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Chapter XXII

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They swarmed up the street towards Sher- ssssssssss

burn's house, a-whooping and yelling ssssssssss

and raging like Injuns, and every- ssssssssss

thing had to clear the way or get run ssssssssss

-- over and tromped to mush, and it ssssssssss

was awful to see. Children was heel- ssssssssss

ing it ahead of the mob, screaming ssssssssss

and trying to get out of the way; and ssssssssss

every window along the road was full ssssssssss

of women's heads, and there was nig- ssssssssss

ger boys in every tree, and bucks and ssssssssss

wenches looking over every fence; ssssssssss

and as soon as the mob would get ssssssssss

nearly to them they would break and ssssssssss

skaddle back out of reach. Lots of ssssssssss

the women and girls was crying and ssssssssss

taking on, scared most to death. ssssssssss

They swarmed up in front of Sher-

burn's palings as thick as they could jam together, and you couldn't hear your-

self think for the noise. It was a little twenty-foot yard. Some sung out "Tear

down the fence! tear down the fence!" Then there was a racket of ripping and

tearing and smashing, and down she goes, and the front wall of the crowd begins

to roll in like a wave. ssssssssss

Just then Sherburn steps out on to the roof of his little front porch, with a

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