Then we'll knock off for refreshments." The young revelers gathered in a group and began to whisper together.
Samson writes that it became evident then they were going to make trouble and says: * * * * * "We had left the children at Rutledge's in the care of Ann.

I went to Sarah and told her she had better go on and see if they were all right.
"'Don't you get in any fight,' she said, which shows that the women knew what was in the air.
"Sarah led the way and the others followed her." * * * * * Those big, brawny fellows from the grove when they got merry were looking always for a chance to get mad at some man and turn him into a plaything.
A victim had been a necessary part of their sprees.

Many a poor fellow had been fastened in a barrel and rolled down hill or nearly drowned in a ducking for their amusement.

A chance had come to get mad and they were going to make the most of it.

They began to growl with resentment.