Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-14
AN EDITOR
AND A WIDO

mn when he established tue bdlu''----
six years before, and he had been hfArEs:
mn every day since lie was mid .....,'.' 800
AIRED man. but hard upness had ado 49,.
apn wears 20 his age. He had beer.
sat man while running a sawmill, AppI alton.
me hard-upness Of newspaper life hsTREET.
sunaie human toothpick of him -
this certain day, as he sat looking
an editorial window he had to adler.
that another month would see the 81
reusion of the Banner and the end III anu "ai III
the world unless the unexpected
pened. -=====-
ON this same day and hou a.
widow Spicer, whose back yard = P"''Ot % ."e
cd the Banner Office and was at Mayheld,
surveillance from some of its whilst, field.
sat down on the back doorstep-
--sler sewing She was plain undbean forced to
editorial eye. In fact. he though CT, h,oo,,,o
che homeliest woman ne ever saw C''i"" V'8O''0
aRe rest of Granville thought the'IOre MS depar-
way All visitors to the town
4 unit on this subject AS
Of fact the widow was corpg arCcle Try
cross eyed, wheezy, Top shoulderec did not go to
had a cast In her left eye. better if he
For half an hour the editor sur Lot IA mon,
7aer and she looked up OccasionalF
ANEW that he was doing so, and
n bright thought flashed to his
NE Rugged it there for ten mpIVOIceu O'Vo4
md then dropped out Of the wiring the year
without hat or coat and approving to irfor
her They had long known each cacretarv IF
lie knew that she was homely, $50 g
she knew he was hard up. AsoUi' 9 % VIC
Hooked up and nodded he took
sSeside her, clasped his hands ar 80 e u,
one of his knees and began: ~4' VI VIZ
-'Widow Spicer, every widow othe decision
40 marry again" the United
81 agree with you" she promptl,s w Morse
piled. .sioo Liro ,,
''And every editor ought to mug,
money pzsr' Oahh
"He surely had, Mr.. Poor" We fifteen
''Weu, our talk is strictly cOnhdee federal
GiaL For 500 in cash the Banner
get you a husband and you needI
nay a cent until after the ceremony
She said good deal, and he same son OF
good deal and as a result the next appon ed
sue of the Banner contained the of State
nouncement that she was engaged t of Rec
xich man in Boston and would soon
married and leave Granville. Ttetaly VI
second issue denied the first A ri1 London,
relative of the widows had died, al who will
she would remain right in Grantvn oun,ania
until she had found the man Of BE-!
81 choice The third issue stated thu
she had turned down seven offers thf i''c'
week and that the readers OF the Bahtuchy Is
ner would hear of a surprise on thlguished
next The editor made good. He hhas given
prevailed upon the widow he said 49, T,o
to throw herself away upon the
millionaire that came along but 'e'elec'
give all eligible candidates a ialn Louis
show He had put a fruit jar full Expresses
beans in the Office window, and eve,ion that
one wanting to take 4 chance at I.
widow was to pay quarter to gutAi' Hiin
at the number Of beans. Names wotInset as
be recorded, and at the end Of tive
DAYS the guessers would be introdu= ,
in rotation-the nearest guesseT III upon to |
of all The guessing business, wiz feels !
bop If wild
something new in that locality, and eeN ny
caugbt on Old bachelors, widOwiy DlVls |
and young men came as far as thiomposing |
miles to look at the jar of beans ire insnir |
D record guess Some put in as m and al
as ten guesses. ,;
the widow became a recluse and Of the
not to be seen on the streets Sen deci- |
WAS looked for, but was not to T. Tho
a 4 found OF course all the guesseI
Il \ heard Of her LONELINESS, but they ais S"'' %
e heard of her property and were ndoW III |
going TO miss a good thing by beinck that |
n too particular. About the hfteent lor the !
81 man who presented himself was II
81 bumpbacked, bowlegged, broken nose i'N'
81 widower. He was badheaded, and
~ was cock eyed. and nothing like hin open
~ had ever been seen in the town. Ithysical |
sgH editor looked upon him with JOY an treat |
&a satisfaction He found him eligibi 10Th,
s3$ and for $40 he told him the exact nuP Ya'"y
&Y her of beans in the jar. The man ina leau
f put in ten guesses so as to avoid sueet, is |
IN picion and on the day of the counu Louis |
3k he OF course won out. There had pee nnobar
4 fifty guessers and over 400 guesse 60.
,& and this money had jumped the 5aP ii0"i
n, ner into the front ranks Of journahsract:
W The widow was prepared to recelVld con |
4i# Mr. Mott. the successful guesser. lrentlv !
VA he failed then No . would come aloniI 80;
a&@ But he didn't fall. He was jeered an -4'"i' |
.E$ puyed as he made his way TO hdls III
gH house on the arm of the editor, but Wedish |
Ar was not dismayed. The widow saYectric
3b8 him when yet a block of, sized hi oan+s
lN& m and when he entered the nous
3A she fell into his arms, exclaiming: u up
f "Thank heaven l did not dreaI many
8# there was such a homely man IN social
Al the world" made
M The editor left them and went OF
~ TO sit on the back steps, but WnhyiiN"e
4A ten minutes the widow came out "lllly dl-
9& tears in her eyes and roll OF none their