He callated he'd hev a ring in the parson's nose that ere
way, so's he wouldn' dass dew nothin. Thar warn't no law nor no reason
in sech doins, but 'twuz plantin time, leastways gittin on tew it, and
he callated the farmers wouldn' leave ther farms, not fer nothin. But
he mistook. Ye see we wuz fightin mad. Baout 500 on us tuk our guns an
made tracks fer Northampton. Sheriff he'd got more'n a thousan milishy
tew defend the jail, but the milishy didn' wanter fight, an we did, an
that made a sight o' odds, fer wen we stopped night tew the taown an
sent word that ef he didn' let them fellers aout o' jail we'd come an
take em aout, he let em aout dum quick."
"Wat did they do nex?" inquired Obadiah Weeks, as Ezra paused with the
appearance of having made an end of his narration.
"That wuz the eend on't," said Ezra. "By that time govment seen the
people wuz in arnest, an quit foolin. Ginral Court passed a law
pardnin all on us fer wat we'd done. They allers pardons fellers, ye
see, wen ther's tew many on em tew lick, govment doos, an pooty soon
arter they passed that ere tender law fer tew help poor folks ez hed
debts so's prop'ty could be offered tew a far valiation instid o'
cash.
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