The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-24
a acRAoKERn couRrsE1P.
How "Pop" Won the Hand of His
Neighbor the Widow.
From The NeU Yoyk Tribune

Neighbor the Widow.
From the Neu York Tribune
LADY LAKE, FLA. Sept. 1s.-Down in this un-
known nook characters may be met who would
delight those appreciatIve OF the fresh and
distinctive in human nature. Here in the
deepest recsssss Of the pidey woods are
crackers" who have never penetrated ten
miles from the smoky cabins in which they
were born, and whose domestic life has been
bound by the lvecaS logs clay walls anu
palmetto thatch OF their cabins. Here they
nave lived since the tins, back in the thirties
when OSceol and mis- Semiuoles were captured
by the regulars or driven to the gators mos
caslnS and mieSmal swamps of the Everglades.
lhdoience, Ignorance, saiftleSsn sss, courage
ana PRIDE are their more prominent qualities
Some miles BACK from this lake is a fer. lie
tract OF nlgh hummock" land on wnicn stands
a particularly heavy a1d luxuriant growth OF
pine, magnolia and 1--we oak. Ia it are several
clearlnRS winch were made some ur OF five
decades since, by the first crackers who came
10 TINS section. at the time of their arrival a
VIII aud virgin country, which foot of white
man may not have trodden since Ponce de Leon
ranged the peni lsula in his quest for the tabled
fountain OF youth.
Three of the clearings are clustered closely
together, on. owned by the Widow l. ,gare
Qronoanccd Le2rv e), one by Pop SomarS and
the third by Uncle Billy Taomas UDcle
Billy has contrived to pass sixty-three years in
single blessedness, but d Iriug the last eight
years he has found engrossing charms in the
society or the widow. On the other hand
Pop has had three wives the last in the
sequence having died a month ago. Il is in
ordert to state that Pop is n man OF individ-
uallty, not gwen to lnaction aud vain repining
when he has suffered loss. Misfortune has u
bracing effect on MIN aud stimulates him to
repair ms losses. Consequently | was not sur
prlsed at the turn a conversation took which
neld with him fortnight after the death of his
lhlrd Vile. Replying to some expressions of
sympathy on my part, the old man said:
y es, Yank, I've done lost er good house
Keeper. So my cabin his in mighty pore WAYS
SO OF co'se I've done bin reckonin' for ernurther
BIN right tollerbe busy"
For moment was speeches.. Then, acting
on mischievous impulse, suggested:
Have you thought of the Widow Legare?
she S capable As hoIsekeeper and isn't a day
more than 45"
II lowed, " was the reply. that mout settle
on ther wilder: But thar amt use in bein'
In SIGH pow'rful rush. Purity soon I'll take el
day TO hunt fur er woman. Gittin' err wife is
like gittn' er mule, and er man should be keer-
Iul to git I'M that IL last and is stiddy and don't
low fur ter kick"
Better speak to the widow right away JJncle
Billy may cut in ahead of you"
IN resH it, Yank, y said the Old man. "Ther
wilder halnt brought Uncle Billy ter time in
her come week. -
Exactly week later Pop" saddled his mule
and rode to the widows Ee found the buxum
matron mendng the gourd that hung in her
words
"'1ornin' widder Howdy?' seq
What do you-uns wants? said she-uns sus-
picious-lil1e.
so done come right down to it and said:
I'm reckonin' / low fur ter git ernuther wife
and want ter to take you-unS. if you-uns don t
low otherwise. What do you-uns thinkg SEE
in my peartest.
-" i uunno,' SEE she-uns 'Ain't this suddent ?
Lemne think. Thar's dis yere Uncle Billy
:" ID IN Uncle bIllyv snapped out, no like.
'Er right smart critter he is. He's had eight
year the start on me, and he beint never done
nothin' I'm live man wi four acres cleared
land, ana three cows and twenty orange trees
and er mule Better say yes, wilder. I flgger
out taat you-uns will like it
Wall, she wouldn't just then, but she did
two minutes later. Just then the circuit rider
done come long, and l done told the wilder
that we'd hitch our hands together right thar
and save time and be through wi it. But she
said that thar wasn't no way to be married,
and lowed she wanted to ride found by Uncle
Blllys right away and be married much as
higher fortnight after. Wall Their widder done
mounted Their mule behindt me and we rid ter
Uncle Bllly's, who was SO 'gasted (anazed) that
LIE couldn't even cuss."
The wedding will take place tomorrow the
circuit rider officiating. My present to the
bride will be an engraving pcturing the story
of Young Lochinvar" The bridal Journey
will be taken on muleback.