Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-07-09

gan to hurry the supper; but one could see
by the glimmcr of her eyes, under their
lashes that she had pleasant thoughts.
Then they had a good supper. 1t should
have been good. for they had been prepa-
ring victuas for several days. Everything
on the table and around the house looked
as though there had been wedding.
AS soon MS the supper was over the old
man commenced. lie spoke of the wicked
ness of war, of high taxes, of the overthrow
of the Constitution, and the ruin of the
country, and concluded by saying that we
ought to let the South go. Susan and the
women tried to get him to talk of something
else, while Andy interrupted and tried to
explain, but he would listen to nothing,
and he talked till he had nothing more to
say. lie made out terrible case. Then
Andy said:
| II see how this business is dad. Some
of them lawyers up to the county seat have
been larning you these things. And now
let me tell you, though they sound mighty
! big, there's scarcely u word oftruth i'll them,
from one end to the othern
whats this what's thisl" said the old
Squire. "Do you mean to call your father
a liar2 Say sir am | liarl
Andy's bunch of beard began 20 work in
a curious way, aud he waited Il little before
he spoke.
/ "Who talks about liars, but yourself! I'll
tell you what the army would say of you, if
you talked like that among them. They'd
say YOU was ID traitor; and if you
didn't happen to have Il first bcs. friend by
you, they would 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 II
lick, help to strike us back"
"Iou git out of my house If you are my
own son, you shant insult me in it. have
done with you-you shan't have none of my
property-not baitc-out of my house
I'll have nothing to do with you!"
"That suits me if it does you.-Susan
pick up what things you want now, and
leave the rest for another time. "Well go
to Bob Reynolds good Union man.
Your dads Copper, know. You'll heal.
a different story one of these days, dad
mind | tell you"
"You may go to the devil, for all kere."
Andy bucklcd on his sword and stood
waiting for Susan. She was running around
taking care of her things; her sisters in-aw
were helping her; while Mrs. Clifford tried
to sooth her husband. lie would listen to
nothing; his son had turned out to be Il
Yankee nigger, and may be he wanted a
niggcr wench; he wouldn't speak to him,
and never wanted to see him again.
The mousse lately so joyful, had become a
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 laEe.-In addition to this
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
a few times to see how it would look. Her
father in-law had planted Il patch of cotton
fo- her and plowcd it, and she had hoed,
picked, got it ginned, and spent almost all
winter in spinning and coloring. She was
going to have piece for herself and baby
Now she did not know what would become
it. Perhaps the old man would cut it out
of the loom.
They had gone quite' distance, when
Mrs. Clifford came into the porch and called
her
Susan you forgot your pocket handker-
chief"
She went back, while Andy waited. She
was gone long time.-Once she came out,
lingering and then very hastily went back.
At last she came running, and, looking
pleased said his father wanted to speak
with him.-lIe turned rather reluctantly,
and found his father filing his pipe by the
fireplace.
II want to ask you one question, Andy.
Answer me now, fair. Sayin' nothin' about
them Northern chaps, amt it shame to us
as comes from the South to be tightin' and
KILN our own kink of folks and some on
| 'cm our own kin ~
Il don't want no dispute with you, dad,
but | can answer that mighty sudden. 1t is
shame-but the shame is theirs, not ours.
1t is they that's fightin' 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
Government. When they want peace, and
to have things rs they had 'em before, eX-
ccpting one little thing as has gone up, all
they've got to do is to say it. But ifthey've
got an idea they can make two Governments
out of one that belongs to both Of us, they've
got a bigger job on hand than they've got
an idea form fact, the thing can't he did,
I'll tell you what John Logan's men, and
the rest of the sojers say; we say well sweep
EN- from the face of the earth, before We
give up To EN-. And we can do it,"
That's dreadful hard talk, Andy, but
there seems to be something in what you
say about the first lick. hadn't thought
OF that. | say, Andy, you amt goin' to de'
sert your old father kase he got riled and
spoke kinder sharp, Let's argeriy this bu-
siness. I've got the handsomest clover lot
you ever seed, and the primest wheat you
ever set eyes on. want you to look at EN-.
You shant go-what talk itll make
Wen argerfy and keep cool"
SO things quieted down. The women
were happy rs crickets, and Andy went
through the story Of the fights he had been
in, at Belmont, at Fort Henry and Fort
Donelson, were Logan was wounded al
shiloh, as the Big Black, and Champion
| Hills, and finally at Nicksburg. 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 aud OF the
| success OF the Northern army, that lac al
most forgot that he Was Democrat
Next morning before they started, Susan
| had 10 show her husband her piece and how
| she could weave. lie leil her weaving with
| all her might.-A Woman needs strong aux
/ les To work the treadles, and, in weaving,
| she gets them
They went out to look at the wheat and
clover The woman Saw them walking
around, aud Al last "a stop 10y apair ot bars
Tho old man held down his head good
deal, as II listening while Andy made
gestures a. II engaged IA telling some
Thing -Mhrn they came 10 dinner, OF
greens anu plenty OF other things, the
Squire said
sold woman, Il what Andy. been telling