The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-06-17


see by the glimmer OF her eyes, un
der tieir lashes, that she had pleas
ant thoughts.
Then they had good supper. I
should have been good, for they ha,
been preparing vietuals for sever,
lays. Everything on the table. anc
around the house, looked as though
they had wedding.
As soon as supper was over. the
old man commenced He spoke o
the wickedness of the war, Of higl
taxes, of the overthrow of the Consti
tuition and the ruin OF the country
and concluded by saying we ought tC
let the South GO. Susan and the wo
men tried to get him to talk Of some.
thing else while Andy interrupted and
tried to explain but he would listen
to nothing, and he talked till he had
nothing more to say He made out {
terrible case. Then Andy said:
Il see how this business is. dad -
Some OF them lawyers up to the coun.
ty seat have been larning Won these
things. And now let me tell yor,
though they sound mighty big, thar $
scarcely word o truth in EN- fion
one end to the other"
whats this?' said the Squire. -
"Do you mean to call your father q
liar Pam I a liar p
Andy's bunch of beard began tc
work in n curious way, and he wait.
ed little before he spoke.
"Who talks about liars but your
self? Shan't I tell yon what the ar.
my would say Of You il vol talked
like that among them? I'll tell YOU
They'd say You was adj traitor
and if yon didn't happen to have a
first best friend by yoI, they'd string
YOU up. And 1 tell you, too, we
think a heap more of an ut.and out
rebel than we do OF the traitors at
home. who, when we strike the rcb
els lick, help them To strike us back. -
"You git ont OF my house. Ifyo
are my own SOL, yo1 shan insult me
in it. I've done with you--yol shan't
have none ofmy propcrty--lot halt.
Out OF my house; Ill have nothing to
do with you!'
THAT suits me if it does you. ST.
san, pick mp my what tllngs you want
now, and leave the rest for another
time. Wen go to Bob Reynel ls
He's good Union man Your dad !
a Copper, l know. You'll hear dif
ferent story one OF these days, dad,
mind l tell YOU
"Yon may go 10 the devil for ali l
kere"
Andy buclilel on his sword an
stool waiting for Susan. She was
running arc mi taking care of he.
t!,ing'; her sisters. il llw were helping
h har, while Mrs CUFJfl tried tn SCOT Ie
h n husband lie wo Ill listen to no
t1ing; his sol hal tIfne OFT tO be a
Yankee mig ger, AM it must be he
wanted = nlgger wcncl-he wonlin
speak to him, AMI lie never wanted to
see him. again.
The house, lately 50 joyfil, hal be
come house OF mourning All the
womea folks cried, an | the baby,
seeing something was wrong, criel
louder than any body else.
At last Susan was really, and, cry
ing, she left the house with Andy;
and they went away through the lane.
In addition TO chis trouble, Susan had
another, which was on account OF a
piece she had just got in the loom
and she had thrown the shuttle only 0
few times to see how it would look
Her father-in-law had planted a patcn
of cotton for her and plowed il and
she had hoed, picked, got it gilnel,
and spent almost all winter in spin.
ming and coloring. She WAS going
to have piece OF check for dresses
for herself and baby. Now she did
not know what wonld become OF it.
Perhaps the old man would cat it oat
OF the loom.
They had gone quite IL distance,
when Mrs. CliiFjfd came into tie
porch and called her.
"S i5an, yol forgot your pDcIel
handkerchief"
She went back, while Andy wal ed
She was gone long time. Ohcc III
came ont, lingering, then hastily wen'
back. At last she came r1nniIg, ana
looked pleased, and 30 d his father
wanted to speak with him. He turn
ed, rather reluctantly, and found his
father filling his pipe 10y the fireplace
Il want to AK you one qlestiol, An
dy. Answer me now, fair. Sayin
nothin about them Northern chaps,
amt it II shlme to us as comes from
the South To he tightiu' and KILN
our kind O folks, and some on en-
our own kin"
81 don want no dispute and trou
bic with YOU dad, but can answel
that mighty sudden. 1t is shame
but the shame is theirs, not ours. 1t
they that's fighting u. We didn
strike the first lick. We didn't wanl
no war, but they did, and they've
tried to break up the Government
When they want peace, and to have
things rs they had EN- afore, except
ing one little thing rs has gone mp, al
they've got to do is to say it, But i
they've idy they can make two gov
ernmcnts of one, that belongs to botl
on us, they've got bigger Job OF
hand than they'd idly form fact
the thing can't be did. III tell yo'