Show the master 0 of f chaos af av by irvind bacheller bachellor cr 1131 1932 by irving bachellor ellor service CHAPTER VII continued lo 10 rumors humors of a bombardment were flying through the city the british army officers gave them no credit the roar of 0 cannon had the effect of 0 a merry jest in howes heoweg army the Fayer weathers were aboard the flagship ot of the fleet in the harbor on a visit to admiral when the guns of 0 ticonderoga and others from rom dorchester heights to east cambridge opened a withering fire on the defenses in front of them it was thit the clever girl pat who was responsible for this flagship party she had had a hint from revere pats maid had deserted her in the panic and so ell enslow as she was then called went with them to serve in that capacity that night of march 4 1778 1776 from dark to daylight the guns from ceroga bellowed and sheets of flame were leaping upward along the seven mile line of washington it was a night of terror cannon balls splashed into the harbor one of them tore through the rigging of a ship and splintered a mast an order was given to weigh anchor and hoist sails and move out of range this was done after daylight when the firing bring had ceased admiral Shul dain returned for observation at a prudent distance from the town an officer climbed to the masthead and with his glass noted the extent of the disaster A big redoubt built in the night now crowned the heights of dorchester many of the british works were destroyed the city itself had suffered little damage but the town and the harbor were at mercy nis his artillery had become a menace instead of a joke the admiral informed general howe that unless the enemy was dislodged he could not occupy the harbor that afternoon howe took three thousand men to castle island tor for an attack but it was held in check by a great storm before an advance was wag possible washington had so astren strengthened th and extended his works that howe abandoned his plan the latter offered to embark his army and leave the city uninjured it if permitted to do so without molestation the proposal was not signed but the commander of the pa patriots it riots had no doubt of its sincerity so his supply of powder having been shortened by the cannonade and desiring to save the city he let the british go in peace the bombardment had continued three nights no one on the flagship had been allowed to go ashore the important loyalists in town came aboard with their luggage and as soon its as the storm bated abated the admiral found an anchorage far out of range and lay to while the army was embarking on other ships so it befell that the Fayer weathers and some nine hundred loyalists sailed for halifax with the british army on the seventeenth of march the captains amos farnsworth and colln Colin Cabot rode into the almost deserted city with their regiment the day dav following the evacuation to explore it and report to the commander in chief they found large stores of food and ami ammunition which the overcrowded ships had not been able to accommodate the big houses were all deserted save by hired caretakers living in the stables from one of these colln colin learned that the Fayer rayer weathers had gone with the admiral of the fleet the young man turned to amos with a groan as they rode away saying my illy heart Is about as dead and hine lonell v as the city I 1 begin to fear that I 1 shall not see her again cheer up my son which it aint no time to be beelin poorly amos answered thelawar the Thel war will soon be over they dont want to play with us no more the two captains went to the fish market and found the old sea god rl denezer who stood with his hig spyglass spy glass eyeing the far horizon in the east go with the wind he said the sea will keep a em the sea Is the great king nell hell wear em out the fickle and merciless ocean Is our ally said colin returning they found preparations in progress for breaking camp day after day they labored in the aim almost ost deserted city loading ships and wagons the shifting backgrounds of war had broken many threads of hope that between the two lovers was now badly strained the mind of the girl carl was like a pot boiling with the heat of her indignation the international issues were to her a matt matter prof of minor importance it had been clearly the dutar dut of the british army to surrender and cease to delay peace and happy weddings Rs s fleet had made a quick lourney journey to Hall halifax fax there the Fayer weathers lived at a tavern for a time and presently settled aled in ta furnished amon their first quests were General sir gu guy carleton lately arrived from quebec at table pat sat at his side lie he was one of the handsomest and most gallant officers in the british army ills ilia generous conduct in seeking and befriending fir fri the wounded montgomery had no doubt so some effect on the mind of comrade the brave benedict arnold 1 I am tired of this stupid war said pat pal with will it a binde anine as it ehe he raised her glass of sherry 1 I hate tho the british army it has ruined me but your health sarf sir I 1 your health dear girl I 1 have never seen a more charming ruin it Is a cheering sight I 1 hear that you are in love with a yankee soldier general you laugh when you ought to be weeping I 1 am in love so much in love with one man that I 1 have an af affection for his comrades war Is the great love killer and you know as well as I 1 do that love Is the only thing worth wb while lle in this world we dont want to fight we ask only to be let leti alono alone in the country which we have made with our own hands through hardships of which you know nothing you cross the ocean to force your will upon us you propose pro polso to ruin the bodies of our men and break the hearts of our women until we yield the gallant general would enter upon no argument with a lady in the eighteenth century a gentleman never argued with ladles ladies ills his answer to a womans comans argument was likely to be a good natured laugh ending in a word of flattery or a merry jest you beautiful rebell rebel the general exclaimed with a gentle laugh you have at least captured my heart I 1 agree that love Is the only thing worth while especially that of a man and a mald maid lie ile lifted his glass adding the health of your young man I 1 may he keep an unbroken skin and come out worthy of the dearest girl on this continent the girl Is incorrigible said mr Fay ereather with a frown since she met the young renegade she has been a thorn in my flesh its the usual penalty for meddling with roses said the general the dear child has my sympathy love Is the greatest of all tyrants but here Is good news our army will soon be going down to york to meet howe and end the war many grand ladles are going with us if I 1 may have your consent sir we shall take your daughter with us we shall have all the rebels in a sack with very little bloodshed you and the good madame will follow us and I 1 hope we may have a great army wedding on york island to signalize the restoration of goodwill it Is a pretty dream rat pat answered id love to go but your plan reminds me of the greedy man in my reading book who put such a burden I 1 in his sack that he could not carry it and his reward was nothing this illuminating fact Is recorded in the girls diary 1 I do not wonder that sir guy and lady carleton have won the affectionate regard of my mother and father I 1 am fond of them in spite of their love of that old pig on the english throne I 1 have permission to take enslow and to go with them to quebec we shall be salting sailing next nest week enslow holds up my heart she Is a treasure religious terribly religious yet wise gentle sympathetic came of a good family seduced and driven out of her home when she was sixteen the boy married her and was soon killed by indians her two children died in the plague for years a friendless creature but always a lady at heart she looks ten years younger since she came to me what a eban change e can be wrought by love and good food and clothing every day I 1 thank god for other mother enslow harry oage gage has renewed his attentions tent ions lons hut but very mildly the discipline of the sword has improved him ile he has better manners and a deeper respect for americans I 1 like him better I 1 suppose that he will he be making love to me again but I 1 shall not listen CHAPTER VIII devoted mostly to colins temptation and his adventure with new enemies of america at the end of his labors in boston colin reported to general washington the commander in chief showed no elation rut but his face was no longer shadowed with anxiety ile he smiled when he thanked the captain and gave him his hand saying 1 I hae the pleasure to address you for the first timp imp as colonel babot my first order Is that you glie ghe yourself the rest you need after the arduous labors in which your industry and valor have been an example to the troops I 1 wish you to retire to your room until you feel restored I 1 think that mrs washington lifts has some thing to say to you in the library be fore you go ahrne ahme stairs A little later colin was sitting with lady washington pat must have gone away in a british ship he sald yes I 1 hae bane news for you the tha lady answered with a smile you toa will remember nancy woodbridge no man could forget that form of venus and those big dark eyes and red cheeks checks and hair like sunlight he answered laughing 1011 you loll top she commanded with a look of 0 mingled reproof and amusement look remember you yon must behave yourself fl 1 she Is terribly good took ing have you seen ferrii her yes res pat sent her here it was her last resort or of course she would not have sent a female envoy so young and beautiful she and her brother came this morning on a pair of lovely black horses having ridden all nig night h t nor her father Is the great horse breeder who ships his colts to every province nancy brought this letter colin took the letter and eagerly broke its seal it was from rat and it ran as follows my aly beloved with desperate valor I 1 have tried to break through the lines but in vain the love killer still stands stand 3 between us I 1 am a desperate helpless maiden but my love Is a strong growing child my effort has broken the one safe channel of communication our post office has been under suspicion with every door guarded so a V when I 1 find a lover my praise will be for his ears only that I 1 can neither send nor receive letters there Is to be a bombardment and we are going to the admirals ship I 1 send this letter by a route you know to a friend and have asked her to send it on to you because her father Is a friend of washington and I 1 know it will get through there are times when I 1 fear that we may not see each other for years if so please be sure that I 1 am waiting for you and that I 1 am praying ever for your safety and the end of the war I 1 had thought of sad and touching words for this letter but I 1 seem to have lost them I 1 fear that the heat beat of my heart has burned them up I 1 am sure that they would have brought you to tears now I 1 am so angry that I 1 can write nothing fit for the eyes of a christian my maid Is often so astonished by my wickedness that she opens her bible and asks me to read the ten commandments mand ments my soul Is ruined what will you think of me when you read that I 1 wish the whole british army could be driven out to sea and drowned I 1 end with a great truth it 1 Is this I 1 love you look again at these words you will see that an angel stands between us I 1 hope and pray that he may not lose his hold upon either one I 1 send affectionate greetings to dear lady washington and the great general devotedly yours pat when he had haa read the letter to her lady washington laughed saying poor child I 1 know how she feels I 1 am old and you are young I 1 have seen a lot of this world we women know each other very well I 1 am going to look after you nancy and her brother have enlisted she for the hospital my ily dear lady washington I 1 am no weathercock nor am I 1 ao an april wind why should you or rat pat worry about me you are a man and men do not know as much as we do I 1 have said enough go directly to your room and get your rest for days the young man had been on the new redoubt working to in fevered liate haste and in constan constant expectation of a charge hiis regiment had helped in placing the fa and in filling ga babions gab ions blons they were under fire with aching ears and smothered sick by the smoke of near cannon then the ceaseless hurried toll in boston lie ile went to bed and the people beina stairs saw no more of him until mrs mald maid called him an hour before dinner next day you are expected at dinner sir she sold said at the door there will be a large party sir the party was to be an official celebration of the retreat of the before the guns hauled from SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS at boston in july 1775 colin cabot ardent young lover of liberty bids godby god ef MT by to bs h sweetheart patience pat fact battler daughter of a loyalist but herself a rebel he aoi joins the revolutionary army at cambridge and is mustered into the tb company of capt aviles amos farna fanu worth colin colln impresses washington and he ha makes him his bia informal secretary with the rank of captain A letter from pat tells colin the he is in to visit friends outside the th amerlan lines an aej s aalfs lis him to meet her ber he sets seta out Leaming Learning of a british plot to capture colin Farn farnsworth with a troop rides to the rescue A british patrol led by harry gage gaffe celias rival ir the hand of pat pal threatens the young patriot farnsworth and hla his troop come up cars challenges cbill enges colin to a duel they fight and gage cafe is if wounded colio colin returns to cambridge washington having forbidden dueling duel lne reduces re dLce him to the ranks but mrs washington affectionately known to tho the army anny as lady washington remains his stanch lunch friend restored to his rank for meri eri service celen Is cut nt with col sim botts ft a el civilian villain soldier on a recruit recruiting ff mis m in the west he meets a typical pioneer woman mrs bowlby A band of drunken indians indiana I 1 Is outwitted by her bravery and shrewdness with many recruits coln goes oes back to Cambri dai ile ho is sent to aid in the transportation of the guns or of ticonderoga to the heights of dorchester to bombard boston derdea and placed on dorchester heights low officers and below were the staff their wives john find and mrs birs adams nancy woodbridge and her brother and of C cambridge R m a number of th the best people people hiell gathered in the grea great hall a ana n d parlor talking of 0 the retreat as they waited for dinner to be announced ann bounced mrs washington took collais arm and introduced him to the company as he received colonel cabot whereupon the 1 many congratulations pride in the woman had a motherly handsome boy you will follow mr and mrs adams into the dining room with said lady wash nancy ancy woodbridge ington nancy woodbridge I 1 where Is sher surrounded by officers of coursel course I 1 the old bucks bicksl we must charge through them and rescue her nancy who had been chatting merrily with some members of the start staff grew serious at seeing the young manthe color in her cheeks checks deepened she said as he we meet again took her nand hand do you remember the night you left us As if it were yester yesterday aday I 1 remember the kin kindless dress of yo your ur mother and father and often I 1 have thought of 0 t your beauty and your merry words 1 I saw you get out of a barrel it was interesting and you you looked harmless now that ive read so much about you in rats pats letters of your bravery and gallantry of the duel and of all your many virtues I 1 am afraid of you I 1 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