Show mrs ann fields is an aged lady living near bear harpers ferry with her husband who is in old and infirm her principal means of support is by bv keeping lodgers recently a man supposed to be a tramp called at her house and informed her that lie he had overheard a number of men planning Dg to rob her late that night mrs fields at once prepared to meet meat the rot robbers bers the doors and windows were barricaded barricades barrica ded and she put a kettle of water ou on the stove she then cleaned an old musket that her husband had bad carried through the war but it was fauna that there was no shot in the house and but a very small supply of powder she was equal to the occasion however and substituted well seasoned peas lor for shot about 11 a number of men went to mrs kra Fi elss to get a nights lodging and finding the doors locked and the windows fastened although a light wa was i burning within suspected that something was wrong after a short debate they resolved to burst open the door which was an easy task As the door flew open mrs fields let fly a bucket of hot water at the supposed robbers which caused them to yell with oain and beat a hasty retreat her husband followed up the advantage by firing off his bis musket at the backs of the intruders but the peas did very little damage it was some time before the men could make mrs fields believe they were not burglars A mans life is half over before he learns how bow to live they are preparing for war in the oil reir ei lona rions at least they are drillen s constantly st |