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CHAPTER V
SCARLET STOCKINGS
“Good news from Truro, Captain Enos,” said Joseph Starkweather, one morning in August, as the two neighbors met at the boat landing. “There’ll be good hope for American freedom if all our settlements show as much wit and courage.”
“And what have Truro men done?” demanded Captain Enos. “They are mostly of the same blood as our Province Town folks, and would naturally be of some wit.”
Joseph Starkweather’s eyes brightened and twinkled at his neighbor’s answer.