The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-12-28

marked that he was always delight
ed 10 please q lady, but that under
the circumstances he could not see
anything to be gained by ii. He
had in fact pleaded guilty in the
first place, and all that remained
for the judge was to pass sentence,
but that as they insisted on trying
him once to please themselves they
might as well try him again to please
the lady.
There was murmur of approval
at this sentiment from the audience,
which was sternly checked by the
court. The widow had been dipping
snuff and eying Velvet during his
and the courts remarks and seemed
to have made up her mind TO some
thing she had been considering, for
she suddenly closed her snuifbox
with Il click, rose from her chair
and, turning to the court, said:
"Jedge, Pm the person what's bin
most hurt in this yer scrap. I'm lci'
q lone woman, with nary man ter
provide fer me, an Iye been er
thinkin' ther best way out o this yer
biznis is fer this man what kilt my
man ter git me er new one" She
stopped amid q deathlike silence
Velvet was the only man that pre-
served his customary unruiiled com
posure. Every other face wore on
expression Of Mortified astonish-
ment for moment, and then yell
of delight went up from the crowd,
The cool effrontery of the woman
had caught their sense of the fitness
of things. Here, in country where
q woman most needed mans pro.
lection. her man had been taken
from her. What more just than
that the man who had caused bis
taking off should replace him! The
racket subsiding, the court gravely
arose and said:
<'Pris'ner ct the bar, yer hev bin
tried n foun' guilty Of murder. Hey
yer anythin' ter say why ther sen
| tence in this yer cote should not be
past 'pon yer?" Velvet shook his
head smilingly, and the court con.
tinued, either sentence Of ther cote
is thet yer shall marry this yer wo
man, n the cote, cz a jestice, vii
tie yer up right now" Al this there
was yell that fairly shook the roof
and the audience rushed inside tho
bar to shake hands with the prospec'
tive bride and groom and offer con
gratulations, but the bride hac
something else to say first.
"Jedge," she shrilled, GIVE bir
tell'd thet Mud wind consid'ble et
gamblin' last night n want thel
money"
The coin and dust had been i'm
pounded by the court, and he re
luctanlly turned it over to the wid
ow. After looking it over she stow
ed it away il voluminous pocket
and announced her readiness for the
ceremony. The counsel for tho
prosecution and defense acted as
| groomsmen, q couple Of ''ladies'
from the ''hurdy gurdy' next door
as bridesmaids, and the foreman o.
the jury gave away the bride.
Surely such another wedding wa!
never seen. The festivities LASTED
until the fiddler was completely ex
hausted, and when a couple Of day
later the Flat recovered from it
carouse Velvet and his wife had dis
appeared.
. o
A few days later a tall, swagger
ing, black mustached man, accom-
panied by woman dressed in rust,
black, with an immense sunbonne
covering her head and face, stood OF
the deck of Panama steamer max
ing its way down San Francisco ba,
toward the Gate. They were at tn
rail gazing at the fast receding city
Suddenly the man snatched the sun
bonnet from the woman's head ant
whirlcd it overheard and as it float
ed astern said:
a'Goodby to the Widow Mud, AM
now, old girl, we can be comfortabl,
again. The old bonnet served it.
turn and served it we'll, but l can
look down two miles OF stovepip,
every time I want to see your prett,
faceW- George Charles Brooke il
Buffalo News.
Bobbie's Present.
1t was mothers birthday, anc
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