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Title: A hero in homespun. : A tale of the loyal South
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Barton, William Eleazar, 1861-1930 Hapgood, Theodore Brown, 1871-1938, binding designer
Subjects: Tennessee -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction Kentucky -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction
Publisher: Boston : New York : London : Lamson, Wolffe and Company.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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, said Jack, an I aint a-keerin much whether its a govnordoes it, or just a common preacher ; but Im mightypticlar about the girl, and he took Jennie in hisarms. It was already decided that Jack and his mothershould make their home on Roundstone, and Jacksoon began preparations for the building of a newhouse just up the creek from the Whitleys. It wasa merry time, the day of their raising, as the Hollerwell remembers, and the soldier boys came out, andneighbors gathered to honor the young couple whothere were to begin life together. The logs hadbeen hewed and hauled, the shingles had been split,and the puncheons had been shaved; and the house,as all the Holler knows, was raised and roofed andfloored, all in a single day. There were friends fromnear, and friends from afar, and Joe and BeckyWhitley came from Estill, and brought with thema pole, with one end carefully wrapped. Steph Crowell was there with his fiddle, declaringthat he felt so jealous of Jack that he wouldnt a ;OBB LIBRAR^
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The Flag and the Fiddle. Page 391. The Flag and the Fiddle 391 come, but he lowed that was the only way to githis pied horse back, and being thar, he reckonedhe mought as well make the best on it. Sam and Bessie Marshall were there, and Samwas foremost in the work of the raising, and Bessieand Martha and Becky decorated the bare logs ofthe new house with festoons of ground pine andbunches of holly and flowers of early autumn.They made a bower where the fireplace stood, andBecky carefully undid Joes long bundle, and drapedabove the bower the flag of the 8th Kentucky. The work of raising was over. The supper waswaiting in the yard. The bonfire was ready for thelighting. The men washed themselves in the spring-•branch and prepared themselves for appearance inpolite society by putting on their coats, and gatheredin the house and about the door. Then Sam andBessie and Mrs. Casey and Cub stood on one side,and Joe and Becky and Eph and Martha on theother, and Jack and Jennie took their pla

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