Elsie's Vacation and After Events

on to Princeton, where they received a most joyful welcome from Haro

in waiting, and shortly after their arrival the whole party were on their way to the battleground, where the attent

n reply to a question from his little brother; "he dismounted, and was rallying hi

rebel general is taken!' and at that others of the enemy rush

nets were at his breast; and instead of calling for quarter he continued to figh

, however, but m

omas Clark," continued Harold, pointing out the building as he spo

sn't Washington

hurt at all, pap

"God our Heavenly Father preserved him for his great work-the salvation of our country. '

er; for he was our first pres

, "and he did much for hi

ly equal in numbers and their troops well disciplined, while about half of Washington's army was composed of r

upon the southern bank of the Assanpink-before dawn of the next morning, and, by a circuitous march to Princeton, get in the

round was too soft, from a thaw, to make it saf

ther suddenly becoming so extremely cold that in two h

overcome by a power mightier than that of man. Our fathers were fighti

ashington and his army slip away without the British see

for the night, and Cornwallis, when some one urged him to make an attack that night, said he would certainly 'catch the fox in the morning.' The fox, of course, was Washington, but he didn't catch him. It was

nized it as what it was and exclaimed, 'To arms, General! Washing

he battle last?

lied his brother. "Then Washington pushed on to Princeton, and in a ravine ne

ipped t

ward Brunswick, the Fortieth r

to have been the first-passed into the chapel and through the head of a portrait of George the Second that hung in a large frame on the wall. A few more shots were fired

reached there yet?" Walt

, and Washington, with his victorious troops and prisoners, had already left the

lows so tired and

eton and the day in fighting; so that they must have been terribly fatigued even had they had the warm clothing and nourishing food they needed; but less than half of them had

o seize the rich prize at New Brunswick, and let them rest that night and ref

and look at the town souvenirs of the revolution; among them the portrai

describing Lee's disgraceful conduct at the beginning of the fight, telling of the just indignation of Washington, his stern reproof, Lee's angry rejoinder, and then with what consummate skill and despatch his errors were repaired by the general-in-chief-the retreating, almost

t day, wasn't it,

her father, "ninety-six degrees in the shade

was a traitor, Capt

ir own land. They did the American cause far more harm than good. Though I by no means accuse Gaines of treachery, but

" said Walter. "But please tell us the rest

n willingl

marked Evelyn with a sigh, as

nted, "and resulted in victory to the Americans in spite o

with praises of Washington, and Congress passed a unanimous vot

Captain Molly fought, w

g the eagerly inquiring looks of Grace a

ger from the shots of the enemy, made frequent journeys to and from a spring near at hand, thus furnishing

r was given to remove the cannon, as there was no one am

the cannon, seized the rammer, and, vowing that she would avenge his death, fired it with su

on, who gave her the commission of sergeant as a reward for her bravery; in addition to that he recommended

g their lines and get her cocked hat full of crowns. He also says the widow of General Hamilton told him she had often seen 'Capt

wear a man's ha

n by the British. She was there with her husband when the fort was attacked, and when the Americans retreated from the fort, and the enemy were scaling the ramparts, he

reat victory for us-for the American

who were within sound of the fearful tumult of the battle and eager to take part in it, Morgan striding to and f

r Lee's doings, I suspect," excla

n could have fallen, with his fresh troops, upon the weary ones of Sir Henry Clinton, toward the clos

ertain victory in the morning, when he could again attack his country's foes with his own troops strengt

on chase him?

ess of his own troops, the excessive heat of the weather, and the deep sandy coun

that the British shot Mr

s, about four miles northwest of Elizabethtown, to wh

gh ridges near Springfield, and came down to the plain to oppose the invasion of the British. I will not go into the details of the battle, but merely say that the British were finally repulsed, Greene being so a

f the British, but Mrs. Caldwell remained, and with her childre

xclaimed that a red-coated soldier had jumped

ldier raised his musket and deliberately fired at her through the window, sending two balls th

town. It was dragged out into the street, and lay exposed there for some time-several hours

ety and distress about his family; the next day he went with a fl

he peaceful little village aroused great indignation

ut who it was that kille

rth of Ireland, named McDonald, who for some unknown

. Caldwell himself was slain, in a very s

laimed Walter, in unfeigned surpr

a drunken Irishman. It happened at Elizabethtown, then in possession of the Americans. A sloop made weekly trips between that place and

the shore, and one or two sentinels paced the cau

ster at Elizabethtown, and Mr. Caldwell drove down to the wharf in his chaise to receive her; then,

d the bundle for examination, saying he had been ordered not

mes Morgan, by name-saying it was the property

ward the vessel, it is presumed to carry the bundle back to its owner

irst taken to the church, where a sermon was preached from

ot on Saturday afternoon, and the next day many of his people came in to attend

d all who wished to do so were allowed to take a last look at the remains of their beloved pastor. Then, before the coffin was closed, Dr. Elias Boudinot led the nin

s were paid to places interesting to them because the scenes of historical events of the Revo

through the mails that the members of their party left in the Newport cottages had already succumbed to the same sort of sickness, and w