. A family flight around home. ot boss, it becomesyou ill! Bessie had not yet taken off her Liberty cap, and the Stars andStripes were still wound about her, impeding her progress. So shedid not pursue her brother, but let him go off, and went to makeher own preparations. Alice was seen flying home across the fieldsto inform her mother of the programme. The boys scrambleddown the steep hill to the boat-landing, and were soon pullingacross the river in the hot sun, in the direction of the meadow-intervale. Well, said Lavinia Mary, I do not say but its a comfortto see the last of them. I guess I
. A family flight around home. ot boss, it becomesyou ill! Bessie had not yet taken off her Liberty cap, and the Stars andStripes were still wound about her, impeding her progress. So shedid not pursue her brother, but let him go off, and went to makeher own preparations. Alice was seen flying home across the fieldsto inform her mother of the programme. The boys scrambleddown the steep hill to the boat-landing, and were soon pullingacross the river in the hot sun, in the direction of the meadow-intervale. Well, said Lavinia Mary, I do not say but its a comfortto see the last of them. I guess Ill shut the blinds and giveone drive to them flies. It is about time to put on the cabbage,unless Belinda, she may have seen to it. THE DECLAEATION OF INDEPENDENCE. 215 The professor settled himself to his books, and Mrs. Bruce com-ing down from her room, looked in upon him and said: Was not there rather more noise than usual, my dear, aboutthe lessons. Yes, dear, it was the Declaration of Independence, said the^ood ..=*=l JBKLOW THE MILL. 216 A FAMILY FLIGHT AROUND HOME. CHAPTER XXIV. THE WAR. AT first, the American were defeated. They lost severalbattles, and Washington, with his main army, had to leaveNew York to the British troops, and retreat, much to the encou-ragement of the British. Washington felt that the courage of his army must be kept upby some great success. There was a body of about a thousandBritish troops at Trenton. These soldiers, although they belongedto the British army, were Germans, hired and paid for by theBritish Government, to which they were furnished by their respec-tive sovereigns, one of whom was the Prince of Hesse-Cassel, andtherefore they went, in this country, under the name of Hessians. On Christmas Day (1776), which is a great holiday with allGermans, Washington crossed the Delaware from his camp, andtook them by surprise. The German commander was killed, andall his soldiers were taken prisoners. In spite of this and other
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