Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-09-26

the country jest spunk up Ike her. woul,In t
give much for King Georges chance Of hringin'
Ia terms. kinder hale 10 melt up the si,i-
min things. bul here they go. and hope every
single ole of th~se ere bullets WILL hit pesky
red Guilt"
The next day large Tag of bullets conceal
ed in aROthe: Tag OF eorn which ls1ac infurrnel
she tory neighbours be was taking 10 mill. found
| its way safely inio the American camp. much
valued treasure, Tor Isaac dId not fail 10 tell
them ai what sacrifice they had been procured.
"Mother." said Ruib. one pleasant murning
not long after. ''now that ilc dew has dri.ri
irum The grass. am going over 10 see il there
are any Strawberries in our a-iIr". There
were any quantity s.f III. ssonis. and Should
think the fruit might I.e plenty"
| $50 would. Ruth. aud if yor finl cn"rgl,.
We will have strawberries and milk E,r dinner.
For shall Ire b " aint.t my cheese all ihs.
forensxn and that will he easy dinner 10 get.
Luih trirped gaily ever The fields. and upon
arriyingai the PASTURE. she Iound The berries
mich more abundant than she expected. ihrt
h,r dish was s.mn filed with The delicious fr,i.
and she WAS Ir"paring 10 return home. wien
she saw through il,e i';;sl,es which separated
the pasture from The adjoining field. two red
c,raitd Bri.ish sul,ii,rs. N", caring TO cncorn-
Ter them, Ruth cunc-alcd hers lfnore efsrclual-
ly in the bush. 3, and waited for tleni la pass
On. They did not go out of hearing distance.
| however, i"r with the remark thai they m,:s'
rest awhile. the Two worfhits threw themselves
upon the grass, and our heroine had the benefit
OF their conversation.
How do you know. Jones. that this Bart
l.ti you speak Of isa', one of these cursed rel,-
ella, aad that this story about the guns is all
gansmon?"
"Brcanse / know better. I've had proof
enough Of his lnyalIy. he hates the rebels with
| a vrngeaacr. tell YOU. He says that he man-
aged il no. thai six Of the last eoIaIany of in
| ute men that marched from here had 10 20 mi
nus their guns. and thai he has hi:l them in n
hollow tree by the side Of that great rock i'll
the wW.ds hack of hrr'."
"Wrl!, I'm glad if iis true, for they'll be
quite pretty prize for us. We went ga after
them until t'-mcr ox night. but report ourscl es
at camp to- night, and gel p .r,nission 10 be off
again io-m"rruw. own like these expe,i-
tuns around Il e country to see what We can
spy. eL0agh sishi better than being monsed up
in camp all the time. And We gel a mighty
nice dinner out Of the rasc,lly rebels once in :.
wliIr."
That's fact. Bill and by the way. good
dinner to-,iay wouldn't be- refused. Let us
quarter Ourselves at thai old brown house yon-
der to-day. what say y9u!"
with all my heart. Jonrs; and now for one.
"And l II follow sni', only We must be care
ful not 10 sleep beyond dinner-tlme."
Having satisfied herself that the pair were
really asleep, Ruth haslcned home. with a de-
tern,ined, triumphant look upon her face, and
beanlng in her eye.
"Soth missing guns. which have been mys-
terry so long. is explained" mutfered Ruth rs
she flew along The field. Sand il was Jasper
Bar. lett who managed The villainous business.
hand?'
Ruth wisely forbore TO say anything about
having seen the British soldiers, and when they
at length made their appearance, she feigned
| surprise.
"Wrll, old woman" said The spokesman of
the party, laying his hand familiary upon Ihe
shoulder Of Mrs. Hunter; 1--WE are going to dine
here to-day. and as We are hungry as bears. you
had better iy round anu get dInuer On the table
as fast ss possiblr.'
Take yUur hand off of my mother this in
slant. SAID Ruth. conirOniing the sip.;ikcr iil
flushed face and flashing eye. III you cho,s..
10 T. r.st yourselves into house uiI;,>kr,l. the
least you can do. Is 10 behave ID a civil nannel
10 lis mistress.
A CONSULTATION was Immediately held in the
pantry between moihcr and da, gi.lcr. and i;
w.s agreed that NO. straw barry s!.nuld grace
the table. but instead oi them ,iIcy wu"id eli,
l,asiy pudding IN iheIr milk. When all wis
rrauy. tine family sat down, and great Wis lnr
"',s's. W, W w. So. .. @ ,..: w. -, ,
VIM '.: ~ ~. A., 49,
'''i.uI ~. ' 80 ~ ", ,a
'aHe n,' s,',,'.i rrI 49, ~. "'"'' W
p.si.c ..'' .. ...'.u ~ 'Hei'
'e''. s.' w." ".Ns n'".' 'I'''M."s
yO.rselves The dinner Is rnuUgli 10 dIS,,.st
''''' va. w, ', ."', rps' "ii''''
al. 81, r" W. =, 80 '",, Il.
W. arc ""' sun" ~'." '"'' ''s'' y. u"
...'" :" " -, ~. = ,.,,,. ~ -. r',"
""s. g.. -, ~ ,f ,,..',in'r
y. 10" "," '.,,.',' 20. ,"" i -" =. y,
a. a .', " ~.
q" g" you ~. s' y. !" '"e ''"''' -
YOU n'.e ."'" va "a i,''.,.
s. ST. SCI. ',,. ... ""n' 'o' {" o'""
een,' a'.' u.a" r., '.s''.,. '.
ne was s"". ~" limits anu ','." :. ""
V, ~. SpA ns ~" "''' ''' """" - -"
!ia'e % e''e" s''S'.
an ,oul VI wv '."ei u'ane. ., iS,l'e ea'ne in'
the Old kHeheh coh,uise' win Ea''s,''er' As
'o" wor,hy gche!'Ny wore d ronnt'n eAlreS-
Ga, all', sr''''',' 'hau'S'' III near! i'"s"'er
| nuin' VINO was ouSy eh'fihg away '"e uihher
dishes, :, ASKED hi" Wni was 'ne "',,.cr: m' r,
|, we'll you See' n'is' 'u'u' 'heni ori'isn Ti-
Iers seemed 90 squeamish al dinner; and ro"iini
relish nothih u th"ushta rs now their s'oh''ch~
IN ght he ou' oI orerr' an" :" ',uusa s,st
ein a dnse 10 cure en- i %" see. N'iue, u,,"
hei wen o'ne. uay ne p..,"', VEN % m, " I,,
VI iPc'. :" youLS II s III, ~. :"
oous"i n' s., N. :a.i' III. ,, .'f - !
VOW, II On tbe s,.,t ,I,a, nu, mil. of his inceae
1