The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-11-07

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the nearest bumsn neighbors we're tb'
men in . rAiliosd camp. twenty mile
way. The trout which sbonnded 10 Z
stream that flowed past the cabin offer
contributed 10 the bill oi fare Of the doc
tor aud bis assistant. ooce Dan shot !
deer. which supplied them with yenisor
Tor several weeks Their table Was At nj
time scsntily furnished, they bad col
lection Of books. the air Of the vood'
was invigorsting, aud they enjoyed tbei'
Wild life
Almos. every day men with packs on
their backs came along the road from Can'
ada. and we're stopped and vsccinated
So neiimes they grumblea. but for along
time no one resisted the doctor outright
Al night the two young men took turns ai
watching the gate. aud the traveller ovei
the turnpike to Maine. st whstever lime
be arrived. had 70 stop and be exam
iued.
Week after week passed. and still the
young men bad no serious trouble 10 the
performance OF their duties.
One forenoon the doctors assistant took
down one OF the rifles. and saying that he
would try to get some partridges for din
ner. started into the wood. The doctor
was sitting on the door.stool OF the cabin
reading q book.
/ wouldn't go very far away, Dan. be
said.
Oh. pooh You won't have any
troubled
No, but our instructions, you know,
are to stick right here, said the doctor.
l sban't run of, laughed Dan.
Better not 60 so far that you can't bear
me il soould call.
Well, you want me, you halo. and l
will come.
Dan bad been absent for more than halt
an hour. when the doctor heard voices
and soon saw three men coming up the
road He took his case, and went out 10
the turnpike to meet them.
Gentlemen, said he, politely. I'm gov
eminent surgeon, and have orders to vac
cinate you.
Huhl grunted the foremost Of the three
men. stout Canadian in red shirt and
knit cap. Quest ce que c'est?
The doctor explained the situation to
them in French.
The three men chstted with each other
in their peculiar Canadian French dialect
for few moments. The doctor pretendsd ed
to pay no attention to them. but listened
intently' and caught nearly all they said.
Let's keep right on, the red shirted man
finally said.
Break the man . head exclaimed scrub
by little man, with large brass buckle on
the belt OF his frock
But the dog said the third man.
The mastiif was quiet but attentive lis
tener to the colloquy.
Who cares for the dog? He can't stop
usl said the little fellow with the large
buckle.
Doctor Dean wished that he had brought
one Of his rifles out OF the hut with him,
and that Dan was at hand.
He shouted Dan! loudly. thinking that
Dan might hear him, or that the call might
at least serve to jntimidate the men.
The three travellers listened for mo
ment, and looked sharply about them.
They heard no answer to the doctors call,
and saw that nobody came.
Laissez nous passesl Iet us passD the
first speaker said in French, with threat
euing look at the doctor. who stood un
At the gate.
Jts very simple thing, said Dean with
out raising his voice. The government
requires me to vaccinste you. II won't
take me five minutes.
He spoke pleasantly. as il be had not
heard their threatening talk -as il be did
Dot see warning in their eyes.
He saw that be was about to have serious
trouble. but he made two resolves; one was
to make every effort to keep those men
from passing the gate in defiance OF bis or
ders. and the other was TO manage, il be
could. to got his rife from the cabin.
With that 10 hand be felt that be should
be macter OF the situation.
II was possible for the men to escape
him by turning from the road into the
woods. but they we're too surly to take so
much trouble in maintaining their disobe
dence. They had determined to defy the
doctor. and to pass along the turnpike in
spite OF his opposition.
Suddenly the man 10 the red shirt NOV
ed towards the gate. At the same momen,
The doctor heard footsteps Of some one ap.
down the road.
Perhaps it is Dan. be thought.
The red sbirted man started TO climb ov.
er the gate. but Dean grssped him and
pulled him back.
With 40 angry hiss the fellow aimed
blow at Dean. The doctor lodged quick
" - and then straight from bis shoulder
came blow that laid his sssailsnt on the
ground.
The two other men. cursing, sprang mp.
on the doctor
Take him, Lionl Desn cried TO ths
srowling mss,if snd in an instant the
dog vas at the ibros, OF the man with the
brass buckle. Who yelled With terror
Deso. meanwhile. was wrestling desper'
stely With the third man.
II be could only shake him of and get
bis rifiel
Bat his FIRST ssssilsnt Was up. He rush
ed 10 the snccor Of the screaming wretch |
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