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Artists: he-rssli Then, you cxmput on the blinders and you
, whatyto ‘do with her afterthat; mind you cion’t but
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g s “ Ohsneyer‘lf'ear,l’’' said two or three, yvho seemed to have
charge 5f t11i$ ipsrt of theplot. “‘We’1l tote her abont back
and Tortlivthrough the woods until she thinks.sl1e’s twenty
’ miles away from home, before we bring ‘herback ariclland
her in the cave 1” ' V s . ” ’- , V
, g“I‘1hope your imprisomnent,won’t be very severe !” said M
the blacksmith, inle.n"all'ccted tone of grief, speaking to‘Jco
and his father. " , e V‘ ,.
no 1” said the miller. “Qld Sam Snider’s got all
things neatly for us, and I guess he won’t be very cruel to
r us. 7 All yve’i?e got to do is to stay with him for afew days,
tilliour beards grow, and then potion a couple of dirty, rag-
gcclshirts, with tattered clothes to match, battered hats,
boots out at the, toes, and I guess, with such a story as we ,
can tell of howwe hzive,suil‘e1-ed ‘m the cause of our coun-
‘t1'y,,he’ll be a pretty ‘bold ‘ ‘an who ‘will dare to call in
questionsourpatriotism after this 1”‘ . , , 1 9
Such wasthe programme which the .eonspirators plaid
‘doirnior themselves,antlwhich they carried. out almost to , go;
thc‘lstt.cr- ‘ . y A - s l
Ajolly time they hail over the affair before they com-
hieiiced operations. As itfxyas’ to be done prin‘cip‘ally for V
f 2 1 Skinner’s benefit, he, of course, was expected to stand treat,’
. p > which-little as he liked expense‘-it‘ must be admitted he
' (lid liberally.‘ , This, to be sure, was not the only expense he
. - was put to on the occasion, for it was found, necessary to‘; ‘
- burn one of his hvaysstacks when they had finished their 13- n
j bars, in order to alarmthe neighbors, and give the innocent j
Rangers an oppiorttinityof showing their alacrityhrcoihing I I . Q “
to the assistance of those, who were suffe M’ g from persecu-H.
tion for ‘their patriotism and1oye'ofN1iberty. L I , ‘o p
, Everything seemed to turn out to the pcrfectsatisfaction
otSkinner"and’11is,gang, and‘ great was theirgchucknng
‘over thesuccess of their plot; at their next meeting. . , V
V , , In the course of a. week or sotheoimillekrg and his S0I1i,111f1d3 ,.‘
' , their appearance, and a couple of moiewoe-begone looking
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