The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-02-21
MY WEDDING DAY
000 ELL, as | was saying, this Is
WAW the way it came about: | was


WAW the way it came about: | was
young thing then, just turn
ed IS. Your grandfather had been my
playmate, hero and protector from the
time that was old enough to 20 to
school. l had never thought of marry
ing any one but him, and SO when he
asked me to be his wife, why, of
course, said yes"
Well, 1t was in the spring of 1775 that
we were TO be married. Mother and |
spent the winter getting my things
made up, and had as fine an outfit as
a girl could possibly have in those days.
The day set for the wedding was the
nineteenth of April-yes, the very day
on which the battle of Lexington occur
red, as | have good reason to remem-
Der.
The nineteenth of April was beauti-
full day, though a warm one for the sea
son. We were all up early that morn
ing, for there was a great deal to be
done. 1t was about o'clock in the
forenoon when my mother, who had
been looking over some linen, suddenly
raised her head, exclaiming as she did
SO, "Why, Mary, was that the meeting
house, bellP
what can it meanT l cried, and,
running to the window, l caught sight
of our neighbours sons, Joe and John
Eaton, running down the road with
their guns. Across the way Harry
Wright was blowing the field. The
boys called out to him as they passed,
and without stopping to unhtch the
horse, he seized his gun and was off
across the fields.
1T Is an alarm, mother!" | cried.
1.-THE boys are down by the brook
she said 1.-The sound will not reach
them"
Without delay hurried to the kltch-
en-, and, Selling the horn, ran out of
the house and started for the brook.
which was some distance from the
house. | blew a blast on the horn as
ran, and as the boys caught sight of
me l pointed toward the road, where
several men could be seen running with
their guns. The boys understood, and,
waving their hands to me- they were
off across the field to the road.
| what is 1t? Where are they going?'
| asked. And as | spoke the men came
aurrying out of the meeting house
where they had heard a few words
from Parson Smith. and. mounting
their horses, rode off as fast as tbey
could go. l looked for your GRANDPA.
Their but he was not there. Catching
sight of my father, ran to him. Have
you seen Henry ?"-that's your grand.
father-I asked.
| Henry was at the tavern when the
messenger rode through here" replied
my father, land, as he had his horse
with him. he rode away without wait.
| ing for the company to assemble"
| My father had reached home before
me, and as l opened the door heard
mother ask, do you think 1t Is any.
thing serious, fatherT
81 am afraid 1t may be, wife," he said
THE messenger said that Gov. Gage
has sent some of the kings troops to
destroy the supplies which have been
stored at Concord. If the report Is true
there will be resistance, and IL it comes
to that 1t will be very serious business
| for u.s."
| The first news that came to us from
the fight at Lexington and the other do
| ngs OF that day arrived about O'CLOCK
in lie afternoon, when some minute
men from another town stopped at the
tavern on their way home. They told
the story of the day to the little GROVE
of anxious women who eagerly ques
toned them for news of some dear one
My father would not let me go down
to the tavern, but went down himself
ind brought us the news.
Something unusual has happened
Nary" exclaimed my mother. 81 neye
| saw your father look so excited"