. The wreck of the Sea Lion . ! Loads of things ! said Si. And theres lotsmore left. It beats anything I ever heard of ! He himself was getting very eager about it buthe would not have dreamed that an old sea-captaincould be so interested in any rubbish found in agarret, until just after he mentioned the saber andthe guns. Captain Vroomans hand came downheavily upon the table. Hold on, Si ! he said. Just let me tell yousomething right there. You dont know aboutthat house, but I do. All the land, away up aroundthe Point, used to be Vrooman land. Part of thatvery house was built before the Revol
. The wreck of the Sea Lion . ! Loads of things ! said Si. And theres lotsmore left. It beats anything I ever heard of ! He himself was getting very eager about it buthe would not have dreamed that an old sea-captaincould be so interested in any rubbish found in agarret, until just after he mentioned the saber andthe guns. Captain Vroomans hand came downheavily upon the table. Hold on, Si ! he said. Just let me tell yousomething right there. You dont know aboutthat house, but I do. All the land, away up aroundthe Point, used to be Vrooman land. Part of thatvery house was built before the Revolutionary the rest just after it, by a man named was a grand-uncle of mine. He was an officerof the old Continental Army. 6 May be those things in the old trunk used to be-long to him, said Si, but the captain was gettingexcited and went right on. Thats one of the oldest houses. They had toput on a new roof, of course, and new siding, andits been plastered and painted, and theres been more a pi op 33s. CD co. TWO NEW PROPELLERS 201 built on, but its the same house. There its been,ever since Ensign Vrooman (he was a colonel then)drilled his first squad of men in the front yard andgot them ready to march away with General Put-nam and fight the red-coats at Bunker Hill. Now,Si, tell me what you found. Sis eyes were dancing, and he felt finely. Hewas so interested, too, that he had not noticed thestopping of the piano, nor the opening wide of theparlor door ; nor even the fact that Katie had slippedout into the sitting-room. He hardly saw her untilshe came over and sat down by her father and listened,as hard as he did, while all the visitors in the parlorseemed to be keeping still. To think of that awful dog helping him!whispered Mrs. Vrooman to one of her friends, butSi had got to Tiger and the cocked hat, and he feltfull of courage to go on. That must have been old Colonel Vroomanshat ! chuckled the captain. Im going to makeyour father turn that and the saber ov
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