The advocate., 1895-06-26

patriotism and found himself helping to cheer the
most distressingly "disOyal' sentiments. He was
completely captiysted, and was ready to turn rebel
again that Instant as the story Of Outrages upon the
people and prophesies of outrages to come entered
his mind and stirred his natural feelings
At the conclusion Of the meeting he went forward,
and the big lawyer greeted him familiarly as 'Nst
Stone" which, being in the presence Of his neigh
bors, much dsttered the old mans vanity.
If that is snti-Federalism, then am an anti.
Federalist," he declared with warmth. "Although,
if you had not made that speech, would have been
with the Federslsts had not understood the mat
ter before
"Nst. Stone, don't tell me such a thingl Why,
that boy of yours is worth dozen of me as an ex-
positOr of snti-F Federalism. And you didn under
stand itP Where have you beenP Have you never
heard your boy speak2"
Nathaniel Stone felt as bashful as if he had been
caught stealing weeks washing from neighbor'S
clothes line The folly and the wickedness of his
conduct toward Sydney we're suddenly made pain
fully manifest to his mind. In an apologetc way he
stsmmered out:
81 did not like the way he spoke of the Common
wealth, and I did not wish to encourage his dis
loyalty, so refrained from going to hear him. If
had known what do now, it would have been diff
ferent."
"And how the devil would you know what you do
now il you had treated me the same Way9 What
right had you, sir, to judge your own son, or any
man, without having heard him first? Nat. Stone,
you have been making id fool Of yourself. That
boy is worth whole commonwealth of your pious,
do-nothing. lawful young fellows. When get him
out again, you have got to go and hear him. He'll
make you so proud you won't speak to yourself any
more"
"Well, could not endure his disoyal sentiments"
'Disloysl-the deVill Nat. Stone, you and stood
together fighting old King Georges underlings,-
didn't WeP Who was King GeorgeP Why the id
old idiot was our king; was to us just what the Com
monWeslth is now, wasn't hep We were disloysl,
weren't we? Had to be disoys to him in order be
loyal to our country, to our people, to ourselves,
didn'tWeP Wel if Sydney thought the Common
wealth Of Massachusetts was depressing the people
and it was, or you wouldn't have been in jail for
not having impossible money-snd if he believed
that in order to be true to people and to himself
he must rebel against the internal government,
wasn't he doing exactly what we did when we re-
belled? How can you get your old Revolutionary
mouth puckered into shape to say 'dsloyaP about
anybody2 Why, every man that has ever lived and
done any thinking and had any heart has been dis
loyal If the people don't get ready to rebel and
shoot every few days. their scoundrely rulers will be
unbearabe tyrants sir If the people want to be free
and stay free, they've got to stand with their mus.
kets cooked at their government all the time. The
boy was right. He had an old ReVolutionist of
father for an example, Nat Mind what you are
about. You are calling yourself hard names.''
The burly lawyer laughed heartily, and left Ma
thsniel Stone smiling in a hsf-sshamed way But
the old man followed and caught up.
'T had not heard that you were defending Sgd
ney."
"YOu had notP Didn't .he tell youp asked
Bresdmongster, in surprise.
81 have not been able to get to town yet to see
him. am going in soon. You can tell him 1 am
coming, and that 1 am an anti Federalist.''