. St. Nicholas [serial]. he Capitol, Dorothy would spend her timecurled up in a great arm-chair in the library,reading whatever pleased her from the shelves allaround her, or listening to her fathers friendsas they talked of all that might happen to thecountry now that George Washington was was nearly ten years old when shefirst heard her father speak of another war withEngland. This interested even so little a girl,and she tried to hear and understand all aboutit. When they talked of the lifting of the em-bargo she did not know what they meant; butthe gentlemen grew excited over
. St. Nicholas [serial]. he Capitol, Dorothy would spend her timecurled up in a great arm-chair in the library,reading whatever pleased her from the shelves allaround her, or listening to her fathers friendsas they talked of all that might happen to thecountry now that George Washington was was nearly ten years old when shefirst heard her father speak of another war withEngland. This interested even so little a girl,and she tried to hear and understand all aboutit. When they talked of the lifting of the em-bargo she did not know what they meant; butthe gentlemen grew excited over the impress-ment of American sailors, by which Dorothy,years afterward, learned they meant that theBritish officers came on board our ships withoutleave, and made men who were really Americansgo to work on their ships. Dorothy was always greatly interested in allthat her fathers great friends would talk about,whether she clearly understood it or not, and sheknew when war was declared, and the victories She heard many hot. GOOD-BV, dear. (see page 787.) when Pennsylvania Avenue itself was a quag-mire, and, walking along it from the small brickTreasury building, one could see no beautifuldome resting against the eastern sky, for the Capitol was but two wings, joined by a wooden and losses on each sideVol. XXXI.—99. 785 ;86 HOW TWO DOROTHYS RAN AWAY FROM THE BRITISH. [July, discussions between General Winder and Gen-eral Armstrong whether they should heed thewarning sent from England and put Washingtonin a state of defense. The British will not come to the capital,she heard General Armstrong say, and his voicewas so strong and burly that she was sure hemust know all about it. Very much astonished, then, was Dorothy tobe awakened, early one August morning, by aclattering horseman, calling loudly as he rode: The British have entered the Chesapeake !They are preparing to march on Washington! Dorothy was afraid to venture out all themorning, for fear the British would come sud-denly
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