Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-06
SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
History of q kentucky Divorce Suit
which Lawyer Came to Grief.

History of q kentucky Divorce Suit I'm
Which n Lawyer Came to Grief.
From the Detroit Free Press
A divorce case is a rarity in the courts of the
mountain districts of Kentucky. vet sometimes
among those persons living near the country
towns, where lawyers congregate, such a legal
proceeding occurs. Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
LOCKER were of this class. They lived near a
country town and had lived there for twenty
years very comfortably and had accumulated
some property. A difference arose between
them, however, and they agreed to division of
the property and divorce. Harvey let his
wife have the house they I'd always lived in and
on that half of the farm it was agreed should
be his he built a log cabin for himself and
transferred to it his share OF the household
effects. Each one secured LAWYER to attend
to the legal part of the affair and then they
waited for developments.
For the first month Harvey did very nicely
in his new home and was apparently quite
well satisfied. The second month he WAS
sitting in front of his cabin gazing long,
| ingly toward the much better house in which
his wife lived. If she appeared at any time
about her house. however. Harvey lodged out
of sight and tried to make himself believe that
Mandy was a woman any man ought to be
situations with his lawyer. after each of which
he felt better; but rs the rough winter
| days came on and he could not get into town
| SO often and the long winter evenings shut him
| In by his tireside Harvey felt sometimes that
| perhaps Mandy wasn't quite as hard TO get
| along with some other things he knew of
Ono day he went to town for consultation,
because he couldn't stand it any longer and
when he returned later in the afternoon he
| looked as if he had been through threshing
| machine. but there was satisfied atmos-
phere about him which had not been there in
| the morning.
| After he had smoothed himself out little AT
his cabin he started off to his wife's house. II
| was growing dark rapidly, and Mandy's light
| streamed from the window that led Harvey
| from the gate to the house. He knocked
nerv ously at the door-the door that he hat.
opened SO many times as his own.
~Whos thar?" called Mandy from within.
Its me" responded Harvey with a nervous
jerk to his voice that frightened him.
who's me2"
Don't you know me, Man-Mrs. Locker?
| s'Uh," he could hear her say. as she I'M
fastened the door, but he could not find much
| welcome in it.
| ats you. is it?" she continued. sharply. as
| she stood in the doorway with candle in her
hand.
"Yes, Mandy. it's me-" he confessed. awk-
wardly, without attempting to come beyond
| the sill.
| well, what do Won want? I thought Won
[ lived down thar by the road You hain't made
| a mistake in the house. have vou?'
| NO. Mandy, haint. l come up to see YOU
| about our divorce"
Il thought the lawyers was tendin' to that y
'Your n is, Mandy, guess" he said. rather
vaguely.
"Ain't your'n. too?" she asked manifesting
an interest that gave him some hope
NO, Mandy. he amt. You see. Mandy" he
went on hurriedlv. Il had a talk with him TODAY
an IN the course Nv his remarks he said some
things about you that l want goin' to stand a
minute from nobody. so l throwed my coat and
gave him such whalin'. right thar in hi,
office. that he amt agoin to be able to tend e
nobody's business fer a month. much less mine
SO | thought I'd better come up here an SEE
you about it.
| She made no reply for several seconds blu,
there something in her face that had no,
| been there since Harvey went away.
Been to SUPPER she asked abruptly
'No. Mandy" replied Harvey with a SILVER,
for it was cold at the door.
| Then come in. and we kin talk it over WI lie
we're eatin','' and as Harvey sat in the bright
! light and caught the fragrance of the coffee and
! the ham, and saw the ieecv white biscuits tina,
| Mandy Sc. before him. touching him now and
/ then she moved about. he thought of his
| cold. cherries. comfortless cabin and a great
| lump came into his throat. and rs Mandy sat
down at the head of the table he looked up a,
| her almost timidly.
| 'Drat the divorce" she said impetuouslv.
"Amen." exclaimed Harvey and he dIdn'
! go back to his cabin that night or ever again
except to bring home what was there OF his and
| Mandy's.