In the mid 1880's, when she was a young teen, Sarah took a fancy to aboy named George Best, who worked for her father. Her fatherdisapprovedd, but they continued to see one another secretly. Thestory goes that George would leave love letters and messages in astump on the Fulkerson farm, and that they would signal each other --she with a dinner bell and he with his hat tipped to one side -- if anote was waiting for the other. Mr. Fulkerson, apparently upset thatthe romance was continuing, fired the Best kid, who promptly ran offto Rockport with his daughter, where they were married.