Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-01-01

eped by the thought of it-sOmetimes, too,
perplexed to observe a strange air Of listen
ing and expectancy which had come upon
her-he vet let his spirits rise to their Ale
ghany height, and kept them at that summit
till at last, up they went to the fathom of the
soaring eagle, screaming in his joy at the ar
rival Of Bob Toner, with his fiddle. o Jolly
Bob o slim young man, with chubby, ugly,
ruddy face that laughed all over, and i'm
mense shock of red hair. at which the girls
warmed their hands in fun, but lit their hearts
in earnest - and had he been a Norman,
wouldn't he have been in town For all the
young women round about were dead in love
with Bob. and balf Bladensburgh, and all the
county far and near, were his conquest, only
he was too wise and good to take it. Soul
warming, heart-enticing Bob, with fy-away
coat, and trousers trinity set upon his killing
legs and waistcoat like the plumage of a bird
of Paradise. and necktie made for murder
Bob entering, with derisive, dolelul screcch
from fiddle of" Maryland, my Maryland, "
and instantly the whole house in a veil of
laughter. and every body running. and Bob
twenty deep in girls and women, with child
rem clinging to his legs, and pounding him
like fun for cheer iollity, and men crowding
about holding their ioyial sides, and old Elka-
nah looming and believing above all, and
hey for a lance this very minute, to some
blithe old tune of Liberty and Union
Into it they go, while the thunder Of Sher-
man guns. ali unknown to them, roars vic
tory over the quaking hearts of rebels in cap
tured Savannah. and the light Of liberty and
empire that shall not die, pours from the
breaking ciouds-iut1 it they % to the tune
of Yankee Doodle. Staunch Bob Liberty
and Uni0n-loying Bob They, the neither
hearted, who keep a rebel Aag ard a Union
dag to hang ont as either army comes, must
this night kindle 70 their country, and dance
10 the graud.1ld lit, inwoyen deep with jubi
lance, rlntankerous defiance, proud Reyolu-
tonary fire. historic graves Of grandsires, and
the great name Of Washington Reyiying
Bob Inspiring Bob They, The true suns
ard daughters OF Maryland, steadast through
doubt and loss, shall feel the merry music
pour sunshine and fragrance around their
hearts, as they beat the floor with flying feet
and souls aglow O kindly. genial Bob, dane
iuE like mad himself, and making one break
and discori In the me Idy rs he pats with
the fiddle the back of old black Daniel.
bringing in the land deitly resumes again,
the excited dancers never noticing the break.
but f0Otiu. IT like angels. while Daniel thinks
of the lost daughter. sold in slavery. that
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