Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-11-24

NsTIE house was colonial and stood
high on the windy hill. have
II riUden past it at night when
the dark SayiuS lifted their
cnnical forms on the Iii. .ide by the de
crcpt orchards and the clouds Scuddel
that seemed to stand AGAINST the Sky.
and | saw it one" ut night when one of
those chuueyS was on tire which
caused NY simple heart t. beat fast in
those uneycutful days lErd heard my
grandfather say that tie miuutcmcu
stopped there ON thc| march from
Worcester to Bunker I'm and were
fed with bread from out of the great
brick oven
My grandfather told me another
thing which greatly awakened my Gu
rIoSity. When the minutemen stopped
there on their march to meet the reg
uIars" they We're in need of lead for
bullets. They carried with them mods
In which to max" bullets. but they
could not obtain the lead
The good woman of the house was
named Ovcrticld. Farmer Ovrrficll's
wife. Sh" was called Mis- Overtield,
,;, ',, ,r ''' ''''''ii''.
~ '''' ~ 'i'' 'S oa
w. II -,
,',,,,, ,','' ''',,' ,,,'.., WAY 'H' '00i'
',''''a ~ VI ''' '''' u '.'' '",'oN' '''E ntr'
She was the "prettie>t girl in all the
"'V"''''' P''''' ">'' I" say
10 S''' as "He was
li'' ll"n'' was Ai',l'o sweet Annie
',r' "''' S"'''" l''"2'' il''ii''d h"r'
N'i"" sue S"N thai tHe hllll'iteinen
were TtlI'eA'u "nou' le"d She ap-
P'"''''''u 'ile '"i'alll ana SaId:
'"I'''H' l t"uin lell You where
''''I' - i'"i II l'd Il NINA To. but
N"ai N"d'd i"'her say II should!
Annie ia'h'r came stalking ln' in a
p'ur nloVSe' New England guard
'e',iE ior any duty
May ten:
Yes Siti' ana 'he men snail nave It
wherever IL De. Nhefe IS 1t. ANNE! !
ma I ''' ''''' ''Ne WOULD nave gwen
It up ~ "'''''
~ "'' ,''N "e'Si''S' l"'rcF.'
''P ''' ''''N' Er''u 'le ia'heE:
Dn, A''l'Ic' us "'''INe' E"" are:
we "'' y'''N' WIN an OAK irall'",
a''" Va 'h' n'' h'i vi III" lNIl4
t',''. """N' N'"'H '"''i ,''r I''Fl"r
Nv '''' It '''''' ''''" '"''' '"f
'','.,''' "''H >''i''' "N''' ''"t
n,iI ,,,'a T., a'' w., ,,n.,r ~, "ll''' r''t
,,,.,,,,,,,.,,,.
,,
~ ,,t,,h+ o. ~, t,,, Wv, "'l ,,','''l,, .
W., .,,,,, ,,,., ,.,, ,,., ,,
rn, ,.,,.o,.oI ,.,,.,,. ',,..,,,,,,, .,., ,,a,i,
rr,,o ,,r,.,t ,L,,,. ,,.,,, ',.,,',al 4,
hoo,.,. ,,oi,,,t.. ,,.,.,, ,.,,,,,..,.,,.' , t,o
,,,i,,,,t,,,,,.,, ,..,,,.i,, .,,,, - .,,,, s,, -
R,ld,,in III, ll,,,..p,itn ,,.horo tho,.
wnrn snnnljlv mnItnI and n,,n.oJ ,nto
thn moIds
Tho ,l,c,, cloonor c,,,n to +I,o bo,,.o
ON thn hin If was in tnn Fam IJn
soiI.
81 cannot rocuIotn tho ,I,nl, nnv. hrt
! will be around again another wear"
lie went to Monmouth with the ar
mp. ito wa, eou. three wears When
he came back the svlphlikr Annie was
gonc-whcrc none knew. She had been
gone two years.
WHY had she gomez II was the old
tale \ cnmnon s,ilnr from thr nroy-
inces came to work one summer on
tha farm He received his ma, in tina
roI ana disanu.or,d and tho duy nrt-
er he went Annie went too
She hoO snpnt her EVENINGS with thp
soiInr after thn mnv.iu" DAYS by the
rriudstonn uudrr thr yr.,t mani, trccs
He had suuy to bnr EnrItsh sailor
sopos and tnIJ hcr stnrinS of thc Snon-
ish main and of his ,,tt,ur ,t ST
Johu,s IIa v.,s bnmn,,, man but
merry hearted and Annio had lstcned
+, him os n ONE enchanted
She had said to her mother on, dav:
"NIalonr"- suiIor's uamc-"has a
good heart find NV own in il, |
wish we could give him better chance
in life"
"IIn is an odyent,Ircr thrown upon
the worid uto hmm, of drift wood
\'ther nnd thtthor" said her mother
81 ritv him Ills bo,rt d,s.rvos hot