Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-11-20


imagine she heard the distant strokes of
a battering-ram, and rushing out in ter
ror TO assure herself, discovered it to be
only Sam Pequot, an old Indian, who,
With the apathy Of his race, was thresh-
ing in the barn.
Aunt Poll took down Joscphus to re-
any available metal that would melt and
run, disabled broad-sworls, horse-pistols,
blunderbusses, whatever wore any re-
semblanee 10 a weapon, or could be rem
dered serviceable to that end,-all were
hunted out, cleaned, mendcd, and laid
ready ;-an array that might have made
properly drilled and equipped army
smile in contempt, but whose deficiencies
were more than supplied by iron sinews,
true blood, resolve and desperate courage.
Sally and Aunt Poll partook the gale
Of patriotism. They secured the odd
queens arm 10 brilliaucy they ran
bullets by the hour; baked bread and
brewed Spring beer, with no more def
mite purpose than general conviction
that men must and would eat, as the
men Of their house certainly did, in the
Intervals Of repairing harness, filing
fresh her memory, and actually drew a
laugh from Sally's lips by confding to
her this extreme horror OF the case a
laugh she forgave, since Sally treasured
her by recommending 10 her notice the
fact that Jerusalem had stone walls that
were more difficult to climb than stone
5 fences. As for Sally, she thought of
George all day, of George all night; and
/ while the next day decpened toward noon
= was still thinking Of him, when in rushed
. Long Snaps, tarpaulin in hand, full of
news and horror.
b I swan we've got itnow ? said he.
Them darned Britishers sot out fur
+ Concord last night, to board our decks
}, an plumber the magazine the boys
Il heerd ont, and they was ready over to
S Lexin'toe waitin' round the meetin'us;
e they stood tot, an the old powder mon
It key Pitcairn sung out to throw down
v their arms, darned rebels an cause they
e didn't muster to his whistle, he let fly at
It EN- like split; an there's some killed an
h more wounded pretty much all on 'em
our folks, though they did give the reg
If lars one round o ball afore they rum
C Hooray shouted Zekle that's
d the talk guess they'll sing smaller next
'f time
J. They'll do more'n that, Zekle,' re-
n sponded Long this amt but the begin
IL min o sorrors, as Parson Marsh sez, sez
he; there1l be a hull gulf stream o blood
r, afore them darned reg'lors knows the
se color ont well enough to lay their
r cours.'
to Sally gljded past Long, and plucked
him by the sleeve, unseen by the rest.
IS, He followed her into the shed. She was
ghastly pale. Long said she, hur.
ID riedly, did you hear who? was anybody
re shot ?
ze Bless ye, gal ! a hull school on 'em
ut was shot; there wasn't many went to the
in bottom, though han't heerd no names.
he But George? gasped Sally; 'h'
went to Lexington yesterday
let Well, | am took aback I! growle'
W Long. i swear l never thought on't
yn I'll 90 see.
Ids Come back and tell me ? whispere
Sally.
m 'Lord-a-ma,sy, yes child jest a
.k- soon's I know myself trewly but / shan
,g, know nothin' more till sundown, ex
h, peci. Desire Trowbridgc is a-ridin' post
in, he'll come through bout that time wit
news
ted Long did not come back for severi
- hours some time after sun1own, whe
the he found Sally in the shed waiting f
mt him. She saw the news in his fac'
Dead ? said she, clutching at the ol
tied sailors hand.
rae No. no he ant slipt his moorin
was yet, bat be IS badly stove about the Fl
ger head he's got ball through b
,rn head somewhere, an other in his LEG
and be ant within bail don't hear !
be speakin '-trumpets fact is, Sally, he's
for the doekyard good spell, ef he al
broke up hull and all
eep Who shot him 2 whispered Sally.
That the best ont gal he's took
on. tackled beautiful be went into port
ary Lezin'iou yesterday, and hesrin' tbe
rom al sides o'the story, an' hog them CT
. 70 ters sot up for to thieye away our stor'
Of be got kinder riled al the hull crew, Ii
and a common sense feller, an' when Pitcai
elp- come along, George finally struck
-, ,dt.r. yup tto a ueyv IN 10 the mass-he.