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Updated: June 14, 2025
I shall not attempt to record the thoughts that chased one another through the mind of the luckless adventurer. But they were by no means pleasant. "I shall never see Green Mountain Mills again," he thought, with an inward groan. "I shall never marry Susan Jones, or eat any of marm's nut-cakes. If I only had my rifle here, I'd make one effort for my life.
'Tis all straight, for what I know," said the widow gently, as with a trace of coyness she gave a hasty glance. "I don't know but what 'tis warped a little, but nothin' to speak of. You've got real nice features, like your marm's folks." It was becoming a sentimental occasion, and Jefferson Briley felt that he was in for something more than he had bargained.
"If I only had a few of marm's nut-cakes," he had said the night before to his new-found friends, "I'd be a happy man." "What are nut-cakes?" asked the Scotchman, puzzled. "Don't you know what nut-cakes are?" inquired Ebenezer, astonished at Ferguson's ignorance. "I never heard of them before," said Ferguson. "Well, I declare! I thought everybody knew what nut-cakes are," ejaculated the Yankee.
One day I found him with his bran-tub bottom upwards, amusin' himself tryin' to stand with all four legs on it at once. And he'll clear marm's clothes-line at a leap as easy as you'd jump over a pair of bars. But I never happened to catch him practisin' his dancin'-lesson must have done it, though, on the sly, or he couldn't have footed it so lively that day over to Centerville.
'T is all straight, for what I know," said the widow gently, as with a trace of coyness she gave a hasty glance. "I don't know but what 't is warped a little, but nothin' to speak of. You've got real nice features, like your marm's folks." It was becoming a sentimental occasion, and Jefferson Briley felt that he was in for something more than he had bargained.
"What d'you suppose would happen if troops were quartered on us?" "I'm goin' to Boston if there's a fight," declared his friend. "Mr. Lewis says I can. He's a nice man marm's second husband and he's strong for the Grants, too. He's got a Hampshire title. But there's lots of Tories around here. The court's goin' to sit next week an' there'll be trouble then, mark my word.
"Here's a nice little cupboard over the fireplace; I'd put them here," said 'Lena. "Yes," chimed in John Jr., imitating both his grandmother and cousin; "yes, granny, put 'em there; the niggers are awful critters to steal, and like enough you'd 'lose 'em if they sot in with marm's!" This argument prevailed.
But Lot had fairly dragged the angry Enoch to the door and now pushed him out of the inn. "What's the matter with you, Nuck?" he demanded. "D'you want to get us all into trouble?" "That's Simon Halpen!" exclaimed Enoch, panting with excitement. "I'd have flown at his throat in another moment." "Zuckers!" exclaimed Lot. "The feller that burned down your marm's house? Don't blame ye for bein' mad.
And because he felt guilty he felt cross with Mirandy, and to her remark about Hannah he only replied that "Hannah was a smart girl." "Yes," said Mirandy, "Bud thinks so." "Does he?" said Ralph. "I should say so. What's him and her been a-courtin' fer for a year ef he didn't think she was smart? Marm don't like it; but ef Bud and her does, and they seem to, I don't see as it's marm's lookout."
But your mother wouldn't let us go." "She wouldn't know it," said Abner, winking. "You wouldn't run away from home?" questioned Herbert. "Why wouldn't I? What's to keep me here? Marm's always scoldin', and dad gets drunk whenever he has any money to spend for drink. I reckon they wouldn't care much if I made myself scarce." Herbert was not sure whether he ought not to feel shocked.
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