ing the question. If it is a girl or a pipe.
Jewell pipe, and he turned to her, as she
apparently as heartless as a stone, and
id:
We'll, Elizabeth, if it is to part with
Pu or my pipe, | give up the pipe for
FER
What followed Immediately is more
slY imagined than told. In few weeks
icy were married. As soon afterward as
papers could lie made out all of her
aVes were manumitted, AID the two went
est, which meant Montg ,msry county,
entucky. There my father was bora, and
ere my grandfather spent many years as
ocai preacher, rel lining the conference
DIV, moving later to Indiana, where he
90 near Greencast in 1887. He never
slmed his pipe. His plucky anti-pipe wife
rived him several years"