The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-24
LIFE IN FLORIDA IN THE LONG
AGO
Thrilling Story Of Seige-A Matri.
mona! Trade That Did Not
Pan Out So Well

! As I came down stairs the other
morning I saw Captain Frank Sans,
noted hunter, seated on the edge of
the stoOp, swinging his feet into a
rose bush.
Look here" said he. you think you
inow something about Florida muir
ders. Lang and Cochran stories amt
a patch to the beauties Of the Suwan-
nee country. Out there they make a
wholesale business Of II. Some time
ago two men named Locklier and
1IUndy lived near tbe mouth of the
Suwannee river. They raised cattle
Tor living. Lockliar had an average
looking woman for a wife, while Nun
Idly was a widOwer with a mighty fine
daughter. The two men got quite
thick, and used 10 cOv-drive together
and eat at each others houses. After
! time MUndy took q fancy to Lock
lier's wife. Locklier took q fancy to
lt3njy's daughter So they struck UP
a trade. After palarering around.
AJundy offered to give his daughter
for Locklier's wife and twenty head OF
cattle. Locklier took him Up straight,
and the bargain was made"
I asked the captain what kind Of a
girl the daughter was.
Well" he replied, I've heard she
was a plump little flly, about eighteen
years old. Locklier's wife was a little
skinny, but she was a good driver and
worked we'll in harness with her hus-
band. The daughter never made any
objection TO the bargain, and the wife.
ike most other women, was glad OF
- ms Cor a change. So 3Tu&dy
drove off the twenty head of cattle
and the old woman, and Lockiier
Ishook himself down in the cabin with
The daughter. Things were all slug.
Well, in about two weeks, Locklier's
wife got sick Of it. She declared that
her husband was bad enough. but he
vas an angel alongside of NIundy.
/ She went back home and sWore that
she wouldn't live with Mundy any
ignger under any circumstances. Then
}IUndy came to LockIier's house and
wanted his wife back TIE daughter.
by this time. had fallen in love with
LOcIlier, and he couldn't have driven
her out of his cabin with q pack Of
dogs Locklier said she couldn't go
unless the old man drove back the
twenty head of cattle Mundy said
he'd see Locklier in hell before he
brought back the catt,a. and threaten
ed TO shoot him if he din't turn over
his daughter. Lockiier told him to
shoot AMI be dodr0tted. So they part
ed lad friends"
The Cart,Wheel Battery
Interrupted the cap ain by asking
What the neighbor5 thought of such
| Proceedings.
"Weu." he replied. they didn't have
many ueighbors. What they did have
Tere like themselves. They looked
upon the whole thing as a bona fide
bargain, and if one or the other got
cheated it was no outsiders business.
AS I was saying. Mundy declared war.
He threw up a sort of parallel around
Locklier's house, and bOmbarded it
with d double-barreied shotgun. All
day long he laid around the house,
waiting for a shot LOcklier was
afraid 70 go out, or even show his face
at the window. For hours he would
sit on a chair, with his old rifle across
his knees, and watch the door When
ever the latch moved he would blaze
away without waiting to see who was
coming in. Two or three times he
came near shooting his wife when
she was out after a pail of water You
see he knew Mundy meant business,
and he wasn't going to let him get a
twist on him. Mundy skirmished
iaround the house until dark. Then
he travelled home and got a good
nights sleep, but by daylight LOcklier
again found him intrenched outside
the door.
This arrangement lasted several
days, and Locklier began to get tired
Of his Imprisonment One night he
took a couple Of stout cart-wheels
standing near his cabin, boarded them
in on three sides with two-inch plank,
and when Mundy put in an appearance
the next morning confronted him
with this movable battery The tables
were turned. The old man had to fall
back. Locklier followed him up the
road with his battery, Smelling him at
every jump. Mundy was driven into
his headquarters, and his antagonist
J took the part of beseiger. A dozen
shots were exchanged before sun
down, and at dark Locklier drew back
| TO his house under cover of his bat