Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-03-27
CAPTURED A YANKEE.

q kind Of Waipurgis entertainment down IN
the bottom There were no Lights in the great,
rambling log farm house The family sat In
the open gallery until what they called good
dark. - and then went unostentatiously to bed,
g became people who were astr before Gay
every morning.
odd man. Boone the head Of the house
hold, had been excused from service because
the Coufederaey had no great need OF 50
many pounds avoirdupois in any one tndI-
viduaL For the first time in bis life this
worthy gentleman had cause TO bless his pom
derosity. which saved him from hardships
and dangers lununerable. Concluding, IKE
FalstafY. that the better part of valor was
discretion, lie remained valiantiy at home,
sitting most OF the time in a capacious arm
chair, and thus added more pounds to bis
weight and more objections to his availability
as = soldier
Jim and John, the boys. were at home
one Of them on furlough and the other on
xick leave. They had been silent for long
time, and the old man had begun to express
his thoughts In various inarticulate sounds,
apparently proceeding from the remote
depths Of his head. when suddenly be started
up enchanting
We'll them owls does out boot creation to
night"
The three listened silently. Wild boots, in
all degrees of sarcastic emphasis, varied with
frequent bursts Of fendish laughter, were
making night musical The woods seemed to
be alive with their wicked mirth. and to re-
.o,nd with scraams and shouts and cries of
rage and pain
"Worse'n a camp meetin'," finally assented
lin whose religious education had been neg
l.Itsd
Eyer hear a owl with SIGH q voice as
tbatr ouer,e1 the old man .'If that owl
corld ba l.tcb.d il could be learned to talk. ~
IN. v,,,,,. bad san.rated itself from the
others ana u,,s certainly giving vent to
soms very uno,yaish shouts but they followed
q. r.r;div IN a,pa a,othsr and were 80 CON
frs.i and in,erminyled nv the Thousand
80. s..nt h.cu, fr,m the ad iacent hills that
e. sava,.oI n,,r,,,..s tho listeners remained
,,,',ar ,h., ,,,,.r.s;on rho, thav were listeninc
=, ALL -, ,s,,.nc., 81 SOMA tal.p,.-i owl
Ia, ho,,ayar III. Grand orchestr, down
in RI. bottom, was silent for a moment and
o,,, from, tho woods away over the ridge
came , Wild ,rolongea shont.
.uoro-oor;.
.SomehoJv hv Nsdrr exclaimed the old
man s,rn,y,,,, male in m. dim Iipht
Nj, h .,'rna,,,dv los, y sold linn "Mste
,or,h Lam, nj loss CON sea =
~ -. ~, .,iaoria,ad rho oil, man
.,.'',.',, ..p,,shuhacta-s i ,a,
&C.,, ,a,ha- v .aid Lohn tho ,ractical
,r,n5,,n, or, ,wobundleso If fat nine snIinters
W, n,,.l,,,r h,,.h,vhnctors ara n ooin,
,,rau,,h rho ,,,,,,,ry rellin, for all thot,s ami
,.,l -. ssnN. 1,ta,,,i ~ ,.,,,,,, ,,-,I, ;t
-. al
W., 49, ,, ,.o;,,, 90 10 ,e,-s,o as,.od
''o'.~N
49, ~ - ,,,,,.,.,,,s. A., h.. aI,.'.,,s sh-.ll,
-, =. 49,. '.,.rro,,s
-, n'. 10 ~ NTH ,h. .orch.s fa.ho-
and .h.,r, - ,h,t fallsr ri, he,ll t,now xhers
s---.a',.o 20 b., ,o.,
~ - - .,,;,,,.;., ..;.h "a. ..a,
t., ~. 800 - ~, .a,,,eir,.I tho ,ha
,,,;r,, s,,rro,,n, ~, ho,sa .na
Till HIM wills lin and .Iobn were gone No
douht this syos q I,,re 10 draw ali the men
awav from the bouse
ii yuess IN 90 with Won bovs be said in
o,on;'ol tones dragged bitber and thither hv
h;s sens., of dufv and his fear ~ consaouences
Thev won, te N likelv 10 attack ms IL thew
$40 me-
nNo said linn soberlv .thavrn think it,s
a rerinent q, infantry
VIZ which Da.x,ntrv tho threst 40, out
Ii
nins torches and the old man waddline
slon, in tho raar With his nsu.l elanbart;ne
motio, The tarches cast weird shadows I'M
and down the road dancing and dodg,np as
the hovs moved and the wind famed the
tame Every moment the old man. ewes
grew more prominent. and his breath came
more quickly lie was certain that every
great tree by the roadside was an ambush
| from which they would be fired on when they
/ came into convenient range He mentally
nictured the SUNRISE of the neiphbors when
! sop,ebodv sbouIj come unon the three load
bodies the next dav. and wondered gloomily
what they wouhl do for suit in which to
bury him And under the influence of these
pleasant reflections his knees srnote together
/ as he walked
Suddeplv n nay, tbough, s,ruck him with
+ha fnroe of ,,,,,,d.rho,t liz, and Iobr
uoro hold;p, th,, torches b;gb above ,ho;r
heads and were shonting with all the str.ng,h
oftwo very vioorous na,rs Of lunps but while
thev walked in the shadow beneath tho
torches the old man got the full glare Of the
liyht unop his portlv frure as though this
were an illumination or torchligbt procession
gotran mn for h,s axolusivs L.,nefit What a
targ.t was rresen,ed nv that s.tensive form
PaIlid and sbaring be came IN n halt
"Rovsir said no family "Rovsio
The yociferotp duet suddenly stoned and
the bows looked back at their father. who
vas inyoluntaruy drawing back into the
shadows
.Rovs I'm k;,5ar TRAD vor oil m y, nm
the road fur a. von want 10 rll ies wait
nero till vou come hocs
Thay rara -, -, ho r,. ao ..r.;,
Another nomen, and thev wor. ,,o,,,d =
bend in the road and he xas .lona in Tho
nitcbv DARKNESS
"Rv Nad," bar,,r,,,,re5 in .s.oris,o1 n i,
.wa strut ,onas, ,ra.,,,line, IN ar.r1 I'LL,
md almost falIir, To ths round from veal
No. H.. vn. at,I. T., d;s,ina,,,st no,h;,o b.,
the dim vhI,eu..s at the sandy road and !
hnge MIN. freq mat iif,ai i.s x,nooth DOR
trnns alnos, x,;thin r.a,b If his md oya-
in tina ,.,ttn,, IN. ,wls had r..,,,,,a.t thar
cr,nd Ws,-ne,,,,,, concert bu, noyyhsrs far
Or mar ,,n,,I, o,x shout ba haort .rca,,, ~
ones tba, issued from the tbroats of Lin, and
John al,nos, ONT af hearing nm thu. road
IT,, H.. ,ha, h,rs, r., -, A.,
leaves, |, was no, an EXCESSIVELY warm
night hut Tina bpelv xat,ber found himself
covered win narsr,ira,iop ue her-,n voo,,,elv
To x;sh tb,, he .ad c,ne with ~. .nv.
ar.;n Tho Isa,es SIRED and so,na,,in,
uta ,aiit, 60 49, -. "a. Ky -.-.
neer,ng from behind ,ha go, ,;n. -.
Nercif,,: rouarsr Jgh.ra 90 H., pn 1e..
! The face vas .,,,bdra nv 80 o.. 80
moment the trer,hIins ,,,n h.nnu ~ -,
that hc was ,,is,.kor Tha r.
7 twics wore brfvhad as,a. 80 -. -. ~,