The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-07-04

Maybe l shall never tell II assis.
The servants brought ont ths swc kct
ties into the kitchen. vhsFS " could 70
them tiIrough The vide diniuk-yoon door
Put en- 10 the midJIe II the hoor lr
fore the window. ssid Upcls zsbedee
There. that will do. That L jass vbsr,
they were when the Iadiass canr. You ",
ihr windovf be added
|, bad great. deep ~ easement
! Grape yiass hall curt-. icd II nov on ,h,
on'siss. and the sianliag sun shcno throngt
'lem, its beams glimmaring pn the old
.siger Of the table II was past ihs middl,
" Tire sfte'nooa Of tho shorsrning days ol
aa.ainn.
You have oil beard Of Philips War. be-
gan Uncle zebedee. leaning forward from
his chair on his erutch. Everybody has
4, destroyed thirteen towns IA The oei Col
oay. and lot svo years Allied ssssy heart
with terror. Philip struck here. thsrs and
e7erywhere. No one could tall where be
would strike next. The siahi ~ 81 Indian
iurking about 10 .hc woods dr looking out
Ct ,hs pines aud bushes usually meant .
mssacree (n,asacre).
One Snndsy In July. 1875. the family
vent to meeting, leaving two small chill
drsp. boy and girl. 1t home. 10 the
charge Of . maid named Experience The
kitchen then was IS You see il nov. The
window was open. the Two Brass Kettles
had beea secured on Saturday. an l placed
bottom upwards. Just As you see them
there.
1t was blszipg July day. The hay
fields were silent. There was an o1or Of
hay -ricks in the air. end the bobolinks, l
suppose, toppled about on the grass. and
redwiuged black birds piped uong the
wild wsyside roses. just IS they do now.
! wish that you could have 8 n the old
hay fields in the LONG July afternoons. all
scent aud sunshine; il makes me long for
N boyhood again. just TO think OF them
y y ! hall never NOV again.
Let me see e-the two children were sit
ting on the floor near the two kettles. Ex'
perience was preparing dinner. and had
made iirs 10 the great brick oven. which
heated the bricks but did not heat the
room
Vol, on pr 'sing between the oven and
The window. she chancsd to look towards
he Dad, when she saw sight that fixed
her eyes, and caused her to throw up her
N, d With horror. just like that.
Ircle Isbedee threw up both hands,
TX exclanaiion poios, and let his ,ntch
lrop intc his Isp.
Welt ihe mlid onlT loat her w'tn Tor
ev momeuta She rg The giadow
nd closed it, d boiled the door. Then
he put one Of the children under one OF ,
ho brass kettles. and the other child unde- ,
he other kettle. and took the iron show
nd lifted II so, and waited to soc what
1ould happen, and
Uncle Zsbedes liftad his crutnh, like An
nterrogation point. and We could easily :
nsgine the attitude Of the excited maid. !.
And, where was II
The children we're rider the Two Brass :.
lettles, and the maid was standing with !,
,e Areshovsl In her hand so-ssid aunt.
%. I've heard taat story ever since was
girl. :
Yes, yes, have il oil now, said Uncle !
ebedee. She was shading with the fire ).
ioYol up so, whom she discovered that J,
le Indian had gun "a gun.
You SEQ that old ilintlock there, over the !. "
Ie sidebor d9 l used to fire it off every ! !,
ourth OF July, but the last time l fired, !,
kicked me over onoe-don't you never :
e il. children. II always kicked but il :, =
'ver knocked me over before. l don't :,
ink that ! am quite ~ vigorous as used "
be, and
What did the med do with the gun? =
kcd aunt? ~
The gnn yes, that was tho gun, the one !.
there. The gun was up in the cham = !,
= then. and she dropped the shovel and =. =.
D up stairs TO ind it. But IL was not '. ~
'ded, rld the powder was 10 one place :. !.
d the shot in another, and 10 her hurry ',
d confusion. she heard . pounding on ~
. door, Just like that. 20
Uncle Zsbedee raped on tho old oak Ia. ~ ~
, with startling ell, 81, and then, after q =.
,menis confusion, continued. s 10 load. ~
the gun. and went down TO the foot OF =
0 stairs. and looked through the latch. q
10 Of the stair door. 40. and. yes. .Aud the =
dian was standing At the window. That Il
ndow. His two eyes w.re staring With -
nder on the Two Brass Kettles He W
probably never seen kettle like these
ore. and he did not know whst they "
re.
While be stood 81 ing and~ondsripe, sA'
kettles began 70 move Two little
Ids prosrnded under the bail Of each OF
~ like 'ar,ics paws, for ile kettles I
ID on their ears, which lifted them 81
10 way from the floor. One Of the chill. PHI
a began TO creep snd cry. moving tho bui
lie. Tho other did the sams. The bol
. caused the kettles 10 ring. The the
'pins ksttlesi They looked like two VT
beetles or water turtles, and such the ios
ian might have thought them 10 be. imr
they beloved like two. brazsn animals i've
did you ever hear child cry uudsr mo,
.ileg said Uncle Zsbeiee. with cpr Off
smile ed ,
L atl % uisrsed ,bst ~e nsser hal soii
ben. eaild. YOU iasi get under one OF Y
Ie et,ls- apA bollsr. fou u dn', be said
-, there ua's M n nor 70 do ing
oy harm. lpllor ad. N