Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-03-05
A SOn'Of his Forefalhers.
BY SUSAN COOLIDGE.

BY SUSAN COOLIDGE.
Tom Brewster was as patriotic a littl,
boy as New England has ever produced
HIS father vas remotely descended from
me fimouS Elder Brewster of the Nav.
flower. a fact in which Tom took great
satisfnc ion and pride. Their home was
near Plymouth place which is. a,
should be, the fountain head of American
patriotism, and Tom had grown up on
Intimate terms, as it were with the Rock
and all the traditions of the town. Ht
was only twelve, but he had read so MANY
stories about the Pilgrims and their struc
giles and their fights with the Indians
about the stirring DAYS of the Revolution
and the Boys of '7G' that he seemed
more at home with these old times than
with his own. He knew all tho battles o
Independence by heart and had fought
hem all through from beginning to end
with an army of paper soldiers, which he
had constructed nominally for the amuse
ment of his little sisters, but really for his
own.
Tom was clever with his fingers, and
art in its way. There were not less than
900 Of these soldiers, all divided into
regiments and companies. Each tiny
figure was neatly cut out and painted in
uniform, scarlet or blue as the case
might be, ard each had small card,
board support under his feet which he'd
him firmly in an upright position. The
Highland regiment wore their plaids and
claymores, the Fusileers their distinctive
uniform and the Hessians theirs-Tom
had studied them all carefully out o|
books. The captains and lieutenants had
swords and cpaules. The generals were
mounted on horses-such pretty horses
with waving names and tails, painted
roam or gray or black There were army
wagons and cannons and caissons and
forts, all made of pasteboard; oh, it was
very complete army indeed, and il
would have given the children unmixed
satisfaction except for one unhappy cir
cumstance, which was that none of the
little Brewslers were willing 10 be the
British!
Isabel, who was next in age to Tom,
used to run away and hide, sometimes, in
order to escape the odious necessity.
It's such a shame, she told her mother,
Tom will always make me be the English.
1t isn't fair, is it, mamma? love my
own country just as much as he does, and
he ought to take turns, but he never will
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Soms sm,IIer tbings too Tom Think
now natien,iv thav 6ore bsrdshins in tho
,ntset That fret yoar thew hardly ever
,ad enouoh to eat Won know. An the
,to~os thay bod hrou1ht in ,he sb;ns were
,sed m and the ara;n thov nlanied was
not ~ rinn ''' f''
7 remember And how ,hav had III,
irst Thankscivino because the shin came
,ack with more supplies.
Yes, and because they had reaped their
irst harvest. How good that first corn
bread must have tasted to them! Don't
7ou think SO. Tomp
There was meaning tone in mammals s
,oice which made Toms cheeks turn
title red.
Cant Won fancy them at supperp she