Old Concord, her highways and byways; . THE OLD OVEN IN THE MERIAM HOUSE. up from the ash-pit in the cellar the store of silvermoney (thirty dollars) there concealed and carriedit to a place of safety. The milkers at the barn were presently alarmedby the sound of the approaching Billerica minutemen, and they retreated in haste, without the com-. Her Highiuays and Byways. 51 fortable breakfast they anticipated. As they strag-gled off precipitately Slow Meriam, as he wascalled, one of the sons ( never was known to befirst in anything, in the words of our narrator),took down his old gun and delib
Old Concord, her highways and byways; . THE OLD OVEN IN THE MERIAM HOUSE. up from the ash-pit in the cellar the store of silvermoney (thirty dollars) there concealed and carriedit to a place of safety. The milkers at the barn were presently alarmedby the sound of the approaching Billerica minutemen, and they retreated in haste, without the com-. Her Highiuays and Byways. 51 fortable breakfast they anticipated. As they strag-gled off precipitately Slow Meriam, as he wascalled, one of the sons ( never was known to befirst in anything, in the words of our narrator),took down his old gun and deliberately aimed atan officer. He has more stripes on than any ofthe others, he said, evidently intending to make abrilliant amende for his slowness. The British sol-diers hurrying off over the Lexington pike turnedand gave the old house many random shots. Onebullet pierced the east door. The hole has beenfilled up, but the mark made by the bullet is easilyseen by the visitor. The old brick oven thatbaked the Meriams bread a century ago, is stillbaking a family loaf on certain occasions, and thequaint closets over the shelf whose doors open inthe centre, and the corner closet, shelter as theydid then, household articles of various kinds. Itis like manv another old Concord dwellino-, just asfit to live in now, as it was in the old days, andh
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