The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-22

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OH Oh! they are going to burn
herr
"Isn't it mean"
ats too bad TOO"
"Where is that druml"
ITS in the kitchen"
1--WE great mind to go down and beat
itn
"What good would that dol"
"Scare EN-"
They'd see that it was only two girls,
and they would laugh ana go on burning
just the same"
"No. We could hide behind the sand
hills and the bushes, Come, let's"
"Oh, look look the sloop's a
fire.
Come, I cant stay here and see any more.
The cowardIy Brihshers to burn the boats !
Why don't they go up to the town and fight
like
Come, let's get the drum. It'll do no
harm; and perhaps"
well let's, There's the fife, too; we
might take that with US
"Yes; and we'll
No time for further talk. Down the
steep stairs of the tower rushed these two
young patriots, bent on doing what they
could for their country, They burst into
the kitchen like a whirlwind, with rosy
checks and flying HAIR. Mrs, Bates sat
sorrowfully looking out of the window at
the scene of destruction going on in the
harbor, and praying for her country and
that the dreadful war might soon be over.
She could not help. Son and husband
were shouldering their poor shot guns in
the town, and there was nothing to do but
watch and wait and pray.
Not so the two girls. They meant to do
something, and, in fervor of excitement,
they got the drum and took the cracked
fife from the bureau drawer. Mrs.
Bates, intent on the scene outside, did not
heed them, and they slipped out by the
back door, unnoticed.
They must be careful or the SOL
diers would see them. They went
round back of the house to the north and
toward the outside beach, and then turned
and plowed through the deep sand just
above high water mark. They must keep
out Of sight of the boats, and of the ship
also Luckily she was anchored to the
south Of the light; and as the beach curved
to the west, they soon left her out of sight.
Then they took the water side, and with
the drum between them, ran as fast as
they could toward the main land Present
ly they reached the lower heaps Of sand
that showed where the split joined the
fields and woods.
Painting and excited, they frightened up
the drum anG tried the fife softly.
you take the fife, Sarah, and III
drum
"All right; but we mustn't stand still.
We must march along the shore toward the
light"
Wont they see u.s."
mo; we'll walk next the water on the
outside beach"
"Oh, yes; and they'll think its soldiers
going down to head EN- off,
Just So Come again, one, two one,
two"
Drum drum !. drum..
Squeak Squeak! Squeak!
"For'ard-march"
"Ha Ham
The fife stopped.
Don't laugh. You'll spoil every thing,
and can't pucker my lips"
Drum drum. drum!.!
Squeak squeak. !! squeak!l
The men in town heard it and were
amazed beyond measure. Had the SOL
diers arrived from Boston, What did il
mean Who were comingl
Louder and louder on the breeze came
the roll of steady drum and the sound of q
brave fife. The soldiers in the boats heard
the noise and paused in their work Of des-
truction. The officers ordered everybody
in the greatest haste. The people were ris-
ing! They were coming down the point
with cannons to head them OFF, They would
all be captured, and perhaps hung by the
dreadful Americans!
How the drum rolled The fife changed