Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-10-11
NEW SERIES. VOL. l2, NO. 81.


Dor. all around como aud help work. that's
a bee; and buildin' bee. or rai.in', is
when they wan. to set up the frame Of a
house or barn"
"oh. that's building bee DOW l un.
dsr,,snd."
"Well. guess il was pretty bis barn
that Deacon Nathan was agoin' 10 raise.
and 50 We had considerable sight OF boys,
and a regular spree aud when !, come TO
draw toward night, the deacon be says to
me "Silas, says he, 4" don't kinder feel
easy les,in' this here barn unprotected dur
ing tho dark watches OF the night. The
hear; Of man is desperately wicked, and
there. some loafer. in the village and there's
no end to board. and shingles lying about,
and 80, Sllas, whas'll you take to stop here
all nIght'"
Deacon" says |, whs,'ll you give ?"
Well, you sce th. Deacon was cyerlast-
IN close where money was concerned. 80 be
pat. on long iace, and screwed his lips to-
sethsr, aud says very slow Would a dol.
lar. Sila., be about -
Deacou." say. I. " ',ain't worth my
while to stop for that; bu; II you'll make
1, four. don't mind II DO "
"Sila. Wood" .ay, the deacon. "ain't
you unFea.Onable' How cat rob ny fam
lily to that eI,en,7"
You zee the deacon was q remarkable
plous man. and whenever he sold the men
.psrriu, shoe. or aannel, or other notion.
ou, Of hi. store tor abou, three times their
yally. and stopped i, ou, Of their wages, he
alsays talked abou, his duty TO his family.
Well. We chartered for considerable SPELL.
aud a, la., We concluded TO strike bargain
ror two dollars and a pin, Of rum. The
boys were pretty well amos, cleared out.
when Dave Shunyser comes to me and says.
= Silas. -ay. be, 'bq it true you re soin'
to stop here all night"
~ reckon | aiu'ra gOin TO do no'hIn else
say. l."
TAKE fool. advice. say, Dave, "and
DO uothin Of the sort"
wha, FOR >" -aysi l.
Cause, cay. be, "there'. several rciu..
ed, and the deacon knOwed you TO be kinder
Desperate chap, or he wOulin', have aIed
you"
Why. man alive. )" says l, "whar's the
danger to come frOm'"
why" say. Dave, "'ain't you abeerd
thar. ben wolves seen in the nei;hborhood'
Didn't the deacon tell you a. how he los,
two sheep only nigh, aioro lAs,' You darsnt
make Gre. cause OF the shayins., and the
barn amt boarded up"
Dave" .ays |. +" don't YOU think to
pull the wool over my eyes that fashun. and
then have II to say you circumNented slla'
Wood. reckon can read you as easy as
a book. You'd like 10 arm them two dol.
lars yer.elt. Well. nov. III tell YOU what
I'll DO with you. Two. company If you
Ike to stop With me, and help to drink the
olJ deaSOn's rum, you're welcome and l
don, care # share the brass. into the bar
gain"
says Dave. 81 wouldn', s,op night in
,hi. here barn a. II j. not f1r i've hundred
dollars. Remember, sIla', I've warned you
a. friend" and away he went.
Well. squire. wan, goln' to let Dave
scare mo. CO. knowei he was sweet on q
al called Ripy Parkin., ,hA, war kespin'
company with. and would have been con.'d.
erabIy ryjoieed to have I, to tell how | had
luuked and as hadn't heerd tell Of any
wolves in them parts, jus, though, be aid
tha, by way OF banter"
Well, made uy.elf comfortable in tho
barn |, was oil boarded up ON three sides,
and partly on the fourth only there was
gap lei, for door biz enough TO let IN
wagon load Of hay. II WASH, cold, bein' a
Enc nigh, in the Indian summer, 80 | kept a
.irOliu up and down. takln' look out now
and asin, TO see IL thar was any body lurk-
in about with an eye TO the boards an shin
eles, but there wasn't soul s,irrin but my
self. Every now and agin Id NIX myself.
a little gros. ,ill the rum was all gone, and
then begun to feel e,erlas,in sleepy; 80 l
thought I'd jus, lie down awhile on big
pile Of Shawn. thar was IN one corner OF the
barn. Well. squire, dropped OF as you
may suppose, and | guess 1t war alonc OF
wha. Dave shunyser said. | got to drcamin'
about wolves, till a, las, blame me II didn't
dream there was one in the barn huntin'
abou, joe, like dog. .niihn' here and thar.
,ll at last he came TO the pile Of shaying'
whar was.
"well. squire. can't call TO mind how
woke exactly, but the ius, thing remember
was set,In' rite up on the rlle OF shaVins,
irwin 10 make cut as well as could in the
dark, IL thar was ANYTHING in the barn or
not. IL wa, about miunis before could
see eleerly. but a, las; | hserd -li,e rustic,
and though, saw sumihin' move. Thinks
1, that's Dave shupYs.r, or SUN OF the boys,
cum back to frishten me. They 'han'i haV
it TO crow over me. So I sing. out is
that you. Da,s?' There was no answer,
but heard ru.tlin' and Paiier jus, like
u dogs paws, and could see the erit'er
whatever it Was. crawlin towards the carp
in the boards. Then /, stopped and kinder
turned its bead. and cO,cbed sight Of two
twinklin' lights, and, think. I. ii'. q stray
dog when the eri,ter gave a spring out OF