Category: Historical Novels
“Nothing ever happens in this town,” said Eben Poore, dangling his long legs over the edge of the wharf, and looking down river to the open sea. The sky was pale, almost white above the long sand bar of Plum Island, he noticed, but the streets were growing dark behind him, and...
“Nothing ever happens in this town,” said Eben Poore, dangling his long legs over the edge of the wharf, and looking down river to the open sea. The sky was pale, almost white a...
2. Part 2Sally Rose sighed. “I know,” she said. “Wars are hard on a girl, Kit. I know I’m supposed to hate the British, but how can I, when they are so handsome--when they have such gall...
3. Part 3And now one of those wounded was dead, Captain Blakeslee. Why should it matter to him, when he had known the captain such a little time? But it did matter. A lump swelled and st...
4. Part 4“Which are you the most worried about, Kit,” asked Sally Rose. “Dick, or--?” She sneezed violently and wiped her eyes and nose with a lace handkerchief. “My, this hay dust makes...
5. Part 5“That--oh, that belongs to Gerry Malory over in the corner. Gerry’s a shoemaker from Barnstable--on his way to Newburyport to see a girl.” The landlord’s voice was gay and jovia...
6. Part 6She stood irresolute a moment. Then she drew a quick breath as if something pleased her, and ran down the street to the lantern swinging on its pole. Reaching, stretching, pulli...
7. Part 7Dick had grown taller, Kitty thought, and next time he went to camp, as he threatened to do every day or so, it wasn’t likely they’d send him home for being too young. Sometimes...
8. Part 8With a great effort Kitty drew the stays together at the bottom, clamping her cousin’s slim hips and belly into a frighteningly narrow space. The garment had been designed for a...
9. Part 9“We didn’t mean no harm, Ma’am Greenleaf,” explained Johnny. “We just came from camp to see the girls, and walked into the taproom like--like anybody would. Then we heard Sally...
10. Part 10The sentry spat. “Maybe ye’re honest,” he said. “Ye look to be. But General Ward’s a-talking to some important men from the Congress o’ Massachusetts right now. Couldn’t let ye...
11. Part 11Gran went on sorting out porringers and teaspoons. “There’s going to be trouble, child,” she said. “The town’s full of soldiers, and there’s more soldiers digging some sort of b...
12. Part 12The road back to the safety of Medford lay broad and smooth behind them, but nobody turned toward that road. They started to cheer, but the colonel held up his hand.
13. Part 13“My folks didn’t make that mistake,” he said abruptly. “They come here on a ship, like all the rest of us, except those who be Injun bred. Come out o’ Scotland, my folks. Had fi...