La Junta tribune., 1906-11-24

conical foDms on the hillside by the de-
crepit orchards apd the clouds scudded
over the moon II had two chimneys
that seemed to stand against the sky.
and I saw II once at night when one of
those chimneys was on IRE, which
caused my simple heart TO beat fast IL
those uneventful days had heard my
grandfather say that the mInutemen
stopped there on their march from
Worcester to Bunker Hill and were
fed with bread from out Of the great
beick oven
My grandfather told me another
, thing which greatly awakened my Gu
Fiosity. When the minutemen stopped
there on their march to meet the reg
ulars" they were In need OF lead for
bullets. They carried with them molds
in which to make bullets. but they
could not obtain the lad.
Ths good woman Of the house was
named OvsrAesd. Farmer OvesNeld's
wife. She was ealisd Mis- OverAeld.
She had 60 - yhase. Q uths. diHinu-
tive. hssuef1l - Nth large bsus eyes
and hps vinsoms and red. Of such sim
GulaR bsauty that ones eyes could
hardly b diverted from following her
ehe vas ne '-prsttisse giSi n sll ths
country aFosaA." psspbs ussd T. ~.
And she vas - sod - shs was
pestty.
Hss nADs wss AAnbs-Svsst Ann,s
Ovssasld" Soma panoas namsd Ase.
whss - saw tAat ths oinutsosa
vsss psspss1sd absst lsaA shs ap-
pseached The capeain ana said:
Captain. eosh tsu yos vAsss
tAsgs 10 ieod II had Q mind to. DUt
what would fafhsr ~ u sAossdY'
Anais's fathsr cane sailing b. il .
h,ss biouse. Q New DngianA guard,
ready for any d1ty.
Father. ! know whsse thsss b lsad.
Nay I tenr'
"Yes. girl. and ths Dsa ahall have Il
whesever II BE-. Whsrs 10 II. Annief I
have no lsoA, sass I wsuld have given
II up at once"
I'm the clock weishts. father"
s'Stop the ciock-' cried the father.
'>Oh, Annie. 'tis . marvel you arer'
Ths old clock. with m oak frame.
room" whose dOorS fac~d the parior
4 and the Kitchen. II had stood there for
geasestioa. II wss some eight feet
high and three broad II its uppss part
and two il its bowes. II had . brass
ornament on the top. and Il licked 20
Doud as to be heard In the upper rooms
at night On its face were figures Of
~ son and moon. Annie's hand had
fur several years wound the clock.
The great clock was stopped. the
heavy weights were removed. and the
mlnutemen carried them 10 the forge Of
Baldwin. the blacksmith. where they
were speedily melted and poured into
the molds.
The clock cleaner came to the house
On THE hill. II was In the fall He
said:
II cannot regulate the clock now. but
I Will be around again another year"
He went 20 Monmouth with the ar
my. He was gone three years. when
he came back the sylphlike Annie was
gone-where none knew. She had been
gone two years.
Why had she gone? II was the old
tale. A common sailor from the prov
inces came to work one summer On
the farm. He received his pay in the
fall and disappeared. and the day aft
er he went Annie went too.
ehe had spent her evenings with the
sailor after the moving days BY the
grindstone under the great maple trees.
He had sung to her English sailor
soogs and told her stories Of the Span
ish main and OF his cottage at st.
Johns. lie was . homely man, but
merry hesrsed. and Annie had listened
10 him ~ to one enchantsd-
she had said to her mother one day:
''SiaIone--tbe sailors name-"hss .
auoi heart I And ~ own IN n !
wish we coald give him . better chance
sn life"
He h an adventurer. thrown upon
the world Ike a huIk Of driftwood,
hither and thithef.- said bef mother.
II pity him. Hh hsast deserves bpt-
ser friends than he - foon1. want
= - his friend why nay I sotr"
II zoe were ever tn Dany Q co0-
noa saiBsr. Annie, I would strew sat
% your grave. I married Q eounoa
nan. but he has been SOD 30 -
have No respect whatever for thsss
who Many beneath them and shame
their own namea."
TIE gin turned away and went out
On the timothy meadows. where the
wsrk peepse wese. aDd eat dSWn amid
the na,nes uDser n w1ys11e trees.
n was . eefy day. Her fafhef cane
% tie shade ef tAe trees and sat eown.
Annie ~ said- 'yoa have been
crying
-Father. I have something - say -
ysu- To yoa Object To ~ bedng p1s-
DIAL to NaIone? He = an beoest Bsan-"
-yo. Annie But your ncthef-see
would take your bead OF an viii
ing tn - yosae peoose ehesse thsir