The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-01-09
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A STORY OF THE RRvoL UTIoN.
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fowls: -eF htenfal~ sMsssachu
seAtSaTPgge6ahd forlorn Look
Rg,ssldiey coming pp the dusty
street. He. looked. about or
tRe 'eothfields tasseling f6f Tie
harvest, OBJ Rthep hich,' bright
patches Of wheat for the,sielae
Eqd d9n the green potato fsld
Hisb .cC94Ti9gs, ,sSyeSs 50 s%msSs1
thought Mr.. Towhe, Who walked
pfeisarehaE behind HIM eoine
dronF reSpingtochis sshpper1
,TAeul latteE was R,stqp tJaFnef,
dressed, in ,home madeb brown
linen trowsers, without slspen
'Het's, Vest 6rcoat.S Pheqagged
tsoldier stopped under the shade
I0t dbr great sugar 1naple. .And
n, ai5s,rIIS rIISSEsasss :NEeEtaFFiing him
iFdlfome' from 'thS swars9" he
asked: t3sst -.
"Just out of the British
clutches" replied the man;
"pve been a prisoner for years.
He rejoined suddenly, 'can YOU
tell me who lives in the. next
houses' Is yours" -
mo-" replied Towne, "Tomp.
kins lives there. That house
and lot used to belong to a
companion of yours, as | sup
pose; his name was Jones, but
he was shot at Bunker Hill and
His widow married again!!"'
dpThe soldier leaned against
the tree. "What kind of a man
il he2 I mean what kind al
people are they? Would they
be likely to let a poor soldier
have sonething to eat?"
. SIf ToIpkins is cut you'd be
treated, first rate there. Mrs,
Tompkips is Z pice woman, but
hG is the snarliest cur that ever
,gnawed d bone. He is'a terri
BILE neighbor, and he leads her
a dogs life. She missed ,itlin
marrying the fellow, but you
gee she had a hard time of i
with the farm after Jones went
off soldering, and when my
son came back and said'he was
dsad-he saw him bleeding to
death on the battle, ld-she
broke right down, and this
,POmpkins came along and got
into work for her, and he, laid
himself out to do first rate
He somehow got on the blind
side. of.all,of' us, ana whsh he
himself! to'her,I advised
her to.have him, and / am, ,sor-
.rff1 did, it, You had better
come home with me. / always
have a bite for a poor fellow
that's fought for'Bis country
I tThankyou," kindly returned
the soldier, "but Mrs. Tompkins
is a distant-a sort of old ac.
quaintahce, The fact is, | used
70 Know her first husband, and
1 guess Iowill call there"
Mir. TownG watched him as
he went to the door and knock.
ed, and saw that lie was admit
ted by Mrs. Tompkins. a
"SoIie old sweetheart of hers
may be-, said Mr., Towne, nod
ding to himself. Gle comet
'tBo late;;e poor womah, she hal
Aphard row tUhoe now. ''DsTher
/. .MD TowneI%ent:home to sup
.PeE and sos viii Isein with, t,tAf
yHGohla1 ys3!aloh So,i e. liits3io ltiitts roo4 44s.SiA
Ter amduthfdIt5 eatw'oKe ASK
ed of a pale, nervous wdmar
who holopendsthe deoro'o fG.-,
.SMy husband does pQtyallpw
me to give any thing to travel
,,ers," she "said, "bdt l alwaS'
feep fora theJsoldiers teomihe
back, ahdbPllilg give yelpts tsome
supper ifBou aw9a'tbe .leBg
eating it, and an she wiped, bel
eyes With her white and Blue
checked aproh,,' 'ands set viii
iadacrity abont. providing re
freshments, for ttheapoor. man
who had thrown himself into
the? nearest ckair9and'@ith his
head leaning on hiss,breast
seemed t90 tired TO remove oAit
hat from his face. .G
|Fi,"T am glad 70 have You eat
Pand 2 would noFhurry yod fol
.anything,T sheisaid ina fright
ened, waN2Sbqt you aoiB eai
quick, won'tyouS tor, |. sexpeei