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And all for old Burghe's sons! Pray, what were they to you that you should rush through burning flames for them?" "Nothing, Aunt Hannah; only I felt quite sure that Israel Putnam or Francis Marion would have done just as I did, and so " "Plague take Francis Putnam and Israel Marion, and also Patrick Handcock, and the whole lot of 'em, I say!
"Ma'am, he got burned in saving Commodore Burghe's sons, who were fast asleep in that burning wing! Mrs. Middleton offered freedom to any slave who would venture through the house to wake them up, and get them out. Not a man would run the risk! Then she offered freedom, not only to any slave, but also to the wife and children of any slave who would go in and save the boys. Not a man would venture!
You risked your life to save Commodore Burghe's two sons, and you did save them." "Sir, that was only my duty." "Then it is equally the commodore's duty to do all that he can for you. And it is also your duty to accept his offers." "Do you look at it in that light, sir?" "Certainly I do." "And do you think John Hancock and Patrick Henry would have looked at it in that light?" Mr.
"He went out to an oyster supper at Commodore Burghe's, and he hasn't got back yet," answered the man, as he took the bucket and passed it to a negro on the roof. "How the mischief did the fire break out?" inquired the professor, handing up another bucket. "Nobody knows. The mistress first found it out.
Ann Maria married Lewis Digges, old Commodore Burghe's boy that he set free before he died, and they have moved up to Washington to better themselves, and they're doing right well, as I hear. He drives a hack and she clear starches. They have three children, two girls and a boy. I have never seen one of them yet." "And your other daughter?" "Mary Ellen?
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