Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-28 | Page 7 | Honeymoon of Covered Wagon Bit of Romance

Honeymoon of Covered i Wagon Bit of 01 Romance I AP-I MADISON MADISO Ga Oct 28 AP Al'- Al' Honeymooning In the days of or the covered d wagon was as romantic and adventurous a as today wi-tb wi a few j I extra tea features turfS turf'S thrown in With Ith a n young oun heart n R young oung husband fresh from the Civil war and a wagon and team Mrs Annie Copelan of Madison a bride of or 1867 set t out on a wedding trip the like h hem of which she ehe as probably I many others other today d see in the movies i t Traveling lI over r much of the t territory deaf de b by Shermans Sherman's arm army I progress was slow But there were days when thirty miles were cov coy ered Brides s of today might have been across c t the country I Once they were held up by three i burly l t fellows who o walked I Into their e i I eed camp Pullmans Pullman n were 1 I unknown well armed with pistols The bride I Iwas I was frightened but her husband r remained re- re I calm One of the men demanded that he I change chango a ten fen dollar bill which the young oung man recognized as counter felt When Copelan refused they I began unbuckling their pistols With the bravery and daring of ofa a young S soldier my husband husbands b i reached back aa as If for a gun and dared them to shoot Mrs Copelan he said I said laid Ive lve heard cannon Do you think Im I'm afraid of pistols pis pis- pis- pis I tois They retreated slowly and finally disappeared The moderate cold of a a. Southern winter caught them before hey had reached lEached their destination and Christmas found round them in the Blue Ridge mountains A family of ot mountaineers moun mount n threw open their doors to the travelers travelers' e Wor offering theta them md quantities quantities I ties of peach brandy and wild game I