. Our colonial homes. tavern. We insist that the annals of some of these old innswould not be without interest in connection with certain passagesof American history—such, for example, as the meeting of thedelegates to the Philadelphia Congress of 1774. at Smiths CityTavern, before thev walked to Caroenters Hall to organize : or thatmost affecting leave-taking bv Washington of his lieutenants, atFranciss Tavern, in Xew York—a scene to which that of Fontaine-bleau. with all its dramatic embracings of standards, does not holda candle, in our opinion. THE RED HORSE 163 In a secluded nook among th
. Our colonial homes. tavern. We insist that the annals of some of these old innswould not be without interest in connection with certain passagesof American history—such, for example, as the meeting of thedelegates to the Philadelphia Congress of 1774. at Smiths CityTavern, before thev walked to Caroenters Hall to organize : or thatmost affecting leave-taking bv Washington of his lieutenants, atFranciss Tavern, in Xew York—a scene to which that of Fontaine-bleau. with all its dramatic embracings of standards, does not holda candle, in our opinion. THE RED HORSE 163 In a secluded nook among the Middlesex hills, three miles fromSudbury Centre and about an hours ride by rail from Boston, isthe ancient hostelry which Mr. Longfellow has made famous by hisTales of a Wayside Inn. It is so embowered among the treesas not to be perceived until a sharp turn of the road brings youalmost to the old-fashioned door. And even when you have arrivedthere, so perfect is the sense of seclusion, so complete the silence,. THE RED HORSE (WAYSIDE INN), SUDBURY, MASS. that it is difficult to believe this now deserted road was ever a much-travelled highway. Nevertheless, the Wayside — or, to call thingsby their right names, the Red Horse—stands on the old post-route between Boston and the Connecticut River, once the great thoroughfare all travelled, and over which a lumbering- stage-coach oncepassed twice a week. The region round about, though quiet enough now, is full ofthe records of more stirring times. Marlborough, Sudbury, and Lan- 164 OUR COLOXIAL HOMES \ caster, the neighboring towns, were frequently harried and well-nighdestroyed in 1676, during Philips War ; and Sudbury Fight, as itis called, has a monument above the graves of the outnumberedcolonial soldiers who, when driven like hunted deer to a hilltop fromwhich there was no escape, sold their lives almost to a man onthat bloody spot. Xot far from us Mount Xobscot rears high itsgreen bulk; and, should we stand on its su
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