Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-04-01

! through the deep sand Just above high-wat-
! er mark. They must keep out of sight of
/ the boats. aud OF the ship also. Lnckilv,
she was anchored TO the south of the light ;
ani aS the beach curved TO the west. they
+ soon lett her out OF sight. Then they took
To the water side, and. with the drum be-
tween them, ran as fast As they could to-
wards the mainland. Presently they reach
ed the low heaps Of sand that showed
where the spit joined the fields and woods
Painting and excited they tiyhtened up
the drum aud tried the iiie softly
luu take the ffe, Sarah. aud I'll drum. :
All night; but We mustn't stand still.
We must march along the shore towards
the light
Wont they see usT
No; we'll walk next the water on th.
outside beach
'Oh. yes; and they'll think its soldiers
going down To the Point To head 'rm oil
Just -. Come. begin One. two-one.
two" Drum. drum. drum!
squeak squeak squeak
For ard march
la. ham
The life stopped
DON'T lan.h. rou'll spoil everything,
and cant packer my lips
Drum. drum, drum.
squeak squeak, squeak,
70" men Ia the town heard il and were
amazed beyond measure. Had the soldier,
arrived from Boston? What did it mean
vac were coming?
Louder and loud r on the breeze came
the roll OF a sturdy drum aud the sound Of
brave file. The soldiers in the boat :
heard the noise and paused in their work
OF destruction. The oil .er, ordered every
body into the boats ia the greatest haste.
me people were rising They were com
IuG down the Point with cannonS. 10 head
th"n oil They would all be captured, and
perhaps hung by the dreadful Americans ,
How the drum rolled, The Me changed
H. tune. Il p.aycd Yankee Doodle. that
hurrId tune llark Tnc men were cheer
iu- ~ thr town; there were thousand, OF
them IN the woods along the shore,
Ia grim silence marched the two yirl, =
r,od'ting over the sharp stones. spla,hing
through the puddles Rebecca beating th.
old drum with might aud main. Sarah
blowing The NE with shrill determination
How III" Brlti>hrr, scrambled into their
bpat>' One Of th- brav. uiii 'erS was near
y lrit behind on the burning slonp. Anoth-
rr irli overheard and wet hi- good clothes
GA h'~ mast" 10 escape from the American
ai'ht n t." -hE down the brach--.l thuu--
huI strong How the sailor, pulled. NJ
fancy rowing nov. but desperate haste to
- out ui the place and escape to their
snlp.
How the people yelled and rhceT,d VA
shore Fllty men or more jumped into
boats &" prepare for IA" chase Ringing
shots began % crack OYER the water
Louder and louder rolled the trrribl.
drum. Nrnfp aul clear rAu. out th. cruel
ni
(.,ri,. ..,t,,,-,l t,r 49,, .t
il-I". ih" @irl~ tDtici uu-tclrful. Iaurh-
ius, ready . drop On the NJ ,4nl. aul
-I,l beating and blowing with H-ry cour-
age.
Inc boats swept -wiitly ont OF the harh-
. or - the outgoing tld- The fishermen
cam" up with the burning boat- Part
stopped - Put out the 1rc.. and the rest
iur-uri thc ~ ID: enemy with such .hot,
n th"y could get AZ them. In the midst Of
4. all. The >uu went down.
lhr r"i-cu.t- dil No, return -h,t. They
expected every minute to see a thousand
mcn open on them Al short range from he
bcirh. and thts reserved their powder
Oit - the harbor they went ia coniu-
sion and di,may. The ship weighed anchor
aud an out her biz guns but did no. trr
>Hpt. Darkness tell down Oh the scene
a. the boats reached the ship. Then >hc
sent a round shot towards the light. Il
tell snort aud threw great fountain of
Will" water into the air
The girls saw il, aud dropping their
drum and lite, sat down on the beach and
laughed till they cried
That night the ship sailed away The
great A"cricah army OF Two had arrived.
ani n" thought 1t wise 70 retreat in time ,
Eehrcca j, -til living. old and feeble in
body, bat brave in spirit and strong in "a
tr'"tl~m. Nnc told this story herself 10 tie
writer, lnd 1t i, true. st. Nicholas,