The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-24
1Nf GREAT VERMONT STORY T!
THE RANGERS
OR,
THE TORY'S DAUGHTER.
CHAPTER Continued. J
gl JUDGE d. p. THOMPSON.

a word, said Bart facing round upon
his foes, with grin OF spite ana pain
and so they dld ,lohn otupps ana &c
Smelling, then and now 100 ana the.
amt day older than ! he.
"Then we wlIl Ger nave you IN, ana
vote too, il the dittef ulvli STANDS al
the door iierecly exclaimed the nun
fer.
LET them prove ne am one ana
twenty said one OF the same party
He WASH I born IN these parts nor
does he know himself l uh9t rstano,
where he was born, OF now oiu ne Isl
and until they can prove MN uhuer
age notion pIo" hlgn or clow low,
that We make tnem receive ms Iote'
"Ay aN' ne sfall vole ne a.r slail vote
shouted a dozen olhers' Aney nave
admitted otllois 80 80, u.
shall him whether or not! Let 'em
| live up to their own ruies sauce Tor
goose is sauce Ior SauIuer' the "orlu
over they shall take MIN they snail
take him -
A hasty consultation was now heid,
and pan u opei a.io nl;4 p o,peii.hs
the opposite party TO admlt Bart to the
polls was soon dlSesteo; ana, IN pur-
suance of TINS pan, part, VINO was
short and llgnt OF weight was mount,
ed ast-lde me Diawhy shoulders OF
Dunnlng, wniie 5lper. WIN ms Duriy
frame, was placea III 'front.' Win SUN
cudgel IN hPho' 10 ACT DIS the patter,
ing ran or entering "euSe 10 the crowd
Of tories VINO ha' eioseo lhe way WIN
their bodies. Obviously 10 prevent
Bart, or any other Mhig, lnueeo. from
again entering tlli lhe paliot pox was
turned Elght OF len Stout resoiute
young men were then selected and
formed IN coiuinn 10 pline up the rear
and give snch an impetus 10 those be
fore them as 10 lofce theiI Forward IN
spite OF al opposing obstacles, III
they reached lhe VOTERS staho IN the
house o,,
"Dltter READY, boys: now cried
Dunnlng, firmly griasping Bart's legs,
and glanclng over ms silouluers 10 ms
usty little naho OF packers. All
ready there. pehlhei poys! linen go
ahead, as II ditter beizepub kicked we
an end nj.
At the Word' Flper' gathering
himself up IKE ram ier putting
match made a plunge neaa foremost
| into the recolIing rank OF the tories,
! and, borne lrrestloly forward by the
/ force OF the rushlng phalanX behlnd,
Overthrow, prostrated' ana showed
| ASIDE all he1ore him' III the whole
column gained the interior; and came
Ito halt before the nailot,poX.
i protest against mat fellows
|votlng exclaimed refers approach
lng the stand as bart from ms lofty
seat on Cunning shoulders, was
about 10 put IN ms Vote' when was a
Islmple yea, written on a sip OF paper
and hanqeo up 10 MN py some one
stationed near the Don 10 1urnlsh the
unsuppnea' 1 protest against such
garlns outrage. lie is unoer age,
+ and was very properly driven from the
house
Prove 1t prove II = shouted sew
eFal OF bart 8 friends.
lou can 90 IL, crled another,
and II you could Two OF your party,
VINO are under age. nave voted al.
Feaoy us 1act; dehy IL II you can
IN with II, Bart SAID Cunning,
bending down to give the other
elalce' -, al
les ID Wlth IL: Tor ne snail vote,
Fe'p9haea lhe rest Il
he shali not vote Vocl1efated
Peters; and II he attempts to do IT,
i blow MS brains out J. he added,
Eullng out ana leyelllng pistol.
Vuick as thought' BARI Threw open
lls oYer.coat and drawing from pc
Aealh il the llght' shot gun there
Qncealeq' cooked, anu Drought III 10
lis shoulder Whlle the threatening
Eeapoh ol MS Zoe was seen Ilylng TO a
Instant part 81 the room, from SUD
Ven bloW OF Plper,s cudgel, and It's
lsafhed ana nonplused owner SINK
away OUT OF the range OF the sus,
lelous LOOKING barrel still kept aimed
his head.
aniiust the loud cries OF order, ana
le heated Toclferatlons OF both
aIlies now raised to condemn or
Ieleha lhe transaction, through the
Ol'e' Bart, Dunnlng, and others OF
Aeli company VINO had not voted,
,E hastily deposited their votes, and
eITed unmoiested. =
although the portion OF the revolu-
olaI? party, whose movements we
ave peeh more particularly descrlb-
\ aeling on the supposed and prop
ny actual frauds OF their opponents,
[al mus secured Bart's vote, and the
''ts Oh TWO or three others, perhaps
ually Illegal, yet the event soon
4oE S. mat their policy in SO doing was
mistaken one, and calculated to de-
raI lle very object they intended TO
'UIote Tor, as Will always be the
esut Where one party attempts, to
vpl Inc wrongful measures OF their
pp,lehls' the tories. now armed with
s lact mat they had detected the
P S such ns see use as Of to the sr ia