The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-09-07
Continued from Hysl ssaJc.

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.riated the c"iniart Of the lessnge while
we waited until arrangements could
be made for ora Accommodation at the
one hotel ofTa9 FOWL. ;s se >liouia
have to remain there atl Elgh!. We
had taken Just fig'l! hoGrs f@ tFavc y
distance of tlsseA mites.
NV cousin, Gi.- L.. >eel gslade iie2
~apvearance and regretted lser mabili-
ty 10. entertain Us as her cottage was
uniae small and Just !}ssu. over
crowded. This lady was beautiful,
accomplished ard Intelligent. her
.Soutlern sketches" published in
Northern JOURNALS some yeats aga,
were interesting and we'll received. but
she fad abandoned Il literary 1:tree
to devote herself to household duties
and to assist her husband in his Mua-
tifarieus tasks. After waiting some
time we were told We could go down
to the boarding house. TO which place
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. accompanied Ia aMd
remained until we We're settled in our
rooms. On reaching the house the
proprietor received N> c~OurteousaS.
~apolosized for the appearance of the
place. as il was newly erected and IN
complete. He seemed anxious to make
lis comfortable: the Nl"i. so. us his
wife MAS absent and there were no
ladies' III the hOuSe-the old co!oreu
cook being the only "wonan-kind" to
DO the hon0rs of the establishment.
10 reach ON CONS we had to pass
through Il grocery store whic!, opened
u il sitting and bedroom COM
mn anil f1.,A n
very small bedroom. and at the rear
to a gallery leading to a dinins-room
and kitchen. The sitting room and |
adjoining chamber we've placed at our
disposal. !. sad incident connected !
with the 'heuse Vas related to us. "A
Young empleye OH the Valley railroad.
had, some weeks previously. eloped
with the daughter OF the station mas
ter at Knoxville, Mr.. l.. The Young
We're duly forgiven by the
father and the groom resumed his
'duties, boarding his bride at this ho-
tel, and returning to her each night.
They bad been married scarcely three
weeks when the husband was prostra-
tad with fever and died in tile room
now assigned to US. The heart broken.
Slrlisi wife was . with her father.
saw her ext Gay, the picture Of
grief and hopelessnsss.
We We're very glad when called in
to tea, which was the regulation Mis-
sissippi country suPper-fried chicken,
9 'bisctit, fresh bet.er, molasses and
coffee. Hlle table w.as miDus cloth !,
and napkins, Ebnuatke host ard Tie
stOaltx ~lOi3.nafnr n1d ennk -,-I
NJ attGntivsly and we eaioye1 mr.
:repast. ,Oar invalid Fec retised. and
we wese sOcn ready to do likewise.
The ,strangeness Of our surroundings. |,
the warn night, the aspilaag efforts OF
n musiclaaa engaged In iprastising on a
violin .near our quarters aaatil d very
late hour, kept. us from Aaauing yery /
sOundly fer awhile bat morning !,
US mech refreshed. orr invalid l
free from fever, and AFT we're soon
ready for breakfast, and anxious to i
our hsmeward journey The
misliaps Rnd 2nxieties of our ~black
Friday" we've not forgotten. aud J,
tlSed to belieSe that the expelience. ,
unpleasant as it vas, might prove one
Of those BLESSINGS in disguise" which !
eften come to ns in disagr.eable /
Ind foxbidding garb. do not believe =,
unlucky days, aud our misfortunes +;
might just as easily have happened on !
Monday, Tuesday or any other dav of +
the week, but | do believe in Especial =
prOvidences" and this may have been !:
M OF them. | know. by the DELAY s
Incident to our various accidents. q
whereby We missed our train on Fri !
lay, we learned something Of a new
met kind and pleasant people.
md were compelled to remain over
in New Orleans, meeting there t
whom otherwise / should not v
seer at all. After leaving the Il
lotel We spent two or three hours at v
he station waiting with Mr.. and 5
'lrs. L., before the arrival of our train.
This handsome and devoted couple. a
ZACH of whom had been married be- "
ore, though 10 longer in the flush Of l
'Outh, could look forward to IL long s.
usefulness and connubial hap 81
'iness. AS we babe them adieu there t.
vas no prescience of the coming p
which was to bring to one a il
udden death, to the other the utter d
Iesolation of widowhood. Scarce a b
ear and a half after the day l last saw Ii
hem the blow fell. i p
One night in the station room sat il
II. L. and his wife casting up ac- d
ounts and making out reports for the tt
managers of the Road. A young V
aughter of Mr.. l.. sat in the same "
sending kilograms. Ever and W
non the fond husband would turn to "
is wife and caress the beautiful hand ct
hitch lay SO near his own. +