Litchfield enquirer., 1861-05-23

7. the barley, and dry the sage; leaving alone tf ,. tea' and coffee, and the foreign gewgaws, an I the old country will come to her senses by an - Dy. Then, while the minister went hack to ad the last gift to the roll, he laid his hand cares , ,ngiy on Susais head, and said, .You have
 brave, generous heart, my dear little girl Susa only shook her head in reply. She di not speak all the way home, and when the
 reached the lane, perceiving some children ther who had come to play with her and Nebby sh
 ran along the orchard gate, slipped through an,
 was soon lost sight of, amidst the thickness O
 the trees. v
 Not word was said in Susa's presence abou
 nes offering that night; but at ths~breakfas
 . 1aDie next morning. her father told her that Mr
 Tinker had been over to offer to send some one
 or his sheep in place of heris It was the same
 old man who had spoken to her about Nebby
 on the way from church, and whom she had sus
 pected of sinister motives.
 Good old man ! she exclaimed, with culver.
 ing hp; am ashamed, because I-thought SO
 nara or hm.' Then she frankly confessed what possessed her when he praised her lamb. But
 sne would not allow him to redeem Nebby. He
 was poor man. whose children. were obiioed to
 go to work, and she knew he could not afford it.
 one had given the lamb, and she would not take
 it it back for Susa had fully made up her mind
 mere was no shrinking from it's decision of rlsht and then the minister's children were every one as staunch patriots as their father.
 Every member of the family, except little Diack Kate, approved the chd's sacrifice. She stamped, screamed, and pulled away at her stout to" rock with vigor that would have been de- ..fuction .' to modern fabric, when she heard tnat Neb' her own'pet as well as Miss Susas was to be driven away to Boston.
 s,d Aassa W hite's folks only got one sheep she Ma 1a'u; everybody else got a heap on enl-Ole "obetlc Mountain all alive wil'em-eood enough sheep too, to be eaten. They want Neb thar own selfv But though Kate's demonstration sorelv af. !ected the children, not a voice was heard plead ing for their favorite. r'~''N Never mind about it. Susa, said her brother pyer. I'll catch rabbit for you this fall, when | go nuttlng, and a gray squirrel too. We an Keep them in the house ali winter, and feed | mem on walnuts. Molly has promised to learn ne now to fire gun. and in two years shall b ourteen; then, if the British don look ont. I nall De after them. am not a coward, Susa. iurrah for Liberty! Never mind sheep. Id end the Boston folks dozen of em if only lad 'en, cause like their spunk.'
 Before noon, the farmers came driving in their ockS' ana the volunteers Were ready for the narch. 1,co Hundred and .ftfy-eiqA sAeep. a oble offering from sm'll country town! Su a Whites lamb was conspicioas amidst the ock' for his white coat had been carefully wash that morning for the last time at the wooden , 'ough beside the well, and garland of green 'aves was fastened around his neck, .T6at is , le way the old heathen used to dress up their /, 'ctlms, Susa.' said her brother. Il don't know bout fathers letting a Christian sheep go off in lat shape oO ''
 But Parson White found no fault with the lFland he thought only of the altar on which f 1ton, i' and dff;f pfohtttfa t a Jr J5A t1re j. 1.-the first volunteers for freedom. V usa White was with them, feeling very much q ke crying for Nebby. until she saw her school ate, Sally Lincoln bravely trying to say cheer Il good bye to her brother. t
 In about two weeks the Boston stage brought grateful message to the citizens of Windham ( ,r their ready aid and sympathy. Theirs was , he earliest donation from Connccticnt-the ear ( est, save one, beyond the colony sf Massachu etts
 Mr. Bancroft has made honorable mention of his fact in his History of the American Re olution;" but as the donors names have no- ;here been chronicled, we offer to the public he above tradition of Susa Whites cosset.