Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-12-14

that ho was only making believe
Wiman folks are the greatest hands to
change their minds that ever seed IN
my life, aud thea will say right up and
down that they hnia'l done 70,
wal | made tp my mlui as soon rs
| | heard that they were married that II
was our duty to give them a scrcnade,
so | spoke to all the boys about II, and
they were ~ ready for the fun us wos.
| told lh,m all to keep dark SO that
there could be no chance for Ben 10
got wind Of the mater, aud to meet
mc that night up by the BcNr-CNmp
Bridge ut eleven o'clock, aud for each
Of them to bring an instrument to play
Oh, Anything that would make
noise would be in demand, aud the
louder one the better,
was kinder afraid all day that some
Of the boys would Let it leak out, aud
by some means It would got 10 Bpn's
ears; hr' thcy were al true blue, and
hc aud his Ecw wife went to bed in
good time, little tlrinkin! what wa a.
going 10 hrp'cn olarc morning,
Wal, whaa got to Baor'Camp
Bridge | found thRt iaost Of the
boys were there a,ura ma, II was
putty dark, rs there want no moon,
and the stars were kinder dim, II was
Jest III, right i;iud Of night !ar ~,
cause W. knew tina, We could get close
up 10 the cahia aom Ben could see Us,
even b. watching, which we knew
pretty well would moi be the case, a5
every one declared that they had not
lispcd word rs to what was going on.
Wal, you see, vas but in leader, rs
was the one that got il up, and 80
began to look around to see wrat they
had brough, for music; and there was
Il varic'y "F IT. can tel you. Inn
jones hal brought trumpet ANA a.
string of old fashioned sleigh bells.
Pete Hall. hai a bass drum and COW
bell. sim Grant had IL" "iIc'S brass
Kettle, whirh he ruined alorr hiorh'nG,
playing on 1t with II bar oi iron; sam
iicmpSoh ana ~" brother ''m h"0 u
great sap no''cr 'h'' "'"'' h"i" TWO
parrei'' m""'''eo o" p'l' '' wagon
wheels, which they doclaIcd would
make iha mGMlaiHs rirg when they
struck On il, and it did. Then there
was mere trumpcts, onl bells, and
pans, and guns, and almost everything
under the sm that you coall think Of
TO make Il noise with, and thinks to
myself, Ben Potter. il yc han't deaf
you'll think You are dead man.
1t want long aiorc every one of the
bows were on the spot, and give 'cm
their orders. and then we moved down
the road toward Ben's cabin, taking
care not to make the least noise in the
world. Had any one seen us then
that was not in the secret, they would
have thought that we were there march
inc to surprise Il camp of Indians. and
that our lives depended upon our keep
inc ouiet.
When we got in sight Of Ben's
cabin, there want bit of light to be
seen, and we had no doubt but what
they had been a-bed two hours, and by
this time. were ike as not asleep. If
they were awake we had no notion of
their hearing us, and so we crept up as
close to the cabin as we could get, and
then. without word, | ranged my
men. The most of them put right
under the window near where l knew
the bed stood, and the rest were scat
tered about all ready to toot up. when
Cv. Jenkins should give the word by
firing off his old queen s-arms. And
bo wos woitinc y LITTLE WAYS off for me
to oive the sional.
Wal, arler had rot the boys all
fixed to suit nv mind. | Gin Il low
whistle and the next moment basp