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"Of course you do; and you know that George Washington and General Putnam and General Warren, and many more brave men, defended this country and its liberty?" "Why, yes," replied Sylvia, greatly puzzled. "The men of South Carolina were among the bravest and most loyal of the defenders of our liberties.
In a friendly, elaborate, and able notice of my book, in a newspaper of high character, it is stated that Salem Village, was the home of the family which gave General Rufus Putnam to "the War of 1812;" and George Burroughs is called "John" Burroughs. It is sometimes as hard to correct an error, as it is easy to fall into one.
But Smith appears kinder sick. Evidently thinks his goose is cooked; and I don't wonder, with that Modoc swooping down on him with such a discouraging club. "And now we come to to ah to Putnam General Putnam. He fought in the war, too; and one day a lot of 'em caught him when he was off his guard, and they tied him flat on his back on a horse, and then licked the horse like the very mischief.
Frank was silent, and so Putnam asked: "What do you think of that?" "I think it is a very good plan, and I approve of it." "Then it is settled. They shall be dropped at once, although it seems that the mischief is done now." "There may be no mischief in it, for the sophs ridicule the innovations introduced, and they are surer than ever that they will have a soft thing of it.
He's done for. Please go away." "Oh, I sha'n't faint at least, not yet. Poor fellow! I've seen him upstairs and wondered who he was. Is he really going to die?" "Looks bad," said Barnes, gently opening the shirt front. Several of the craning men turned away suddenly. "Can't you understand him?" demanded Putnam Jones, from the opposite side. "No. Did you get the doctor?"
Then they moved forward again until noon, when they reached a small village where dinner already awaited them. "We have covered twelve miles," said Captain Putnam. "Eight more, and the day's march will be over." The cadets were glad enough to eat their dinner and take it easy on the porch of the old country hotel at which they had stopped. "Imagine us marching off to war," observed Sam.
"I am not so certain of it," said Ellis Raymond. "How! What do you mean, Master Raymond?" exclaimed Joseph Putnam; like all his family, he was orthodox to the bone in his opinions. "My idea is that in the old times they supposed all distracted and insane people especially the violent ones, the maniacs to be possessed with devils."
By this time, even the dullest of the girls of course saw very plainly who was being aimed at; but Mistress Putnam added, "upon learning that Master Jethro had also been afflicted by this person, I had very little doubt that I should find the guilty young man had been doing the same to all of you; for we have seen heretofore that when these witches attack one of us, they attack all, hating all for the same reason, that we expose and denounce them.
He could not fail to be interested in them, but he never plunged into them with all his might and main as if he intended to make them his chief concern. For a while he had a desk in the office of the publishers, G. P. Putnam's Sons: but Major George Putnam recalls that he did little except suggest wonderful projects, which "had to be sat down upon." Already a love of writing infected him.
Later in the war Putnam, by virtue of his rank, would have been in command, or possibly Warren, but Warren was there only as a volunteer, having been appointed general the day before the battle.
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