Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-07-13

so tired that he got into the FIST bed he
could see, and that was feather bed in
the next room, where the landlord slept.
' This will do" said Kyts; "it is not
worth awhile to jog up stairs to the gar
ret" 5 d Z Iijw iad s5 .Ys q
But the landlord sat up till the middle
of the night, and then crept softly up
stairs to feel.in Ky tshpockets, and to rob
him. But though he searched all over
the straw, he could find no Kyts, and fell
asleep in the garrct, and early in the
morning came down the garret ladder in
bad humor, and fell over and woke eve
rybody up. loMiCaaI M
Then Kyts found out where he was,
and put on his clothes, and slipped out
of the window to save a FUSS r
But as he journeyed on, it came to pass
that, after several days, he found himself
near two great armies
ut will be fine fun to see them fight"
thought he; so he sat down in the sun,
and took out some bread and cheese, and
began to eat with a good appetite. ag
But very soon two captains came up to
him, one from each army, and asked him
which side he was on.
"Neither," said Kyts. Il don't want
to fight at ALL" 84g
"But you must said they; $50 choose
your side" agHaf
"No, thank yo," said Kyts 'your war
is no concern of mine, nor do | know
what it is about, or what the two sides
are" ;u. ... ts..q fa. l.w
Gail that makes no difference" they
said choose your side, or we will both
kill you" 44 m.
And with these words they both drew
their swords. aa 5a .sa s.r.
every Well" said Kyts, "since I must
fight, | will. / did not want to, but il
makes no Odds ... aI' l..
"Well, which side do you choose 4
they asked again. afa b, II
Then Kyts got up and looked around
and saw that one army was on the sunny
side of hill, and, moreover, was not Sc
far off as the army in the shade. .a
So he chose the army in the sun, anc
found out afterwards that it was the side
Of the king, and the courtiers, and the bea
dies, and the footmen, and that the othel
was the side Of the Lord Mayors, an(
the bakers, and the tailo s, and the er
rand boys; and that the war was to SHOW
who ought to get the mos money out ofth'
people, and have the spending Of it.
Well, on the very next day the battle
began; and they gave Kyts a very BIZ
blundcrbuss, and put him behind a tire,
and told him to fire away with all hi
!. might ssr'. y II Il ,1"''"'i
And SO he did, and at the very frs
shot hit a baker in the middle Of his coat
d for he saw the -four fly out, and thel
knocked over a little lean tailor, and, bes
of all, hit the Lord Mayor, who had sen
him to prison, in the very middle of hi
fat waistcoat a.'aEIH 's.aMoA
"Served him right" said Kyts; 'fo
if he had minded the letter, perhaps thi
war wouldn't have happened" n'A.
But after that shot the smoke was s.
thick that Kyts could not tell which mel
were tinkers and tailcrs, and which wer,
footmen and courtiers. So he shot a
them all alike, whichever were easiest t
hit; and very many got his big bullets il
f them that day.
ut is all one to me-" said Kyts "bu
as | am. in the war, I may as well ban!
away till all my powder Is gone"
But by that time, when the smoke ha'
), cleared up a little, Kyts saw that tn
Kings army was beaten. and that all hi
were running away. Yaa5 nal osa9 a
80 | will ke off, too, said Kyts, ''for
t don't see the use Of beirg a prisoner"
Bnt he had not gone far before heis say
) a knight fat upon the ground with all hi
armor on. ateH
! tt"Oh, help me up, or else they will xii
me! !" cried the knight sot ead haa
| l.'I don't SEQ that thatO matters to me,
said iKyts, pbut still here goes."y An
with these words he lugged the knight u
Tito his feet i9bs ~ san agsdll p Ie
Then the Two wontion as fast as thei
legs could carry them, and got into
wood. But the other army came afte
7them very fast, and shot down many {
l14hc Kings men in the back and at las
!, four mighty men got Kyts and the knight
{ and told them to give themselves up 3
prisoners, or else be killed. aA3a, 'As
Q "It makes no odds to me which, 50 L
Il Us fight and be Killed" said Kyts.
: "Bravo!" cried the mighty men.
Now the four mighty men were all