Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . and the other the deserter. The old General wasereatly delighted. He raised Sammy to his feet on the saddle, and ther-oldiers raised their arms in salute, and then cheered the little hero. 58 GENERAI* GRANT. It was tlie proudest moment of Sammys life I That eveniug, as liesat with the General and his father around the great fireplace, Old Puttook him on his knee and said: Your grandfather is proud of you to-night, my son, and hereafter I shall call you one of my soldiers 1 QUEST
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . and the other the deserter. The old General wasereatly delighted. He raised Sammy to his feet on the saddle, and ther-oldiers raised their arms in salute, and then cheered the little hero. 58 GENERAI* GRANT. It was tlie proudest moment of Sammys life I That eveniug, as liesat with the General and his father around the great fireplace, Old Puttook him on his knee and said: Your grandfather is proud of you to-night, my son, and hereafter I shall call you one of my soldiers 1 QUESTIONSr Who was Sammys grandfather ? In what battle did he lose his life ?What did General Putnam tell a little boy about the courage of his grand-father? Where was General Putnams army spending the winter?Were the soldiers on both the American and the British sides in the habitof deserting ? What did Sammy discover one day when he was visitingthe camp? When he found that two deserters were talking together,what did he do ? Did these two men escape or were they captured ? ge:nebal grant THE HEEO OF THE OIYH. HAT shall I tell you about to-day? said Uncle would like to hear about General Grant, saidJames. And I would too, said Elsie. Ever3^body must honor General Grant, said UncleFrank, for his great sendees to his country. He wasa plain man, quite unknown when the war broke out,but he had afterward a very brilliant career. When any man is wanted, said Mabel, to do any-thing, doesnt it always happen that the man comes ?It would seem so, said Uncle Frank, and General Grants history helpsto prove it. His people away back were Scotch, but had been in this countrya great many years when Grant was born. This occurred at Point Pleas-ant, Clermont County, Ohio, April 27, 1822. His fathers name wasJesse and his mothers maiden name was Hannah Simpson, and he wasthe eldest of six children. He helped his father on the farm in thesummer and went to the village school during the ^
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