Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-07-18
he Gentleman
'Om Indiana
BY BOOTH HARRINGTON
|seht. 1909. By bosklcSsy q Mcclure Co.
Cosyrisht. 1907. By Mcclure. PHILLIPS 4 Go.
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ut nothing could stop them. No
d any thought of concealment;
all as open as the light of day,
ne in the broad sunshine. Moth
nd been determined as to what 1
be done at the Crossroads more
G than that the place was to be
out. That was comprehensive
b: the details were quite certain
ur They were all on foot, march
fairly regular ranks. In front
d Mr.. Watts. the man Harkless
bhorred in a public spirit and be-
led in private. Today he was a
and a leader. marching to avenge
Professional oppressOr and personal
er. Cool, unruffled and to out
vision unarmed. marching the
in his brown frOck coat and gen
linen, he led the way. On one
of him were the two Bowlders. on
ther was Lige Willetts, Mr.. Watts
IRVING peace between the young
with perfect tact and sang froid.
ley kept good order and a simili-
of quiet for so many except far to
rear, where old Wilkerson was
ging up the tail of the procession,
Eging a wretched yellow dog by a
fastened around the poor ours
esting neck, the knot carefully ar
led under his right ear. In spite of
y command and protest Wilkerson
marched the whole way uproari-
Y singing John Browns Body"
ne sun was in the west when they
le in sight of the Crossroads, and
cabins on the low slope stood out
fularly against the radiance beyond.
they beheld the hated settlement
heretofore orderly ranks showed a
position to depart from the steady
rance and rush the shanties. Will
$, the Bowlders, Parker, Ross Scho-
ii and a dozen others did, in fact,
Eak away and set sharp pace up
slope.
Watts tried to call them back.
hats the use your gettin' killed."
shouted
Why not?' answered Lige, and, like
others, was increasing his speed
ben old Windy" rose up suddenly
pm the roadside ahead of them and
ptioned them frantically to go back.
+hey're laid out along the fence wait
fer ye," he warned them. Cit out
e road. Come by the fields. Fer the
Drd's sake. spread" Then as sudden
as he had appeared he dropped down
to the weeds again. Lige and those
ith him paused, and the whole body
me to a halt while the leaders con-
tied. There was q sound of metallic
licking and a thin rattle of steel. From
r to the rear came the voice of old
'ilkersOn:
John Browns body lies a-moldering in
the ground,
ohn Browns body lies a-moldering in
the ground"
A few near him as they stood wait
g began to take up the burden of the
,ng, singing it in slow time like a
Irge. Then those farther away took
up. 1t spread, reached the leaders.
hey, too, began to sing, taking off
leir hats as they Joined in, and soon
lie whole concourse, solemn, earnest,
was singing-a thunderous
aduiem for John Harkless.
IN uinor lnNunr nd
ne edges of the world were embroider-
j with gold, while that deep volume
{ sound shook the air, the song Of a
tern, savage, just cause-sung perhaps
S some of the ancestors of these men
ang with Hampden before the bris
ling walls Of a hostile city. 1t had
ron and steel in it. The men lying or
heir guns In the ambuscade along tht
ence heard the dirge rise and grow
o its mighty fullness, and they shiver
d. One of them, posted nearest tn
dvance. had his rifle carefully levele,
t Lige Willetts, a fair target in tn
Dad. When he heard the singing b
urned to the man next behind hir
md laughed harshly, Il reckon We
zee a big jamboree other side Jorda
onight, huhY
The huge murmur of the chorus e1
banded and gathered in rhythm
strength and swelled to power an
'olled and Numbered across the plain.
John Browns body lies a-moldering
the ground,
John Browns body lies a-moldering
the ground,
John Browns body lies a-moldering
the ground.
His soul goes marching on!
Glory, glory. haneluiah!
Glory. glory, halleluiah!
Glory, glory, halleluiah!
His soul goes marching on!'
A gun spat fire from the high'
ground. and Willetts dropped whel
he stood, but was up again in a secon
with a red line across his Torches
where the ball had grazed his tempt
The mob spread out like a fan, Il
men climbing the fence and beginniI
the advance through the fields, TIL
closing on the ambuscade from DO
sides. Mr.. Watts, wading through t
high grass in the field north Of 4
road. perceived the barrel of a 81
shining from the fence some distan
in front Of him and the same secon
although no weapon was seen III
hand, discharged a revolver at {
clump of grass and weeds behind I
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