The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-18

our veins and 1t made somebody's flow on the
field OF honor In connection with four law cases
that sprang from the marriage of La Roche 4.
Jacquelin Smith and Sally Lumpkins in the
year 1928. That marriage was celebrated near.
this spot and it was exactly here that the happy
couple welt in the valley that might have been
named after Rassclas. the blessed. except that
the natives preferred to call IL Happy Creek for
short. j.,
NJ grandmother was named Eloise 10
Roche Smith, and when an eminent statesmen
wanted to marry her. his wooing was In vain
until he wrote a sonnet beginning thus:
my lovely maid. "a change that nSmo
To seek pure bliss and lofty fame .
As Mistress Tomptins Brown.
Yoar noS Sisft k9 and %i fit hf''N ~,
When through your sire's ancestral hall -
The echoes answer Smith.
They were married. Brown was afterward
Governor OF a Western State. and hence the
name OF Jack Brown. as we'll as Jack Smith.
But to our tale. as Byron says: In the year
1923 my ancestor. Jack Smith, found himself
the most wealthy and noted dweller in the
Happy Creek Valley, which he had helped to
win from the ruthless savage and the ~nrowlinR ,
bear and panther. but though the life Of a
lonely widower began to make even the already 3.
poisoning wilderness a solitude as the years
advanced. he did not know where to find one to
share his picturesque home until ono fine day a
lady rode up to the house and accepted the in ,
~vitation to dismount and refresh herself from
yonder sparkling fountain which at present -,
attracts the festive summer boarder. The host
was presently informed that the motive Of the /,
visit was to fix the boundary lines between
Jack Smiths 10000 acres and the tract Of 20.-
900 acres belonging to Sally Lumpkins.
Perhaps said my ancestor. L have the
honor of addressing the lady herself?
u may address mo whenever you choose
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woman that couldn't, love a man with 10000
acres OF the, finest land adjoining, her own
that. She would not have an eye to business:
for to own the headwaters and source Of this
effect union Of waters as propitious as any ,
union of souls.
by the idea. I'm agreeable; Just, name your
day; and trust me to pay the parsons fees and
f055 !fg sd d0niseT " man q q bnsi h \ el'U SSiG The lady.
but there's only one obstacle. and that Is my
t aSn Hn is salpsy wb Sss settied at 1f M EGIRf Sffl oWSS::
near Richmond. while yours is only plain Jack
"'Great goodness cried Jack. Nothing Is
now wanting to complete the happiness with
YOU Mii Sally for 81 short hort And he explained his own
sh7e and Ris fSnse4 t thst w wa tbs femn heiI brsnt 70
Fight 4 then and lnd'i there res The re W vas a long
and satisfactory study Of the conditions and
affair as eccentric as it was romantic. Never
had the then b%ackwoods Of the Old Dominion
seen Sncn a frOllC az cAlPDraJPu the WeQu1nR,
and the STORY, was told far and wide as the 'Ro-
nance Of Jack and Sally,
hundred h i aohil ands99mr q mansion t Surround
ed by gardens and parks took the place of the
SSq ioyed l9 PS p easan' a adG co int SaTaaeST what fs ne fn fGRs
be called a modern Eden IN a Paradise regatned.
/! Ru oi fR nnf 6f HsE 81 o "aGd Z cs sa@S to, The sG yai iisSF x
sHeh as G 6HG never ie the BEEN fq heard Of q E III th the fesemds
Of the redman or f the p%aiefacc. The torrents
overran their bounds. the deafeninG, claps Of
the monn sfehlsa the aS 'F fqrEed l%i f1s iTTGu riyed the
Gnarled oak. and as II tho flends had directed
tie the f fIs%Sn ma thf GH 81 HSPnny G Gas fh6 By Trf fSn6 9t
Gerb S1sr and ,Hsc when hS1 t sSii Grss Ell. q , t3e 5 Internal gods ,
was was It fy we're sS Vain af to attem PGia d ies Tfadi of the ,
the %Sq fane4si tR Wss t ovs4 the the f Hsg eRStn Hel ESs TO % l6eP
to the estate and the heirs. There we're two l..
wills. both properly witnessed and 9%t5ested. but
II iSGspi that pftihS the u testame lTac Of P' the surViS@T
should take precedence. There were two chill
G GEsR estate { ten to ana lis 8 son jazz a and s SafS,s VIII Viii IIssIIss
her estate, to her daughter sally. But as both
friends q the deceased; but the court
S Ssola sSe s snss as flo s@st lan S'' sally llfHGn% Gpst s a
though the difference Of time might have been
nically speaking Jack was the survivor and his
c will nI dscI hGld. a Bgt n a %Go e. q ftP PIS1 nn he , u gppsE
d deal Of expert expert testimony slim St thatth re- broken S%a ffoooossee
Ing lb6w OF TIE The h tSS S;rT Which vas s. torn Or 9ra upwaTTG;
the case. came from the earth instead Of the ,
clouds, and, therefore. Sally. who was upstairs.
that decision. sally took possession Of the COM b
bined estates OF Happy Creek and Jack was u
Now, the curious. part of, the story, is that
thoYgh the younger E Jack ko and d,t Sally h both TIN. mar;
both. the son Of Jack got the whole estate BY
the vii Of the o%riEFiin2dh, sally: Though his fetheE
Of llghtning and the decision of the court, It
took two more law cases to settle that; You
ton. and it so mortified him that he retired to
Kentucky and ommitte suicide. Two OF the
lawyers, fought a. duel with ,%flntlock rifles
guished jurist from Virginia. who had been
imported to manage one side OF the case. was
appropriate manner offered him his coincidence
ing shot With a squirrel rife instead Of a
smooth duellipg pistol. but now. as this part OF
Il friend Is ff Sow the eG devil VIZ the m'R heir s Of . jazz sSom I'D I ses ,
oil Of sally's property. when Sally also had an
Not in the least. says the Gsol99nSI: You
E hsir. a %SfN he OE wSs the Gma heir eheG of b SaS @Roy s Sne
sir, the whole case has been tangled W. in z
is that the original Sally Lumpkins, who mar
ried Jack Smith, was an extremely humorous
10 keep the vast and valuable estate Of Happy 0
Creek, for their own heirs, without any col-
t lPSsFn ar rS e it comma s0 that II their s3 ' Fw0 ch fRG 30
Jack and Sally, we're to have IL, law aa5 -
yers to the contrary Notwithstanding, You
must know that the first Jack and Sally were
Of a woman for the fun OF playing a trick on! p
the collateral relatives. and there was a deed
arranged TO back the marriage and tho two
But yelled the wounded barrister. how 4.
in the name O., the devil. and Tom Walker about
"'I forgot to mention said the other, that
they, had both been widowers. and each had
You see, gentlemen, the forms OF the law
and the modes of practice were not as we'll de-
fined in those primitive days as now. and hence
those four law cases about a little trick that
could hardly he attempted now and that caused
q duel ana a suicide. Judge Thurston went to
Kentucky and absolutely made away with him