The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-17
THE GREAT VERMONT STORY s!
THE RAN GERS ..
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THE TORY'S DAUGHTER.
Bi JUDGE u, L, THOMPSON
CHAPTER lX-(Continucd.

your errand?'
eyes, that they did mistress. 4.
| was going by the tavern. Il mile OF
two up the road yonder, three or foui
OF them terrified Workers came out. apC
told me l couldn't go for the doctor.
nor nowhere else, without pass from
one of their committee. So had tc
post back more than half way, tc
Squire Ashcraft's, and there had to be
questioned long while before he
would give me any pass at all. And
then again, when ] got to the DOCTORS,
he said he wanted a pass, too; for he
darscn't go to see Wing woman with
out one, which ! must go and get him
from Squire Evans, another committee
man. Well, finding there was no other
way to get him started, went, feeling
all the time just between crying and
| fighting. And as soon as | got the bit
of paper into the Doctors hands, l put
for home, leaving him fixing to come
horseback, which is the reason of my
getting here first
''These, are, indeed dreadful
times, "sighed the widow. but they
cannot always remain; for, though God
may chastise us while for our sins,
yet the cords of the oppressors will
surely be broken
"I'd rather see their necks broken, -
responded Bart, dryly. "When we
left Westminster, thought, as much
as could be, the tories were all used up
but | find 'em down here thicker than
| ever now, and as saucy ana spiteful as
uest of yellow jackets that like
them, have been routed in one place
| n, he, N
pictures, how | hate em!''
THAT is not right, Barty Y on
should love your enemies Evil.wishes.
towards those who injure us, are
, both Kicked and foolish.
Il don't understand, mistress. =
why, Barty, to love is to be happy,
as far as circumstances will permit ;
and to hate is but to feel disquieted
and miserable. So when we keep the
command to love our enemies, we OBJ
tain reward which often outbalances
the evil they infict on US, or, at least
enables us the better to bear it; while
on the contrary when we hate those
who injure us, we receive double
evil-the wrong they intlict, and the
unhappiness created by the exercise CT
our revengeful passions. Did you
ever think of that, Bart?''
No, mum Harry talks kinder that
way, sometimes; but | can't under
stand it, no how
with your means of moral instruc
ton, perhaps it is not surprising that
you should not; so | will drop the
subject, and ask you if you heard any
thing of Harry, while you were gone. =
No, mistress: didn't see nobody
that knew he was gone.
80, when will he return: He has
now been gone two !ong, long days;
but | must not repine.
"Why, mistress, | kinder guess he'll
be along tonight, unless so be he's
met with considerable bother to get
the money or something. He must be
here afore tomorrow afternoon, when
the sale is, you know.
Eyes, I knew the sale was delayed
till town meeting day, which is to-
morrow. l believe; though for what
reason they put it off | never heard.
Harry felt so bitter about the affair,
that / thought l would not disturb his
feelings by making any illusions to
the subject. But there appeared to be
something about it that | didn't un-
derstand. Why didn't the sale take
place last week, as first appointed?'
For as good "A reason as ever tory
officer had for doing anythlng-or not
dong anything, may be. ! should say
in the world" replied Bart, with Il
knowing look.
"What was it,
why, when the day come, he
coudn t find any cattle to sell.
What had become of them
Well. mistress, | don't know how
much it is best to say about that, con-
sidering. But | shouldn't be sur
prised, . continued the speaker, while !
a sly rougish expression stole over his
usually grave, impenetrable counte,
nance, that is, not much surprised, II
it turned out that two or three OF
Harry's friends got the cattle out OF
the barn where they were keeping, /
ono dark night, and drive 'em off into
the woods. near the top of Governors
and then backed up hay
enough to keep 'em a spell; while the
company took turns, for few days, !
in going hunting over the mountain,
so as TO come round, once In while, !
10 fodder and see to the creters, for
which old Bug Horn paid in milk, on
the SPOT. Now, mind, | haven't said |
knew this was so, but was only kinder
guessing at it for all that's really
known about it-that is, out loud--ls,
that Fitch and his men found the cat,
tie up there: and the way they found
them was by following up the trail
made by the hay straws that someone,
after a while, grew careless enough TO
scatter from his back load along the
"Did my son have any hand in this
AFFAIR."" asked the widow, anXiousily.
mo. mistress: Harry is SO kinder
notional about some things, that we
is, guess some thought
1T wasn't best to say anything 10
him about the plan till his cattle were
fairly saved. III,
II am glad TO hear it. l should
rather see him deprived OF his last
nennv than do questionable act. we
should never do wrong because others
have done wrong to us.
There is a differ between your
think and mine, see, mistress. III
tbey did wrong III getting away
Uorrv,s cattle SO. as every body knows
tbev did. then the tother of that.get-
t;no them back again-must be right.
Rut YOU needn't tell any body what
I've said. mistress: for they might,
narbans. have Bill Piper and me up,
and try TO make burglary out OF l'Ior
simopy. | don't know but the Id"
folks would call 1.-THE breaking mo
a loo barn. But, hush Somebody