. St. Nicholas [serial]. HAPPINESS. BY ALICE GARLAND, AGE 14. (SILVER BADGE.) i8o ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. [ One would think that Molly would have been over-come with grief at her husbands death, but Molly hada soldiers spirit inside a womans heart; so she loadedand fired the gun all through the rest of the day, to thegreat admiration of all the men. The next day General Greene went to see Molly, andfound her all stained with dirt and powder, as she hadbeen the day of the battle. He led her to GeneralWashington, who was very much pleased at her braveact; and though he did not generally give c
. St. Nicholas [serial]. HAPPINESS. BY ALICE GARLAND, AGE 14. (SILVER BADGE.) i8o ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. [ One would think that Molly would have been over-come with grief at her husbands death, but Molly hada soldiers spirit inside a womans heart; so she loadedand fired the gun all through the rest of the day, to thegreat admiration of all the men. The next day General Greene went to see Molly, andfound her all stained with dirt and powder, as she hadbeen the day of the battle. He led her to GeneralWashington, who was very much pleased at her braveact; and though he did not generally give commissionsto women, he did to Molly. He made her sergeant, andhad her name put on the list of half-pay officers for life. The French regiment on the American side invitedMolly (or Captain Molly, as she was called) to reviewtheir troops. She did so, and as she walked up anddown the line, with her hat in her hand, almost everyman dropped a piece of money into it. Molly did not live long after her last but most famousbattle. It is now one hundred and twenty-five years sincethis brave woman fought on the Mon
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