"Of course, Uncle Sam. We are so tired from our long journey we can hardly move. Nothing would be nicer than to sit by your side and listen to a story," said Joe.
Lucy showed she thought so, too, by pressing Uncle Sam's hand and looking up at him with a pleased nod of her little head.
Uncle Sam smiled and began the story of
WILLIAM PENN THE QUAKER
A long time ago there was a rich man who lived in England. He was an admiral in the English navy and a great friend of the king.
Admiral Penn had a son named William who was bright and handsome. The boy had kind parents, a lovely home, and plenty of money to spend. The family was a very happy one until William went away to college. It was then that he first went to a meeting of the Quakers. He liked what he heard, and he thought:
"I, too, would like to be a Quaker."
The Quakers believed quite differently from other people in England. They were like the Pilgrims in one thing,—they would not go to the regular church of the country, but had a different service among themselves. They thought everyone should be free to worship God in his own manner. They were quite different from the Pilgrims in other ways, however. They thought it was wrong to fight, even to save their country.
"One man should not take up arms against another," they said. They believed it was not right to dress in gay colors. They said it makes people proud and vain.