Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-01-05

proving smile, which seemed to say, Il
see you are getting on we'll
We whip her once. We give her
ten lash. She not tell"
Every well. Give her ten more
The widow struggled and screamed.
Had she recognized her sons voice?
Mufied as she was, he did not recognize
hers. Nor was it surprising that, in the
unusual posture in which he found her,
he did not know her from Mrs. Stack
ridge. He stood on the doorstep and
smiled, while the soldier administered
the stripes.
Make it a dozen," he quietly re-
marked. ''And smart ones to wind up
| So it happened that, thanks to her
sons presence, the screaching victim
got two smart oncs' to wind up.
Now uncover her face. Ease away
on her thumbs little. I'll question
her. Good Cod exclaimed the Cap
tain, finding himself face to face with his
own mother.
Twenty-Five lashes and the torture
of the strung-up thumbs had proved too
much for the strong nerves Of Widow
Sprowl. She fell down in a swoon.
Lysander, furious, whipped out his
sword and turned upon the soldiers.
They quietly stepped back and took
their guns from the corner. He would
certainly have killed one of them had he
not seen by the glance Of their eyes that
the other would, at the same instant, as
certainly have killed him.
" You scoundrels, you have whipped
my own mother -
Captain" they answered, eve obey
orders"
.'Fools !'-and Lysander ground his
teeth-''you should have known
Captain, if you not know, how should
we know? We never see dis woman pc
fore. We come. We find her taking
provisions from de house. We say she
take dem to her husband in de noun
tains, We say she Mrs. Stackridge.
She say yes to everything. We not
know she lie. We not know she steal.
We not say, you somebody else, we
obey orders. We take and whip her.
You come in and say whip more. We
) whip more, Now you say to US 'scoun-
drels You say to us fools ! We say,
Captain, it is your orders We obey"
Having by a Joint effort at sententious
English pronounced this speech, The bro
theirs stood stolidly awaiting the result,
: while the Captain, still gnashing his
) teeth, bent over the PROSTATE form Of his
!, mother.
Bring some water and throw on her,
you idiots y he yelled at them. "NF ould
you see her dicY'
They looked at each other. "Water?"
Yes, that was what was wanted. They
rem embered their practice Of the pre-
!; vious evening, One found a wooden pail.
The other emptied the contents Of the
tin pail upon the floor They went to
the well. They brought water. 10 throw
on her? Yes, that was what he said
and together they poured a drenchine
flood on the poor woman, as if the swoon
r were another fire to be extinguished
these fellows obeyed orders literally. A
merit which Lysander now failed to ap-
5 preciate. lie swore at them terribly
: But he did not countermand his last or
/ der Accordingly they brought more
water. Lysander had got his mothers
, head on his knee and she had just opened
1 her eyes to look and her mouth to gasp,
: when there came another double ice-cold
wave, binding, sitting, drowning her
Too much Of water hadst thou, poor lone
widow.
. Lysander let fall the maternal head
t and bounded to his feet, roaring with
? wrath. The brothers, imperturable, with
! the empty pals hanging at their sides,
stood staring at him in mute wonder.
Captain, dat was your orders. Yor
! say bring wasser and trow on her. w
bring wasser and trow on. Dat is all ;"
! But I didn't tell you to fetch pail
) fuls."
; This sentence rushed out Of Lysander'
soul like rocket, eliminated in loud
l explosive oath, and was followed by {
: shower Of fiery curses, falling harmless
: on the heads Of the unmoyed Tcutons
They waited patiently until the pyrotech
7 nc rain had ceased, and then answered
t speaking alternately, each sentence, al
$ if with one mind, but with two organs
/ Captain, you hear Last night wa.
D de house afre. You say pring wasser
e We pring a little Den you say 70 Us
Tam you, why III hell you sthop?' AnC
e you say, Ven | tell you pring wasscr
e pring till I say sthop. Vun time more
to-day you say pring wasser. You never
say sthop. You say trow on We troW
on. Vat you say we de. You not say
what you mean, dat is mistake for Jou.
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