The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-11-03
PAIR or INSURGENTS

room sioay.
Mirihs Pot doun the saucer shs wv
wpirg aud obsyed the order OF Mrs
simpsop iasi ss The latter cane into tb'
kitchen.
Diiyou notice, M,itby where Mr.. simr
son senH
jssi seen bin goiD' roan' the corDeI
o The corr CRIB. snswered Mnth, ss sh,
seppei to the back door aud looked ou'
,hroush the woolshed, bat don't see
noihio' OF bin nov.
Mrs. Simpson dsrted back to The sitting
rom aud drssing sside the cbiniz eur
taips looked doxn towards The gate,
Then she resniered the kitchen.
Them ,rsmps 10 comm hight around to
the back door. Mnthy. she said, little
austered. sn Ezy sin't nowhere sbouts,
never is round when he's wanted. Like
ly ss not be ioolin' with them pigs.
Looks like he didn't have nothin' to do
but that, an me here with my nose over
the griodslode every mint the boil day
long, slsvin' my life away. There they be
meow. Msr,by. yew eo'n tell 'en We ain :
go, pottio' fer EN-.
A knock had come from the woodshsd
door and Martha answered 1t. Mrs. Simp
son stood by the kitchen window looking
down the lane to the barn, IN hopes she
nigh, spy Ezra somewhere within seeing
distance OF her waving apron.
Martha returned. Missus Simpson. she
said. they both fsys they want to see the
lady OF the house
Fer the lan's sikes. Did they say they
wanted sutbin' to estp
No, answered Msrths rs she took up
the SANGER sgaip. they jss' said they want
ed to see yew.
Mrs. Simpson went TO the woodsbed
door. There on the other side OF the
screen stood two men, notably trsmps.
Their clothes were IN patches and one
wore boot on bis lei, foot and rubber
soIed shoe on bis night,
What is 1t yew want? asked Mrs. Simp
son with her hand on the screen door
hook.
Lady. said the larger Of the two men,
we wanted to know II yuse could give .
couple O. starvin' insurgents a bite O. some
thing to est-snythlng dst's left from
bresktsst will do ne.
At the word insurgents Mrs, Simpson
started. She hesitsted for minute. and
then, lifting the door hook, sail:
Come 10 and set down to the kitchen
table.
The men shsmbled 10 and took the
chairs pointed out for them.
Msrthy. said Mrs. Simpson, git some o
that cold meat out O the pantry cup
board an but that coffee biler on the
front gridle. Fetch q loaf o. the new
bread. its under the damp cloth by the
buttery window. an while yer 10 thar zee
| il them bread biscuits hez riz. Then turn
ing TO the two men at the kitchen table,
Mrs. Simpson continued. So ye be insur
gents, be YEP Well. declare. Do tell |
NV. but yew've had bard time OF it,
hsiut ye2 | seen in the Gszstts yesterday
heow yewve been tghtin' for the last fifty |
years, It's likely ez not been hard row
fer ye to hoe. Did yev know any OF the
boys that went down from this section 10
help ye? Ezry Green, deown on the turn
pike, had boy enlist st the first call.
Wonder il you ever met him. Name wuz
Nate-Nate Green-kinder sandy haired
TELLER, almost red, and blue eyes. No,
yew never seen himY Thets funny. Nate
was slus right In the O. everythin around
here, thought you must hs' run across
him sommers.
All this time the two men bad been
stowiLg away large chunks Of bread,
spread thick with country butter. The
cold mes, had vanished. The ccfee had
'beted up and each had drunk two
s,esming cups
Mrs. Simpson went on. Don't suppose
ye be going back down thar. be yer
NJ ust be mighty hot these summer nights
IN that tropic kentry. l stz to Ezry when
the fust call WIZ issued an | read 1t in
the Gazette, SCI to him. sez /, Ezfy. it's
long time sence I've he'd snythiug to be
thankful fer, but lm thankful fer one
thing lee now. I'm thankful tibet we sn't
got no boy to lose like the Greenses
said tha, to Ezry. An he s,z be wuI to-
The men rose from their chairs and
started for the back door.
Hevye had enough? asked Mrs. Simp
son 80 she spread out her apron.
They nodded.
Yew hin come right out through the
settin' room and go ont the front way.
It's nearer the road.
The men followed her ont upon the
porch snd stepped down TO the gravel.
Az they shsmbled slons toward the farm
yard gate Mr.. Simpson cried after them;
II you ever al, back deovn thar 10 Cnby
1 sish ye~'d look mp Ezry Gteer's boy.
Nate, sn tell him yev seen the Smpsonses
back hum.
TIE largest man turned:
What dyuse rink We knows bout
Cubyi be cried back.
Why. fer the lsn's sake yew said yew
uz from Cnby, didn'iyei
Nsu, ve says We snz iosursent, I'd
like 10 knovl
We won't work. lady. See. Bot We
TANKS ynse Ter the grub ins dc same,
Mu. Simpson's loser is~ dropped, sn3
without farther word she stood there on