Litchfield enquirer., 1864-06-23

nothing, and he talked till he had nothing more to say. He made out terrible case. Then Andy said:
 I see how this business is, dad. Some of them lawyers up to the country seat have been larning you these things. And now let me tell you, tho they sound mighty big, thar's scarce ly word O truth in 'em from one end to the other.'
 Whats this, what's tais 9 said the Squire. Do you mean to call your father liar? Say. sir, am I liar? Am I q liar
 Andy's bunch of beard begun to work in a curious way, and he waited little before he spoke
 Who talks about liars but yourself? Shan't tell you what the army would say of you if you talked like that among them? Hi tell you. They'd say you was a d-d traitor and if you didn't happen to have first best friend by you, they'd string you up. And I'll tell you, too we think heap more of an out and out rebel than we do of the traitors at home, who, when we strike the rebels lick. help them to strike us back
 You git out of my house. If you, are my own son you shan't insult me in it. I've done with you-you sban't have none of my proper ty-net a hait-out of my house-I'll have no- thing to do with your
 'That srits meif it does you. Susan, pick up what things you want now, and leave the rest for another time. We'll go to Bob Key holds. He's good Union man. Your dads a copper, know. You'll hear different story one of these days dad, mind I tell you.'
 You may go to the devil for all 1 kere.'
 Andy buckled on his sword and stood wait ing for Susan. She was running around, talk ing care of her things; her sisters in law were helping her while Mrs. Clifford tried to soothe her husband. He would listen to nothing his son had turned out to be Yankee nigger, and 1t must be he wanted a nigger wench-he wouldn't speak to him, and he never wanted to See him again.
 The house: lately so joyful, had become a house of mourning. All the women folks cried, and the baby, seeing something was wrong. cried louder than anybody else.
 At last Susan was ready, and crying, she left the house with Andy and they went away, through the lane. In addition to this trouble, Susan had another, which was on account of a piece she had just got iu the loom, and she had thrown the shuttle only a few times to see how IL would look. Her father-in- law had planted a patch of cotton for her and plowed it, and she had hood, picked, got it ginned, and spent almost all winter in spinning and coloring.- She was going to have a piece of check for dresses for herself and baby
 Now she did not know what would become of it. Perhaps the old man would cut it out of the loom.
 They had gone quite distance, when Mrs. Clifford came into the porch aud called her.
 Susan, you forget your pocket haudker- chief
 She went back, while Andy waited. She was gone long time. Once she came out, lingering, then hastily went back. At last she came running, and looking pleased, and said his father wanted to speak with him. He turned rather reluctantly. and found his fatk- CT filling his pipe by the fireplace. l want to ax you one question, Andy. Answer me now fair. Sayin nolltiu' about them Northern chaps, aln't 1t shame 10 Us as comes from the South tu be d t2htin' and kilin' our kind O folks. and soma on 'em our os'n kim
 I don't want no dispite and trouble with you, dad, but l can answer that mighty sud- den. It's shame-but the shame is thern, not ourn. It's they that's fghting Us. We didn't strike the first lick. We didn't want no war, but they did, and they've tried to break up the gover 'ment. When they want peace and to have things as they had 'em afore ex- cepting one little thing as has gone up all they have got to do is to say it. But if they've a idy they can make two gover' 'ments of one, that belongs to both on us, they've got bigger job on hand than they'd a idy for in fact, the thing can't be did. I'll tell you what all John Logan's men, and the rest of the sojers say We say, we'll sweep em. And we can do it.
 That's dreadful hard talk, Andy, but there seems something in what you said about the fust lick. I hadn't thought O that. I say Andy, you ain a goin' to desert your old fath. CT kase he got riled and spoke kinder sharp Let's argerfy this business--Ive got the hand. somest clover lot you everseed, and the prlmest wheat you ever set eyes on. I want you to look at lem. You shant go-what talk it'll make. We'll argerfy and keap cool.
 So things quieted down. The women were happy as crlckets, and Andy went through the story of the fights he had been at Belmont, at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, where Logan was wounded at Shiloh. at the Big Black and Champion Hill, and finally at Vicksburg. But even then he was not done. There was not time that evening to tell all. In listening, the Squire was so proud of his son and of the sue cess Of the Northern army, that he almost for got he was Democrat.
 Next morning before they started, Susan had to show her husband her piece, and how she could weave. But left her weaving with all her might. A woman needs strong ankles to work the treadles, and in weaving, she gets them.
 They went out to look at the wheat and clover. The women saw them walking around and at last to stop by pair of bars. The old man held down his head good deal, as if list ening, while Andy made gestures as if engaged in telling something. When they came to dinner, of greens and plenty of other things the Squire said
 'Old woman, if what Andy's been telin me's true there's some mistake about this Golden Circular business, and I've got to look into it and if it's so, and it seems to be so, then them lawyers to town has been lyin' to me the GUS sedest.'
 When Andy's furlough expired, and he had started to return to the army. his father gave him his best wishes and hoped his safe return He hoped too that he might be victorious over the rebels in every battle. Susan held up her baby as high as she could that he might see it to the last. It would be hard to undertake te tell how much encouraged Andy felt.
 Soon after this, it was talked about among the copperheads, that the furloughed soldiers had been converting the people of Rose Prairie to Unionism, and couple of lawyers came down from the county seat to see about it.
 Mr. Clifford being the most influential man they called on him first. After going through a considerable long, smooth and slipnerv intro