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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1952
Page
3
In a moonlit confrontation, Morgan and Will rush to aid a girl struggling with two drunken militiamen. They strike hard, knocking the shorter attacker unconscious and fending off the bigger assailant with rapid exchanges and a knee tackle. The outcome hinges on how the scene unfolds.
Will and Mary defend themselves against two militiamen then plan to move on. Mary reveals a tough past, her fateful fight, and a desire to quit fighting someday. They discuss danger ahead as they head toward the Big Miami River seeking new lands with others.
In the Northwest Territory upper Miami area a wary exchange unfolds between Morgan and a companion as factions including the Miamis and Wyandots threaten settlers. He recalls childhood losses during the Revolution and a trek to a quieter life in northern Pennsylvania before venturing west to the Ohio country.
In a moonlit river scene set amid Monongahela farms, Will Ed Morgan grapples with a determined Mary after she resists his advance. A muddy tumble leads to a brush with a wary militia scout, then a morning breakfast where Old Sam critiques discipline as plans form to move a flatboat downriver with Van Cleve’s militia aid.
A farmer orders his worker to stamp each egg with the date and breed. The hired man quits and jokes that he refuses to be secretary to a flock of hens, highlighting the absurdity of the task.
A novice attorney hired by a farmer prosecutes a railway company for killing 24 hogs. He aims to sway the jury by stressing the alleged magnitude of the loss, shouting that twenty four hogs equal twice the jurors present.
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