The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-02-12

seats and stuck their feet upon one
and looked defiance at everybody.
Women came in with their children
and passed end repassed, and found
no seat. The old groom had long,
reddish gray whiskers and the
bride of twenty-five had her
black hair bobbed short in an ag-
gravating style and leaned her head
upon his shoulder while she affected
sleep. By and by countryman with
a little girl in his arms came in and at
ter walking up and down few times,
stopped and surveyed the couple for
minute. Still there was no sign. At
last he said, with some temper, II
reckon maybe perhaps if you ones
would lift your feet often that seat 1
could find some place to set down with
this child. I've toted her about mile
already. They lifted them with alaci-
ty and tried to turn the seat, and
found it locked. THAT don't NATTER
he said, as he put down the child,
TIN not gwine to hurt ye." We en-
ioyed that immensely.
I wonder what makes so many OF
these youngish girls (youngish IS
good word) marry these old men.
Every since General Longstreet set
the example every old widower in the
country is hunting for a girl wife:
The widows have been thrust out OF
the market. That is all right. maybe.
if the girl is poor and the widower rich
and he will settle good estate upon
her and die in q unreasonable time. What
curious transactions such things some
times bring about. Some years ago
q rich old widower of our county
married young wife and she was
loyal to him until he died, which
was in a reasonable time, and she
| fell heir to his splendid homestead
with all the land attached, and soon
married again. Not long after this she
died and her last husband now steps
over the rich mans land as sole owner
and proprietor Of that he never gave
| dollar for.
Our brief visit to Florida last week
was on business and I hurried home to
90 west ON another lecture tour. 1t
prieyed me to leave Clear Water, which
is lovelier than ever. 1t is still the
sweetest town that ever grew beside
the shore. Many improvements have
been made since we were there and
half million has been spent by Mr..
Plant on the spacious property mile
below. Everything at Bellair is on
grand scale. Its drives and walks and
lakes and gardens; its grand hotel
that overlooks the green waters OF the
gulf; it's ornamental shrubbery and
long lines of stately palms; its coli.
scum and boulevards and gasworks and
waterworks all astonished and charm.
ed us, for il seemed as though Aiad'
din had been there with his won
derful lamp and done it all-not In
night. but within year, for 1t has not
been much longer since / was there
and drove through that chaparral o.
scrub palmetto and saw nothing t.
attract me save the view of the distan
islands and the foaming breakers Q
the gulf beyond. Another half mil
lion will make the place paradise, bu
, after sll Bellair is artificial, the handi
, work of man and money, while Clea
Water is the work OF nature ana Q
, God. The one is an embryo city Q
magnificent distances; the other
COW village nestled on bluff amon
, evergreen oak and bays and palm
, and cedars and climbing vines, q
! clad in messy tresses, and where tn
beautiful homes, half hidden, ovel
!. look the placid harbor and the settin
sun. and where the children play upo
the beach or wade in the waters at tn
/ foot of the hill. Somehow the plaf
!, reminds me Of those beautiful lines
8 sand I knew by the smoke that 20 grac
o fully curled
d From among the dark elms that cotta'
le was near,
IS And said to myself, II there Is peace
10 this world,
l. The heart that is humble might look for
in here"
e. I said to my friend, Mrs. Aunspaug
" who has been living there twel
+: wears, "has anybody died since | "
iere?'' ssNobody," she replied. "Ha
at YOU found the graveyard YETI" II ha
ba not" she said. ''There has not be
- a burial in it since we have lived he
10 and the way to it is ali choked up wi
90 saw palmetto. Bill ARP, in Allan
lis Constitution.
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