Forest Glen

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150

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227 g

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. FOREWABNED. WHEN the settlers left the fort in the spring, Honeywood moved into the house of his father-in-law, Israel Blanchard, Ms own dwelling being at a greater distance from the fort than any other at the Run. He, however, became tired of going so far every day to his work, and chose to go back to his own home when he had recovered from a wound received in a skirmish with the Indians in hoeing-time. His family consisted of himself, wife, and two children; the eldest boy about six, the other a little child. Cal Holdness had come over to take supper with them; and, having despatched the meal, they were variously occupied. The mother was undressing Eddie, and the youngest child was asleep in the cradle. Cal's vas out of order; and he had brought it withhim, that Harvey might repair it. He laid the weapon across his knees, and proceeded to take off the lock, Cal holding a lighted sliver of pitch- wood to give him light. It was a sultry night, and the house, built of hewn timber, excessively warm. The doors and bullet-p'roof shutters being closed, there was no ventilation except by means of the chimney, and the loop-holes which were only large enough to admit the barrel of a rifle. Honeywood, noticing the drops of perspiration on the face of his wife, said, ? " Sarah, I've a good mind to open the door: see how that child in the cradle sweats, and you are well-nigh roasted. If I open the door 'twill make a good draught up the chimney, and cool the house off for the night." " Don't, husband, I beg of you: it's just the time of year when Indians are most likely to come; we've just heard that they've been killing people at Shamakin. It's not long since they took Fort Granville, and killed all the garrison but one; and this very day you've been...

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