Corporal 'Lige's Recruit: A Story of Crown Point and TiconderogaOtis, James
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Corporal 'Lige's Recruit: A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga
Otis, James
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction
"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."
THE END.
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