The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-06
A MAN FOR THE AGES
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my sweetheart, come along
Don't you hear the glad song
As the notes Of the nightingale fow7
Don't you hear the fond tale of the
sweet nightingale
As she sings in the valleys belowi
As she sings in the valleys below3D
They went on. shoulder-deep In the
tall grass on the lower stretches Of
the prairie. Here and there 1t gave
Harry the impression that he was
swimming his horse in NOISY, vivid
green water" They startled herd
Of deer and a number Of wild horses.
When they lost sight Of the Woods
at Plains End the young man, with
his cavalry training, was. able to ride
standing on his saddle until he had II
located. M
It reminded him of riding in the
Everglades and he told Of his adyen-
lures there as they went on, but very
modestly. He said not a word Of his
heroic fight the day that he and sixty
Of his comrades were cut Off and~sur-
rounded In the 'land Of the grassy
waters" But BIN had heard the story
from other lips.
Late IN the afternoon the woods
loOmed in front of them, scarcely q
mile off. Near the end Of the prairie
they came to a road which led them
past the door of lonely cabin. 1t
seemed to be deserted, but its win
dows were clean and faint column
,of smoke rose from It's chimney. There
were hollyhocks and sunfowers in its
small and cleanly dooryard. A morn
ing-glory vine had been trained arouiid
the windows.
BROAD creek is just beyond" said
BIN. Il don't know how the crossing
will be-
They came presently to the creek,
unexpectedly swollen. A man stood
on the farther shore with some seventy
feet Of deep and rapid water between
him and the travellers.
"That man looks like Stephen
Nuckles," said Harry.
TT is Stephen Nuckles," BIN an
swered.
"Howdy, Steve!" the young soldier
called.
'Howdy, boy!" said the old minis
ter. "That ar creek Is b'ilin' over.
reckon you'll have to swim the hosses.'
They tried, but Bins horse refused
to 60 beyond good footing.
"You kin light at that ar house an
spend the night, but the folks have
gone erway," the minister called.
/ ~ guess you'll have to marry US
right here and now" Harry proposed
"Night is coming and that house is
our only refuge"
"Poor boy! There seems to be nc
escape for you!" Bim exclaimed with
a sigh. do you really and honestly
want to marry me? If there's any
doubt about it I'll leave the horses
with you and swim the creek. You
could put them in the barn and swim
with me or spend the night in the
cabin"
Y TITS cool evening and the creel
is very wet" he answered. "Iin 60
ing to take this matter in my owr
hands,"
He called to the minister. ""Steye
this Is the Mckiest moment of my lift
and you are just the man OF all Others
I would have chosen for Its most i'm
portant job. Can you stand righ
where you are and marry usf''
"You bet, / kin, suh," the minister
answered. "I'ye often said I coul,
!! marry any one half a mile erway n
they would only talk as loud as l kin
I've got the good book right here In
my pocket, sub. My Ol' woman Il
comm. She'll be Ayah in d minute
fer to witness the perceedin's."
Mrs. Nuckles made her appearance
on the river bank in a short time.
Then the minister shouted: "We'll
begin by readin' the nineteenth chap
ter of Matthew"
He shouted the chapter and the us
ual queries, knelt and prayed and pro
nounced them man and wife.