St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-09-23

A KENTUCKY FEUD.
Dta Revival by Two Young Mountaln.
GERS who Were EnnmOFed
Of the Game Girl.

Dts Revival by Two Young Meuntain.
GERS who Were Ennm0fed
Of the Game Girl.
He had never in all his life heard Of
Romeo. and she was probably just a.
ignorant concerning Juliet, but, never.
theless, they were in much the same
plight as Shakespeare hapless lovers.
He was Ford and she was of the Tur-
rell family. and to any resident OF the
mountainous Kentucky county that
was good and sufficient reason why
they ought not to have foolishly fallen
in love with each other, as they had
done. 1.-THE Fords." said Uncle Billy
Elkin, "hez alters allowed thet tt: 'Cur-
rells was jest natchul pizen. and the
Turrells they've got it figgered out ih-t
the Fortls, kith an kin. air worst'n
razor-back hawgs. an thar you air.
Thet there fe-ud hez ben goin on ever
sence Tom Ford shot Lafe Turrell time
when they was both coten thet
Thomas gal. Kind of set the Thomas
gal agin Ford when he did the KILN.
and she up en- merries Lafe's brother
Pete, and Pete he goes gunnin' fer
Ford en- gets him. Sence then. an
thefs at least 90 years back. the Ford
clan en- the Turrells have been maxim
things lively fer each other at intervils
been maxim it right lively, mought
say"
Abe Ford as tall young mountain
eer, with 1.-THE. pantherlike muscles,
tanned but good-looking face and
keen pair of gray eyes that could light
| up with fire at times, but were usual
ly cold and steely. In addition to all
this he was an unerring rifleman. bnt
this was not an unusual talent IN his
neighborhood. Bette Turrell was only
an average mountain girl. with no espc-
cial claims to facial beauty. but she
had a Diana-like figure and knew how
to smile winningly. She could sing,
too, and that was how it all started.
The Fords and Turrells went to the
same Baptist church whenever the feud
| was not raging too violently. The Ford
people sat on one side of the church
and the Turrells on the other. Some
| times the more distant relatives and
dependents spoke to each other, but
the principal members of the family
preserved an unbroken dignity. vouch-
safing no glance or word that could
be construed into recognition that
the opposing faction was even alive.
One Sunday Abe Ford discovered that
Bette Turrell across the aisle was sing
ing the hymn in an uncommonly sweet
L ~ ~
and he singled her voice out from the
rest and listened to it alone throughout
the rest of the hymn. Then he cast
furtive gIauces across the aisle and
noted that she was "well set up. as he
said to himself. Abe didn't fall at once
head over heels in love. but he recog-
nized with kind of shame and mis-
hated Turrell clan was more than the
world to him. For the sake OF the
Ford name and honor he tried to fight
his lave down. but Eros had proved him.
self as good marksman as Abe. and
had sent his arrow TO vital spot and
Abe was powerless. To his credit he
allowed no sign of his hopeless passion
to escape. but he astonished his family
by his remarkable attendance at church
and prayer meetings. to which he had
heretofore been slightly Indifferent.
One day Bette glanced across the
aisle and found Abe regarding her With
an intense look that spoke volumes.
She flushed. turned away, then becasse
indignant and looked straight through
| Abe with eyes that saw not. But when
the indignant fit subsidized she took fur
tive note of Abe and decided that he was
good looking for a Ford. A few dayr
later he met her riding homeward. Her
whip fell and he could do no less than
pick it up. for which he was rewarded
with a smile that settled him for good
and all.
| Gradually they came to meet each
other more and more frequently. The
ice was broken and in the talks that en-
sued the feud was forgotten and they
knew nothing save that they were two
young human beings and that they
loved ms no two had ever loved before.
| This was the position of affairs when
Jim Brisby got the idea that he ought
to marry Betty Turrell. Jim was one
Of the Turrell fiction and the beau OF
the county, for he owned moonshin-
ing outfit. large farm in the low
grounds" and had dashing manner
with the ladies that swept all before
| it. Brisby undertook the conquest of
| Bcttie's heart, but failed lamentatly,
every overture being met with icy re-
bluffs. Jim waxed indignant and. sus-
pecting that some one else had ''cut
in" ahead of him. he posed as an anna
teur detective for a few weeks. being
rewarded finally by finding out the
real state of things. burned ef thet
wuzn't a HI of a fight" said Uncle
Billy few weeks after Jim's discov-
cry. Il wuZ a settin yere front of the
| grocery en- / see Jim Brisby come
cantcrin' down High street on thet
roam mar of his'n. Same time Abe
Ford turned in on High street from
Saunders. Soon eZ Jim seen Abe he
Stacked up en- hollcrs: Abe Fcrd. air
YOU -gwine. to. stick on with thet gal
after l. done wa'ned you OFF, Abe
seq right smack back: You all don't
think I'm gwine to do what you tell
me, do you?' jest about the same time
both the boys went fer their guns en-
ez l dove fer cover they wnz goin'
to;ard each other blinlmin' away ter
all tarnation. Yep. Abe get his man
fust. but he stopped one with his own
arm himself. Soon ezfhe fuss was over
Abe rode out of town and rode hellbent
fer the Tmrrell place. After that the
way 1 heard it wuz. that he kinder got
Bessie Turrell out. explained what hap
pened and that night both OF them
ran away to Loeyyille. Reckon the fe-ud
| tibet broke out then wuZ about the wust
we all hez had round we're fer long
while Cose the gu'ment had to send
them durn soljers to stop the fun, so il S
all off fer awhile now. Bessie en- Abe +:
Still in Loeyville. fer ez I kin lear. e1
1 guess they won't como round the
lnountings fer quite spell. Things
mought get too durn hot agin CT they
/ come hack Enquirer.