Yet for the time being Mrs. Morris was glad to have the boys at home, and shook her head sadly when they spoke of going away.
“You must stay here for a long time,” she would say. “You did your duty nobly. Let others do as much.”
“Thet’s right,” Barringford would add. “The lads have the blood of their fathers in ’em, God bless ’em!”
“Well, who wouldn’t want to fight, when following such a leader as Washington?” came from Dave. “Why, a fellow simply can’t help himself.”
“A wonderful man—truly a wonderful man,” put in the youth’s father reflectively. “I feel certain we shall hear a good deal more of him in years to come.”
And we have heard a good deal more, haven’t we, reader?
COLONIAL SERIES
By EDWARD STRATEMEYER
FIRST VOLUME