St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-04-16
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A sVustSso q - Peoes~ Ne O0elseee -
=, MssssAgs Cses0say.
The o63ce was not . salaried one, but
solalR dspelDent upoA TIA The comfy
furAi2hhke 6aly tie coy q the revisSd
statutes and . woolsael. slightiy and
prsmsAurely bald z So while 4 was
called Judge Nye. and frequently men.
toned in the papers with great con-
siderstion, ] was ont Of coal about half
TIC cline and once could noe NAH NY
lettsrs for three weeks because did
not have the necessary postage. Friends
In the eastern states may possible re.
call the time when my cosrespondenee.
from some unknown cause. seemed to
nag. That was the time. OF course
could have borrowed the money, but
had, and still have, . foolish horror of
borrowing money. did not mind rum
ming IN account but hated 10 borrow.
The frat business that had was .
marriage ceremony. l met the groom
on the street He asked II could
marry people. l said that could TO .
limited extent He seid that he wanted
TO get married l asked him 70 secure
the victim. and I would get the other
ingredients He then wished to- know
where my Office was II occurred to
me at that moment that there was no
fire in the stove; also no coal; also
that the west half Of the stove had
fallen in during the night So said
that I would marry them 1t their home.
He maintained that his home was over
eighty miles away and that it would
consume too much time to 70 there.
''Where are you stopping At" In.
quired-using the Pike county style Of
syntax in order 70 show that ! WAS one
Of the people.
'Well, we meet here. Squire. She
came In on the Last Chance stage. and
I'm csmped mp in Gown canyon not
fur from Soldier creek We can 30 out
there. l reckon"
I did hot mind the ride. % locked
my office. secured . book Of forms. and
meeting the young people ut tho livery
stable went out With them and married
them in . rambling. desultory sort Of
way. G
The bride WAS . peri from Owl
Creek. wearing moecasins Of the plio-
Gene age. The rich Castilisn blood Of
the cave-dwellers mantled In her cheek
along with the nsvy-b blue blood of
ON her fathers side. Her
hair, was like the wing Of . raven. and
she wore . tiara Of clsm.shells about
her bectling brow. Her bracelet was
. costly string Of front teeth. selected
from the early settlers 1t the foot of
Independence mountain. With the
shrewdness Of . Yankee and the hsuteur
Of the savage she combined the gro.
tesque grammar Of Pike county and
the Icharming naivets Of The eow.pnnsh-
er. She was called Beautiful Snow.
But I think it was mostly in . spirit Of
banter. She was also no longer young.
I asked her. with IN air Of badinage. II
she remembered Pizarro. but she re-
piled that she was away from home
when no came through. The cave.
awellers were . serious people. Their
was very poor indesd; 20 also
were their jokes Her features were
rather classic. however. and-I was
about TO say cIean-cot, but On more
mature thought Wal not cay that
Her. nose was bright and piercing. It
'esemblsdI De betse-sahs Of : ssad-
bill crane.
The groom was . man Of great cour-
lge and held human life 1t . very low
Rgure That is why he married Beau
tifuul, SpoW without my ninching; also
whx hnse reffaiaed from lseationing
his name; also why kissed the bride.
did not yearn 20 kiss hen sThefe were
had Aaims O De. ~ I did
not wish to give needless pain to the
yroom, and 50 I did It He had no |
money! but sid thaA De had . saddle
wh<k tel colad use 1was wslcons n |
did not have anything to put the sad
lie on Ut home. but rather than return |
I took it-Biu Nye. In |
Century.