Washington telegraph., 1908-01-17
A Tea p rty
Episode
BY SOPHIE GATES KERR
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cur Lord 1774
OH" exclaimed Lucy Gerard
when the flames leapt up ABOUT the
sails. was SO faint that ) almost
feH 1t Was a rare sight. Father
says il was an event of history We
may well boast of seeing
81 couldn't CO. sighed denr1He
Polly Medcalf; "I heard the crowd
shouting: Burn the Peggy Stewart
and then brother John came in later
and said the brig was burnt and that
Mr. Stewart himself had fired her,
Twas a monstrous shameH broke
in another slender maid with flash /
ing blue eyes, that poor man, TO SUI.
FER the loss Of his cargo on account
of thoughtless act! The people
have gone mad, I think"
1T was but right that the tea
should be burnt, Anne" said Emily
Gerard, the elder of the SISTERS. @We
will not suffer the tyranny OF the
King"
Perhaps you can explain how the
Burning of Mr.. Stewards tea, his own,
mind you, and he 81 good patriot,
can mean anything to the kin8 for
the king or against the king said
Anne, quickly. Twas Wanfeh
piece of destruction by a set OF mad
men, to my mind
And instead" Mistress Anne Win
ter" spoke up Lucy Gerard angrily,
tis runored you and your family
have tea to drink asFlenty, when all
true patriots would seorn drop OF
IKE stuff"
"T'ore's many Lat Gays, more.
over o&e in Emily, that your IA
the one too warm for the cause,
and tss 'has not tefY careful he
may meet mighty serious trouble
Anre Winter rose aad snatehed up
her scat TN not stay to be in
sulted, Sic cried pass,oaatalyi that
we ha tea in plenty is true, and
bought and la d for it ere ever duty was
laid, Why should we throw itaway
. 60 please the whim ef fha fabble, ig.
norant poor sous rs they be. And
as for you, Lucy and Emily Geraed.
1t must be that ye have much to
a--oa rshamsd Of ! your own fathei
that We seek to hiNe Ill by ugly word.
for nine | have done with ye botf
until ye come to your right senses.
So saying, she flung out Of the room
and down the street, hot tears ir
her eyes and hotter rage in her heart
She jerked her bonnet strings into
bow and folded her satin and fur
n ", hen oh
mindful of amazed glances from pass
ersby.
She halted moment in front of a
hair dresser's window.
While Anne gazed and meditated
On curls and puffs a slender, dark
young fellow, with maniness in his
face that balied the swagger of his
rufies, STOPPED beside her
I'll warrant It's some matter OF
vanity that holds you so enthralled,' ;
he sad in a gay, bantering voice
And why not, Jack Fairfax?" said
Anne, turning to him; It's quite as
sensible as going stark mad over the
burning of the Peggy Stewart, as ali
the girls in town seem to have done
HIS clear eyes elouded a moment
"A hair dressers notice is hardly a
vindieation of principle, Anne, he
said, gently
Arne's heart was still sore and
snarting with unexpressed anger. She
answered sharply: Don't you begin
that tco. I'm sick of the very sound
Of principle and Patriot and
rights l wish l were in China to
be away from hearing them"
You're strangely rufled," said
Jack; Il meant no harm, I'm sure,
oN.y it VeXed me to heal you speak
80 lightly of the things I'd die for"
Then lowering his voice. Anne, an.
other thing, Thy say that your fam.
~ drinks tea daily. Is it true?"
Yes, it's true, said Anne, on the
defensive instantly; and what of
itY
Why Anne, it's dangerous" ex
claimed Jack, aghast. Don't Won
Know ttat the reople in town would
rise to wreck vengeance on your ia
Iher and you if they knew it? Dent
60 sTa rash things. Why. they
might barn your house over youl
lead"
"nun cur house. indeed!" exclaim-
cd Anne; I'D like to see them try
H. n net afraid of an ignorant raj.
bic, not J, nor of anything they might
DO I'll wager that /. myself. could
"a them racking IN short order"
Now, Anne" said Fairfax. firmly.
such talk is silly Just as if you
'n.d 90 anything AGAINST two-score
tn, don't know what your father
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