“Are you not the same lad who so thirsted 247 for money that he refused to show the way into the fort unless first paid for his services?”
“Ay, sir; but I have come to think differently since then, and now I’m going for a soldier, because it looks to me as if the colonists would speedily worst the king.”
“Whereas a few days ago it appeared to you that the boot was on the other foot?”
“I did not think farmers could be turned into soldiers, sir.”
“You may readily believe it now, lad, more especially since you have seen how easy it is for one who was almost a royalist to become a good American, and now I am speaking of yourself. Enlist wherever you will, and I will take it upon myself to see that both you lads rise in the service as rapidly as you shall deserve.”
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