| Show A amandor man for or the n 1 k ag ages wee s astory A story of of democracy in by dy irving ing bacheller copyright giffins bacheller Bac beller i CHAPTER I 1 IV V which presents other Log Cabin foll folk and the first steps in the making 0 of a new home and certain capacities and In capacities of abe next morning at daylight two parties went out in the wood to cut timber for the home of the newcomers in one party were harry needles carrying two axes ax es and a well oiled filled luncheon pall pail samson N with ith a saw in his hand and the boy joe on ills his hack back abe a sav aw anil and ax nail and 1 a I small jug of root beer and a book tied lit in a big red handkerchief ond and slung around hla his neck when they readied reached the woods abe cut for the small bryand boy and carried him on liis ills shoulder to the creek and said now iou bit it donn don here and keep keel order in this oils little frog city it if you hear bear a frog say i ay anything Impi improper oper you fetch him a whack dont allow any nonsense well make ou ma or of frog city the meu men fell to with axes and saws while harry limbed imbed the logs and looked after the maor maior their huge muscles flung the sharp axes into the timber and gnawed through it with the saw caw lauy any big trees fell noon moon time when they stopped tor for luncheon while they were eating abe said 1 I reckon we better saw out a few boards this afternoon need em cm for the doors well tote a couple of logs up on the side 0 that knoll put em on en skids an whip em up into boards with the saw baw samson took hold of 0 the middle of one of the logt logs and raised it from the ground 1 I guess we tan can carry eni em he said can ye shoulder it abe raked easy said eald samson as he raised an end of the log stepped beneath it and resting its weight on ills hie back eoon got hla bla shoulder near lib iab center and swung it clear of the ground and walked with jt it to the knoll side where he be let it fall with a resounding thump that shook tile the ground abe stopped eating and watched every move in this watched every F very move in this remarkable performance remarkable performance the case with which the big vermonter had bad 10 lo ao defied the law of gravitation with that unwieldy stick amazed him that thing 11 weigh from seven to fight eight hundred pounds said lie 11 1 1 I 1 reckon youre the stoutest in man an in this part 0 the state an im quite a man mail myself ive lifted a barrel ol 01 0 whisky and put my mouth to the bung hole I 1 navor it say lie added as he be sat dox dow n u and began fating a doughnut if you ever hit take a sledge ham iver or i i it be decow alt ll t tit 1 l allt they hewed a alai surface sui jacc on 0 appo alte sides of the log which samson had carried led and peeled it and raised its lower end on a cross timber then n they marked it with a etalker eb chalk alker I 1 ahne I 1 in and d sliced it lute ant inch boards with a whip 41 aw abe standing or top of the log and samson beneath it suddenly th tho W stopped A clear beautiful voice aung the music of 0 sweet nightly NIght la gale into the timbered hollow it halted the workers and set the woodland ringing the men stood f client like alk e ali hearing a benediction the sinking singing ceased still they listened for half a moment it was wac as it if d a spirit had passed and touched them iva biro the little vixen ill 1 said eald abe tenderly ashes an odd child and as pretty its as a spotted fawn ant and bout about as av wild jid ashes a kind of a first 5 cousin to ib the c bj nguu Z 1 when they were getting ready to go home c eliut it joe I 1 g sot oo 00 into n R great hurry to see hi mother 1110 ther it to him that ages imd elapid since he had seen hei her heia a conviction which led to noisy tears abe knelt beffie him and comro itea the boy then lie snipped him in ills jacket and swung vun him lit in the air and started for home with lilt joe its tiac ills neck inson frills s in his ills tender play with the little lad gave tile me another look at the man lincoln liln coln some one proposed plo posed once that we NAC call that the minne italia said aid s abe ns as lie walked liked along alon after his joe and I 1 ate aie going to cali call it the Minne boohoo the women of the little village had met at a quilting anity at ten with mi z maitin waddell thele sarah till had a klat lit at fiame and headd all tin the go lp ip of the colin arns ade the nimble fingered anti ann rut kut led I 1 c a daughter or of the lavein folk it had id sat her ann alii niaz nia as a z s a slender good bouling alil lil of se bilth lite ekes and a ilch cron croan rf of auburn hair and a 6 fair fail kin k 11 all browned hy by the slie she was 1118 the lie most needle eikor in new sal salem cm john maxcil NIC nell bulloni the TiaN trailor Ti ailor lor had inet on the road near niagara ralls rails and who naho had shared their caknip with them arrived on the st stage age that eliat evening ening cN lie ile na was s arced ed in a new butternut buli and clean linvil an and deiy liand samson samon writes write S that lie resembled bled the hia pictures of ito robert fenniet with line fine daik ekes ees a smooth sIl looth skin avell features and black hall neatly brushed on a shapely licad lir it wab iii s not tit nt all like the lie lugged abe in ili a low tone and cry modestly with willi a slight brogue on hi hl tongue lie told of ills adi adventures on n ibe the long atom giorc mad load to michigan ann AnnA sat silt listening and looking into ills ili face a as s lie talked alle abe came in ili soon after eight and was wab anti deduced educed to the he stranger ger all noted tin the contrast between tile two young men its as they each other khe abo sat down for a few minutes ini alii and looked looked adly into the file the nip but said nothing 11 lie loe plese excused himself and went away the logs for the HIP new house were ir sidy dy two das utter after the cutting begun lieu beu u martin waddell and samuel bent teams team to haul them john camion 6 and peter lukins had brought the window Indo iv gabli and some clapboards front from lit in a small flatboat then camp ohp day of tile the raising a benr lir L ir da delv early arly in september all the men faolu the village and tile lie near farms gathered to kielp make a home for the alie jie neA comeri samson and ja jat jak k belbo went out for a u hunt launt sifter after the cutting and brought in a tat fat buck and many grouse for ahe lie bee dinner to which every of tile neighborhood made a contribution of cake or pie or cookies or doughnuts doughnut what will be my part samson hall had inquired of kelso nothing Not lung but a jug of whisky Y und and a 11 kind word nord and a house warming kelso had answered they notched and bored the hie logs and made pins to bind them and cut those that were to go around the fireplace and window spaces strong willing and ai well ell trained fil hands fifa hewed and fitted the logs together alexander ferguson liua lined d the fi fireplace r p lace 1 with a I 1 ceilous mortar made of clay in lie mixed grai rass tor for a binder this mortar lie lolled into inlo la lasers ars called cats cate each fight eight lifchis long and three inches thick th en it elliad them against the logs and held them in place with a woven network of the first fir fire a slow one baked the alny into a rigid stone ton like eli sheath inside the loss loga and presently the sticks alere burned away the women had cooled the meats by an open tire fire and spread the dinner on a table of rough boards resting on poles polea set in crotches at noon one of them sounded a anch anch shell then with Eili shouts outs of joy the lie men hurried to the fireside and for a moment binom ent there was a great spluttering splutter ing over the wash ash basins before they ate every man except abe and samson took a pull at the jug long or short to quote a phrase of the time it was a cheerful company that sat down upon the grass around the table with loaded plates their food had its extra seasoning of werry merry jests and loud laughter sarah was a little fed nt lit the forthright directness of their eating no knives or forks or napkins being needed in that process haning eaten washed and packed away their dishes the women went home at two bhore before they had bad gone ears cars caught a thunder of horses feet in tb the dl distance tance looking in its direction he pawa va a cloud of dost in the road and a blind bind of horsemen riding toward them thein ji nt full fall speed abe came to hlin him and said 1 I see the boys from clarys grovo grove are coming if they get african mean let me deal alti ith em cm its my re responsibility I 1 wonder if they had some or of offutt whisky with them the boys arrived lu in a cloud of dust and a chorus charus of indian w whoops hoops and dismounted and hobbled their Cs they came toward the th e work era led by burly jack armstrong Arm a stalwart efird faced blacksmith of about twenty two with brond broad heavy shoulders name has gone into history bastory they halt ha been drink drinking ipg some but no one of them was in the degree off ills hie balance they scuffled around the jug fa for r a moment in perfect good nature and then abe and mrs waddell provided them with the 1 best remnants of the dinner they were vare rather polly poliy soon they went hup on alic roofo help with jhc thc rafter raft cr and the dap boarding they worked 1 well a few minutes and suddenly they C came ambling down for another arll at the jug g they wore out for a 1 spree and ahe abe know it and knew fin fill tiler that they had beached leached limit of discretion bivs tiler there tire are ladies ladie lic till and c got to lie ile c he hc ald sald s acs les stick to lo lite job till four odoff clo k then knock on off for ments the young lee leemets lets gathered lit in a group and began begaii to whisper together canil samson suites that it beel lille evident then lien they cic going to malre trouble and says I 1 A u e irad hall left ifft tile children nt it atut lell lodos Os in III the care of anti ann I 1 nent ident to carali Sr ai and told lier her she lind better go on oil and see ce if they cia nil alt light dont 1011 pel get in any anny ft figlia glit she ald elios that tile lie anc what mis iw in ili the hie nr air I 1 sai sa ra ali I 1 I 1 led t lie way vay and aind tile the others othel Is tull followed owed iter her those bis big brnic br nii feli falos floell tile grove when ishell they trot got meir inears looking always for 1 a I cliance to get gel mad at some man and nd him into a I 1 plaything A chance hall had conic collie to to pet get mad anad and they acia going to make tit lie mos mo most of it they rite y began to grol groia with resentment some were inere wigging their leader jack armsttong Arms Arins tiong to fight alic abe one of them ran to ills his horse and brought a bottle from liis ills saddle bit bag it began passing front from mouth to mouth jach Arms armsttong tiong got the bottle beffie it was 11 half alf L emptied divined it and hung it high in III the air air another called liim him a and grappled him around the waist and there was a desperate struggle which ended quickly armstrong i got a hold on the hie neck of his as assailant allent and clicked choked him until lie let go tills this was haq not enough for or tile alie sturdy bully of clarys grove ue ile seized ills follower and lung flung him so roughly on the grotland that the latter lay for a moment stunned armstrong had got ills blood warm and was now really ready for action with a wild whoop I loop he threw off ills coat unbuttoned his right shirtsleeve shirt sleeve antl and rolled it to the shoulder anti and declared in a loud lend voice noice as he swung ills his arm in the air that he could out jump out hop 1101 out inn throw down drag out an all lid lick my man inan in new kew in it a letter to in ills fitt anther lier sain Sall loll wl wiltes ites abe was nia elking at till bibow abow I 1 saw him drop ili ills hammer caminer and get up anti and make for me lie ladder I 1 knew b oni ething as going to happen and I 1 followed him bilm in a minute ec everyone atas A as off on the rulof and out of the building I 1 as they knew what 1 was as coming the big lad tood toad there swinging ills ids alln aim and yelling telling like an injun it was nias a big arm and muscled and colden chided up ome but I 1 guess if id 1 I shoved tile calico olt off mine and held it up hed a pulled down ills sleeve sleen e I 1 dibut t know just liow how good a man abe wits was and I 1 knits a kind 0 tor for a minute I 1 never found it so hard voik ivock to do bothin othin ii at as I 1 did then honest my hands kind 0 relied ached I 1 wanted anted to go nn all cuff lint fellers CRIS cais sin all grab hold ac 0 liim him an toss him alier ocr the ridge pole abe went right up to him an s said a I 1 d t tack ou aint hulf half so bail bad or halt half so aidy t as ye think ye are you ry aou CIL throw don uny any luau here I 1 reckon ril ill have to ilow ye that youra you nATili taken ill assle i with ye wu arr re iuds an all ne wont talk about aickin eadi caf b other les lc lieve a friendly ale in 1 second A coald tile to tao ale cincu bic locked together aresti ong had bad lunged ut at abe with a yell there was no friendship in tile the way he took hold I 1 he fe was 4 going to do all the damage lie ile could in any way he could aalf drunk jack Is it a wan man who inho would bite your ear off it was no it was aas a fight abe boned like lightning ile he acted awful limber an well im eased in a he had got hold of the fellers neck with ills his big light hand and hooked lit ills left into the cloth on his lup hip in ili that way lie ile held him oft off and shook him a as youve seen our dog shake a wood woodchuck cluck uck abes blood was liot hot if tile whole crowd had piled on him I 1 gregs lie would have come out all right for when he hes roused theres something in abe more than bones and muscles I 1 suppose its what I 1 feel hen he speaks a piece its a kind of lightning I 1 ducis its what our minister used to ell cull I 1 tile lie power of the spirit A friend of the bully jumped in and tried to trip abe harry needles stood beside me before I 1 could move lie he dashed forward and hit that feller in the middle of his forehead giitl knocked him flat harry had alt bap tile the cock lighter fighter I 1 g up ip next to the kettle then cod and took file he scum oft off it IL fetched one of devils a slap with the side of aar eilind that took the skin lakin off his face and rolled him over and over when I 1 looked again armstrong was going limp ills hla mouth was open and h his a tongue to ngu e out with one hand band fastened baet bened to his right leg and the other on th the e nape of his neck abe lifted him at a amb ais is length and guve gare him a toss lo in the lr armstrong tell fell about ten feet fr from ni cher abe strod and lay there for a minuet the sent fight was all out of him and he was kand of dazed aed n d sick abe st up like altin and hla his awful solemn boys boyn if t heres in y more 0 oyve A cju that ernnt ant trouble you cau h hae ly wage oft off the same piece he aad they bung their her alcade ds and rr ottone OTt of them made a move or said eaid a word abe went to Armstro armstrong fig end and helped him up 1 asi TC acl id ini sar BOOT d that I 1 bartoi had to hurt R 1 I 1 ma A 10 when hes roused theres something in abe you lle in baid id you get on to N our hot c and go home hoine abc you re a better belter nian man than tile me aid t id tile bully as lie he offered his hand tu to abe ill do anything anN nn tiling thing ou zay say so tile the caal Cla cladi ii Ns grou groe gang was conquered they feie deiv to make more trouble but not again baere cre they to imperil tile hie foundations of law und and older in the little 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