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I tnhe take tnheoff takeoff takeoff off my hat to you Satan has hid h'ld hld ' me mebell mebelly mebelli bell belly deep In the mire " " "Thar Thar " ain amn t nobody th\t th t thnt's thnts thit'S thitS ' \ ' ' < ; safe-not safe not safenotnobody safenotnobody safe - - notnobody nobody We git gft get to fcelin fcelln ' ' peart pe'lrt pelrt peirt ' an nn'the nnthe ' Ule the fust lust v.e ve "e e we " . I know now our heels lly l1y fly In the theair theair theair air an ' down clown ne we v . e go whicr whict wlild I 1 pr'l prl priv ' v God Godto Godto Godto to keep us from the flames o 0 ' ' hell 'In In tn ' in'help inhelp ' help us to find pleasure plcasure in the wa way v 0 o o'grace ograce ' ' gracc grace " I After i 1 ' little llttle silence sllence Amos contin contin- continued continued continued - ued . T\e T e 1e 'Tie Tie * ' " 1\ 1 ' \ e fetched imself mtiself m , seH to the thep'int thepint thep'int thepint p'int pint ' o 0 ' tellin tellfn ' ye suthin sutlun suthinihich \ \ihich ihich which \ hicll for fer tlle the tlletime thetime thetime time bein beln ' it's its ' ' a mOl moitil mottil t'll tll ' secret I Im III in In inlobe inlove 10c lobe 10\ 10 \ c ' in 'In ' calculatin calculatm calculathn ' ' on bein beln been ' married as soon as the war 11 let me " , ' I congntulate cODgr1tuiate congratulate 5011 you ou 'lell lell 'tell tell 'I I ' ell me aout about aoutthe aboutthe aboutthe ? the woman tt \ oman and how it b'1ppened"She Inppened b'1ppened b1ppened hippened ' ' "She She "Shes Shes "Sites Sites " s n a spick ' in 'In ' ' spanIdder span w \ ttidder \Idder Idder , ldder wom worn woman wornan wornnn an where I was billeted on the Long LongIsland'bout LongIsland LongIsland Island Island-'bout Island 'bout bout 'bout bout ' - 'bout bout ' mv my ige 'lge lge age ' , , good , . honcst honest honestChristian , ChrJstlan Christian noman "oman oman woman " well wen put up an ' a agood agood .ood ood good . worl worker er \ which l ch " she "he he iuns tuns 1 uns her 0\ 0 0n own ownfarm ownfarm ' \ n farm farm an ' has It all pild p'1ld p1ld paid ' for Ain't Aint ' ' so sohan sohandsome sohandsome han handsome ome a as < ; some but pleasant spol spoke spokeha spokehn e ehn hn ha ' she can caD ride a boss hoss an ' pull pun i 1 ' i triggcr trig trigger trigger ger It n was as slow slov . bal hard d WOl woik work h to Inten Intenlion Intention intentlon lion tion her \ which luch she \ wouldn't wouldnt ouldn't ouldnt ' ha hag have \ e a no noprnate noprivate noprivate prnate private t'1l1 t1l1 tilkin ' m ' ' till she d hcerd heerd all 'bont bont 'bout bout 'bontme 'boutme 'boutme boutme ' me from General Gcneml Gl Gicene Greene eene Ihen 1hen Then ' she shewas shewas shewas was ea easier ler to git glt along with but she shehep sheLep shokcp hep Lep ' me an arm's arms ' length away : aw m : a ; I w \ wisnever 'IS IS 'ISneer ' isnever neer never , worse difficulted dlfficulted which It wasn t teasy teasy teasy easy to see the pointin's pointins pomUn's pomUns potntln's potntlns ' o 0 ' Piovidence Ploudence Pio\idence Pio idence Ploudence'One \ ' ' One enin enln ' ' when alone alonetogether alonetogether alonetogether 'One One ev e\ e et eenin \ "e e vv w " e was together I 1 draws out myatch my \ watch \\atch atch an ' I IS'1Ys Isays Iiys S'1Ys S1Ys says ? ' , , ' 'Betsy Betsy ' ; , ' that bein bem besn ' her name- name name'Betsy name'Betsy name - - Betsy 'Betsy ' , ' I siys S'lys Slys says ' , , ' Til 'I'll Ill ' ' gn gig give c a ye one hourAfore hourMore hour iAfore Afore More ' it's its ' ' up ye got to siy S'ly Sly ' yes ; es or no norm noI'm noI'm noIm rm I'm Im ' purty nigh wore "ore ore " out )1constl Mcontt ) Mv )1\ )1 1 M\ M \ \ constl contt constltution contttution constitution tution Is breakin breahin ' do dow down " n ' ' "I I " showed her the witch w'ltch wltch ' an ' put it iton iton iton on the table which winch she only onlv smiled smiledand smiledand smiledand and kep hep ' ' on a knittin hmttm knitttn ' ' I \ walked alhed up upan upan upan an ' down In this here new blue unl uni unlform uniform uniform form She \ watched , atched me srnllin smlhn smllin ' which whichI I guess she kind hind o 0 ' lll liked ed thp the th ? looks loohs 0 o o'me ome ' ' me I " went eot 0 over orer ' er an ' tried to mahe make maheup makeup makeup up to her She draws dra"s dras , " back an ' says says'Dyes sa savs'Eyes savsEyes s 'Dyes Dyes ' yes on an ' hands off ' "I I " sets dov down . nan an ' ' tikes t'lhes tlhes tiles ' the watch watchIn watchin watchIn In my hand Bym by I says : ; 'Ye Ye ' Tevegot r \ e egot egot got just lust three three minutes more ' 'Not Not ' Not a \ word ord out o 0 ' her l ! The last lastminute lastminute lastminute minute come , ' I says ays : : 'Betsy Betsy ' , it won't wont ' do us no noharm noharm noharm harm to kneel down an ' pray pmy . ' . . ' "She She " knelt hnell beside me an ' I prayed prayedas as I never I > prated prayed ra ed afore Kcp Kep Iep { ' her on onher onher onher her knees hnees fer halt half an hour 1 I could couldsay couldsay couldsav say to the lord I ord what I couldn't couldnt ' say to toher toher toher her an ' I put in some good licks llchs which \ whichI hich hichI I laid down all the facts In the case"nym case"Bym case case"Bym "Bym Bym "nym nym " by I stopped pnvin pr'lvm prlvm privin ' ' ' an ' ' I S'lys Slys says S'lysto saysto siysto ' to her ber "Betsy Betsy 'Betsy ' " , . If ye 'lln lln tin ' lint t comlncpd continced contincednow comlncpdnow convincednow now ' I'll Ill ' ' pray some more * ' " 'Don't Dont ' ' ' , ' , , ' she says sayslv Mv \lv lv 'Mv * ' : \ .onstltu onstltu constitu constitution < . constitutlon .onstltuHon Hon tion has brol broke e down I didn dldn didu t hnow know hnowtht knowthat knowthit th\t th t that ' \ iou Sou ou could be " ' so 0 an.ous anous anvious nn . ous ' ' " ' 'Anxious Anxious 'An\lOu'S 'An An lOu'S lOuS 'Anelousi Anelousi " \ : ' I ! ' I says sd SL1 s 'I'm Im ' ' ' lll like e a dog dogchasm dogchaste dogchasm chasm chaste ' a rabbit . ' ' " Well 'Well ' , , I believe bellc\c bellc c bellete \ It ; , , ' she sa savb sass , : . 'You You 'Youcome 'Youcome 'Youcome Youcome ' come here an ' give titre gn e me a kiss hiss ' ' 'She She ' ' She v . were ere just a waltin waltm wattin ' ' to ; see cee ho\\ ho how hoanxIous howanxious howanxious \ \ anxIous I could git glt get We done some somehlssln somekhssin somekissin hlssln khssin ' ' . . She fetched a bottle o 0 ' 1 rum ruman mman um uman an ' we had a good tune time togetlier together an an'you anyou ' you better believe belie\e belie e beliete \ it ' I'm Im ' ' a lucky luck lucl . ; man manwhich manwhich manwhich which thar ain aln t no rnlstike mlst'lle mlstlle mistihe ' , ' "I'm Im " ' ' ' happy to I know now about ubout it , " , " satd said satdthe saidthe saidthe the young colonel ' I 1 hope now th'lt thlt thit thitSatin th'ltSat tintSatin ' Sat Satin J.n Jn < . will w1ll let you alone ' "A A " man Is a lot safer when he's hes lie's lies ' ' lu in lutentloned intentioned Intentloned tentloned tentioned proper as to women " said saidAmos saidAmos saidAmos saidAmos"Which Amos Amos"Which "Which Which " thar ain't aint ' no douot doubt o 0 ' ' thdt that that"Colln thatColln , , " Colin answered , , lau laughing hing a as " be he lie hnl irni hnltated irnitated iinltated tated the dialect of Ins Ills his friendThe friendThey friend friendThev The They Thev parted palled patted at a fork fori fort . In the road roadWhen roadWhen roadWhen When Colin Colm Cohn returned to the gre'lt grelt greet gre'lthouse greethouse greithouse ' house on a hill h1ll in the lowci 10el lowet 10\\ 10 \ el highland'S highlandS highlandswhich highlandswhich ' which \ hlch tlie the Commander in III Chief CII/et CII et / h'ld hld hid h'ldchosen hidchosen hidchosen ' chosen for his hoadquirtors headql1'lrters headql1lrters headquarters ' , . he found foundMrs foundMrs foundMrs Mrs Bo\\ Bo Bovvlby Bolby Ilowlby \ lby "altfn altfn " waiting for him 'I I ' 'Ihe Ihe 'IheGeneral ' 'IhoGeneral IhoGeneral ' he heGeneral General havlllgrIdden having havlllg- havlllg - ridden out with hJ his hisstiff hisstiff st'lrr stlrr stiff ' , the tbe youn young man went "cnt cnt "cntltll , " \ vvltli \ltll ltll with , hIs hIsfriend hisfriend hisfriend friend to a rustic seat In the einiens einiensfor girjensfor 'lrJen'S lrJenS 'lrJen'Sfor ' ' for a u talk"Did talk tall talk"Did . "Did Did " you find Miss I"a Ia Farerweather " ravcrweather'he ravcrweatherhe \ er\\ er ereather \ \ eather ? ' ' he asl asked asked"I asked"I askedI cd cd"I "I I " did " ' I fear that you rl risked lted your life indoing In Indoing indoing doing It I am very grateful ' ind 'tnd tnd my myears myears mycars ears ache for the ne\\ ne news nes \ \ s But first tell tellme tellme tellme me how you found her " "Mv Mv "l\.Iv l.Iv "l l .Iv Iv " liv \ . life llfe was in no dinger d'1nger d1nger danger ' I got gotwell gotwell gotwell well down the lake lahe when a wind "Ind Ind wlnd " came cameup cameup cameup up It was hard hdrd going goln around thepoints the thepoints thepoints points I hid mv my canoe In a COe core CO\ CO covemarked \ e , , murhed rnurked tlie the place and nnd took toOh . the trnl1 trail trnl1A trailA trailA A British scout 0\ 0 overtook 0ertool \ ertool . me goln going goingnorth goingnorth north It was wac ; a n lonC lonesome jome < part o 0 ' thc the thewoods thcwoods thewoods woods He lie kept hellt mv m\ m mr mpace \ pace ind 'lnd lnd 2nd 'lnd0 ' \0 0 we wewent \ wewent ' e ewent went on together . . I told tolll him that I Iwas Iwas Iwas was a loyalist lovahst woman going to see tn\ tn mr tnsI5tcr mrsister mvsl&tcr mvsltcr \ sI5tcr sister nnkelove m11elove mikelove & In \ Mdntrcil l\fcntre'll l fcntre'll fcntrell Mnntreil ) ' He lie bcg beg begin bcgn ' \n n rn \ to m11e mike , love to tb me I didn't didnt ' like him hun hum He EIe tIe Hevisa wic wica \visa visa \ , 1 ' " a hard 1001.ln 1001ln looking . nnn m'ln mln min ' Of course rOllr.e rOllre : . I 1 Icouldn't 1couldn't Icouldn't Icouldnt couldn't couldnt ' ' sut nut ut up with it I wirned warned \ 1rned him himto himto himto to let nl mo me ( } alone He lie v . wouldn'tColin wouldn't wouldnt wouldn't- ol1llln'l ol1lllnl ' ' . - " Colin Cohn Interrupted her , ' ' siy 'l l ' Ing lag " siting"You've sitingYouve " ' ' "You\e "You You e "You're Youre \ hid h'ld hld ' n a hard time I'm Im ' I'm Im ' son SOri sort , } . ' : . ' , ' You niedn't niednt Dl.cdn't Dl.cdnt Dlcdnt needn't neednt . ' ' be sorry for me I 1 Celt felt feltSorry feltsoro Sorry " , orrJ tor for him bim He didn't didnt ' I know now me melIe melie meHe lIe undertook undertoot . to hug htfg and kiss hiss me I Ithrew Ithrew Ithrew threw him hhn agilnst ag'tlnst agtlnst ' a tree . . It hurt him himIt himIt himIt It m mide m'lc1e mlc1e ' tcle him mad 'You You ' re a d-d d ddrebel ddrebel d - drebel rebel In dl disguise < , g111se , ' ; , ' he said Reckon Heel.on Heelon Iteckon . he hethought hethought hethought thought a woman couldn L t be so stout stoutBe stoutfie stoutHe Be fie drew drc\v drc v \ n a big God o 0 ' merc\ merc mercy mer mercpistol < . , \ pistol plbtol and andfired andfired andnred fired at my head He missed mlcgcd : ; me I 1 IdIdn't 1didn't Ididn't Ididnt dIdn't dIdnt ' ' mesa mis mls : ) him It . was v.as vas him or me mennd meand meand nnd and he got It Tried to brm bring him to tobut tobut tobut but I couldn t Carried C.1rrled C1rrled . him off in the thebush thebush thebush bush nnd and looked loohed 0\ 0 over 0er \ er his papers- papers papersmo papersmostly papers papersmostly - - mo mostly < : t1y maps of the country around around'Tl around'TI aroundTl 'Tl Tl 'TI TI ' ' ' and Wood creek creet . nnd and the uI1per upper uI1perlIud.on upperHudson upperHudson lIud.on lIudon Hudson . Tlicy They were signed G'1brlel G1brlel Gabriel G'1brlelCarric1 GabrielCarrlck GibricICarrick ' Carric1 Carrlck . There were llso 1lso also ' a few Ilt Ict Ilttcrs Ictters lettors tcrs ters I put on 011 bL hLs his < ; cloth clothes < . ' ) and cip C'1p C1p ' and andleft andleft andleft left mine thi-re thi re thue there - With 1Vitit a pilr p'1Ir p1Ir ' of sels scls selscors sclsors scissors cors ; ors un and a small slllJ.I1 slllJI1 . looking loolwg , glass gin s in my mypael mypack mypack pael pack . , . I trimmed my hilr h'1lr h1lr ' to about the thel thelength thelength l length ( > ngth of Ins Ills his His hilr h'llr hllr hifr ' ind 'lnd lnd 2nd ' mine were werealike \ werealike ere erealll.e alll.e allle alike . In color . With Wlth IVith bis bls his lunger h'lnger hlnger hinger ' and andpIstol andpistol andpistol pIstol and the p'l pl pipers ' ( ) ( > rs In m ? ) pocket 110clet , , I Iwent Iwent Iwent went on " "Got Got " to t6 td the big rh river rher er , saw an immence im immen Immcnse men mence < : e lo log raft v . with Ith i t ' \ but hut on It comin comingIn , In the tbe distance dJstance I 1 mide m'lde mlde ' a rough pad paddie paddie paddie die with "Ith Ith " my hitchet h\tchet h tchet hatchet ' \ , , pushed puehed ; a strJ.nd strJnd strand strJ.ndcd stranded strandcd . cd ed pine lo log foe tree free , straddled it and lode lodeIt Lodeit lodeit It out to the channel When Wben the raft raftcame raftcame raftcame |