The Shasta courier., 1864-09-03

all her might. A woman needs strong snk.
les to work the treadles, and in weaving she
gets them.
They went out to look at the wheat and elo-
ver. 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 listening, while Andy made gestures as if
engaged in telling something. When they
CINE to dinner. of green's and plenty OF other
things. the Squire said:
''Old woman, if what Andy's been tellin
mes true, there's some mistake about this
Golden Circular business. and I've got 20
look into 1t; and if it's SO, ard it seems to be
SO, then them lawyers to town has been lvin
to me the cussedest.v
When Andy's fnrlough expired and he had
started to return, his father gave him bis best
wishes and hoped his safe return He hoped
too that he might be victorious over the re-
bels IN every battle. Susan held up her baby
as high as she could that be might see it to
the last twould be hard to undertake to
tell how much encouraged Andy felt.
Soon after this, 1t was talked about among
the copperheads that the fnrloughed soldiers
had been converting the people of Rose Prai
rie to Unionism. and couple of LAWYERS came
down. to see about it.
Mr.. Clifford being the most influential
man. they called on him first After going
through considerable long. smooth and slip.
perry introduction. they told him their bust
ness. lie confessed he had changed his mind
and he thought men of learning ought to know
better than to be deceiving plain farmers who
couldn't be expected to know all about poll
ties. And how could they know, when they
never had much schooling-and this was be-
cause the blasted old Shareholders where they
came from didn't want no schools. One of
them, who is figuring to go to the Legislature,
let out, IN quite speech filled with genuine
copper democracy, telling about Lincoln's
tyranny, the overthrow of the Constitution,
high taxes. the ruin of the country, and con-
cluded by sayingwe ought to let the South go
I'm tell YOU said the old man, :. what
they'd say o you down in the army if you
talked that way to 'em, they'd say you was
id traitor and if you had no fust best
friend with yon they'd string you NJ; ; and if
| was with 'em | wouldn't kere much to help
'em. Them's my sentiments, fair and
square,"
very strange indeed Why, sir. you belong
to our order of the Knights of the Golden
Circle, and YOU cannot have forgotten the
y
ful penalty which attaches to the violation of
that oath"
This made the Squire mad
6 Git out of my house, you Internal scoun-
drel-you traitor to your God and your eoun-
try. You lied to me to git me into it. Git
out of my house. And if any of your Col
den Circulars tech hair of me or mine, I'll
send for Andy and the rest of the boys, and,
by the Jehoka, they won't leave grease
spot of your whole gang. Git out of my
house I'll have nothin' to do with traitor
to my country and the old flag of the Stars
and Stripes.
The lawyer went-they both went. When
he was getting on his horse, be said
Good by, Mr.. Clifford. You've got to be
Yankee niger, Isee. Itmust be you want
a niger wench."
Yes, / do; | want thousand of 'em
am ASHAMED, though, l ever was traitor
like you is. Yes, was a traitor, and help
ed to fight 9gin Andy and Susan and her ba-
by there. But thank God in his marcy, I'm
a traitor no longer'
ltwould have done you good had you seen
how pleased the women were to hear the
Squire give the lawyers his mind.