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"Art mad, man? That good-for-nothing scamp run for Assembly?" "Joe ain't no fool," asserted Hennion. "An' tho' his edication and grammer ain't up ter yers an' mine, squire, he thinks so like the way folks ere jest naow a-thinkin' thet it looks ter me as if he wud be put in." "The country is going to the devil!" groaned Mr. Meredith. "And ye'll throw your doubles for that worthless "
While the squire waited to pour out his complaint, he found farmer after farmer standing about with similar intent; and, greatly comforted by the grievances of his neighbors, he became almost joyous when Squire Hennion, following a long line of carts loaded with his year's harvest, added himself to the scene, and with oaths and wails sought in turn to express his anger and misery.
"What is the meaning of this?" he demanded, but all the reply he received was a startled exclamation which burst from the squire. "What!" he ejaculated. "Why, this passes very belief! Pox me, if 't is not Phil Hennion."
"'T aint the proclamations ez duz the rale injoory," asserted Squire Hennion; "fer printed orders duz n't hurt nobody, but when the gin'ral sends a hull brigade of sogers ter pervent us sellin' our craps then I consarned ef it aint tyranny ez every freeman is baound ter resist, jest ez we did in '65 an' '74."
Not five steps had been taken before the horse shied slightly to avoid collision with another, and, in doing so, he gave a neigh. "Here 's the fellow, Hennion," spoke up a rider. "Now we'll be stabled quick enough." He reached out and caught at the bridle. There was a swishing sound, as Brereton swung his sword aloft and brought it down on the extended arm.
"It shall be sent in at once," he promised, his lips set as if to conceal some emotion. Then he asked, "You write to Colonel Hennion as if are he and you intend to give Miss Meredith to him?" "Yes." Jack wheeled and looked out of a window for an instant; without turning he said, "Is she does she she is willing?" "Ay, the lass has at last found she loves him, and is as ready now as I ever was."
Hennion, thus admonished, retold the story of the powder, as the bond-servant had related it to Janice. But two omissions he made: the first being a failure to mention the connection of his father with the matter, and the second the presence of Janice in the stable. "Here 's news indeed!" exclaimed Evatt. "Ay. But what to do with it is the question." "Do!
In truth, sir, 't was General Howe's and the commissary's orders that nothing that we seize was to be paid for, so if thou hast a quarrel 't is with those whom Mr. Hennion says are thy good friends. Here 's a chance, therefore, to exhibit the loyalty which the lieutenant has been dinging into my ears for the last half-mile."
"I heard by chance to-day that young Hennion had fallen a victim to the camp fever," he told the squire, "and only held my tongue before the ladies through not wishing to be the reporter of bad tidings though, as I understood it, neither Mrs. Meredith nor Miss Janice really wished the match." The father took time over a swallow of Madeira, then said: "'T is a grievous end for the good lad."
"Ye 'd better bargain quick, if ye want any," spoke up an oldster. "Looks like squar's son was a-coortin' squar's daughter, an' mayhaps her money'll make old Squar Hennion less put tew it fer cash." "So Squire Meredith is n't popular?" "He'll find out suthin' next time he offers fer Assembly," asserted one of the group. "He 's a member of Assembly, is he?" questioned Evatt.
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