Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-05-24

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.-Oh. they are hiding till the soldiers
get nearer. Then we'll hear the shots
and the drum"
The drum How can they? It's
here. Father brought it home to mend
it last night"
Did he? Oh then lets"
''See. the first boat has reached the
slOop. Obi oh They are going 70 burn
her"
Isn't it mean ?"
ats too bad adl-too-7
Where is the drum 90
..It's in the kitchen -
live great mind to 60 down and
beat its"
What good would that do %
Scare EN-"
They'd see it was only two girls.
and they would laugh and go on burn
ing Just the same"
mo. We would hide behind the sand
hills and the bushes. Come. lets"
'-Oh. look! lOokl The slOOps's aire "
Come, can't stay and see it any
more. The eOwardly British TO burn
the boats. Why don't they go up to
the town and fight like"
''Come, let US get the drum. It'll do
no harm; and perhaps"
"WelI. let's. There's the fife. too /;
We might take that with u"
"Yes and veil
No time for further talk. Down the
steep steps of the tower rushed the two
patriots, bent on doing what they could
for their country. They burst into the
kitchen like q whirlwind. with rosy
cheeks and flying hair. Mrs Bates sat
sorrowfully gazing out of the window at
the scene Of destruction going on in the
harbor, and praying for her country and
the dreadful war might soon be over.
I She could not help. Sons and husbands
were shouldering their poor old guns in
the town. and there was nothing to dc
but to watch and wait and pray.
Not so the two girls They meant tC
do something, and. in the fever Of the
excitement they got the drum. and tool
the cracked fife from the bureau drawer
Mrs Bates. intent on the scene outside
did not heed them. and they slipped Ou
by the back door, unnotleed.
They must be careful. or the soldier
would see them They went round bael
Of the house to the north. and towards
the outside beach. and then turned ana
plOwed through the deep sand just abov,
the high-water mark They must keel
ont Of sight Of the boats, and Of the shiI
also. Luckily she was anchored to th,
south Of the light; and IS the beacl
curved to the west, they soon left he
out Of sight Then they took to the va
ter-side. and with the drum betweel
them ran Is fast as they could toward
the mainland Presently they reaches
the low heaps of sand that showed wher
the spit joined the fields and woods.
Painting and excited. they tightene
up the drum and tried the fife softly.
You take the fife. Sarah. and II
drum We must march along the shor
towards the light"
Wont they see Us ?''
No; we'll walk next to the water o
the outside beach"
"Oh, yes; and they'll think it's so
diers going down to the point to hea
EN- Of.
: just 50. Come. begin One. two
one. two ~ Drum drum, drumill
Squeak squeak : squeakll.
..Forvard-march 7"
.Hal hsI
The fife stepped
Don't laugh You'll spoil ever
thing. and can't pucker my lips"
Drum drum drum
Squeak squeak : squeak ! :
. The men-in the town heard ii. an
, were amazed beyond measure Had Il
, soldiers arrived from Boston? VIII
did it mean? Who we're coming?
/. Louder and louder on the breeze can
! the roll Of the sturdy drum, and Il
sound of the brave FIFE The soldiers
the boats heard the noise and paused
\ their work Of destruction The Office
ordered everybody into the beats in Il
: greatest haste. The people are rising
/ They are coming down the Point wi
cannons to head them Of They won
D all Be captured and perhaps hung
: the dreaded Americans
n How the drum rolled The fife chan
; ed Its tune Ii played Yankee Doodle
n the horrid tune Hzrk The N,
we're cheering in town there were tho
r sands Of them in the woods along q
= shore
f In grim silence marched the tzo gir
i -plOdding over the sharp stones. splas
ing through the puddles-Rebecca bes
d ing the old drum with might and mai
Sarah blowing the Efe with shrin det.
1t mination-
How the Britisbers scrambled IN
\ their BEATS, One Of the brave of5es