The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-11
So 1t Was Written Down.

There was a weddin match over in
the hill country n night last week
and consequentially Dave Singleton
and. Miss Bessie May Turner are nov
hangin their clothes ON the same peg.
On the followin day after the wed
in me and mother we went over to
the Turner place to see if everything
had come to pass in the right and prop
or way, which of curse it had. They
had a fine infare dinner over there that
day, and the gonebyest biggest layout
of good things to eat l had eve saw
in all my BORN days. In the run of the
day I pitched in and climbed up around
SO tremendous much rich kitch2"l
physic till by gracious / have been
down with a BAD case of the grunts
hcnceforwards from that time. But
that fine weddin match between Dave
Eingleton and Miss Bessie May Turner
put me to lookin back down the Dir:
and dusty road which leads intq3thr
past, and brung on . whole passle Of
thnkin,
Hit was 20 years ago, come next
June. Col. Wash Turner and Bob
Singleton are dead and gone the COM
mon way OF all human flesh now, but
both of them were with us in the flesh
then. At that time Bob Singleton was
Twin on the Turner place and rentin
land from the colonel, and him and
Col. Wasi were powerful strong
friends. They run together so CON
stant and so thick till by gatlins sou
couldn't Of stirred EN- with a red hot
stick. In them days Bob Singleton
was fiat Oh his back. and Col. Wash he
was way Up yonder--in regards to this
worlds goods. But that didn't make
a continental bit of difference with
them. They had went to the war and
fit plum through together, and they
was both bad medicine in big doses
hot stuff and a heap of it.
Nobody never did know and never
coull say for certain how it come to
pass, but finally at last Bob and the
colonel they fell Out, and went right
on nome after their weapons. The
very next Saturday they me up to-
gether in the big road, and when the
firin ceased and the smoke clearedaway
Bob Singi. tor was dead.
All of Bob Singleton's folks had gone
OH ahead, exceatin little Dave, which
at that time httre3was nothin but a year
lin boy, with hrs first pair OF breeches
On. After the funeral the next great
question il the settlement was what to
do with little Dave, and it was right
there that Col. Wash Turner come
forth and give it out that he would take
the 10y and give him a good home, and
send him to schoo! and raise him up
like he wa; a member of the family
II loved Bob Singleton better than
any man, Twin or dead,' says the
colonel, and the water backed up in
his 'yes when he said it. And I was
much il. the fault as he was -aeE we
both got our guns. But that Is all over
With now. The past is past, and the
best that ( can do now is to take the
boy and give him the run Of my place.
Henceforwnrds % long as l live my
home will De his home"
SO it come to pass one sad, hot day in
June that little Dave Singleton. with
nothin in this green world but his lit
tie wallet of plain clothes. went up to
tie big house to live with Col. Wash
Turner, the man that had killed his
In the run Of a few years the
10Y growed up and turned out to be u
! IAN. and him and the colonel was good
friends from the jump. Time didn't
wait for nothin, but time was playin
for even and bringin things around
to a dead level.