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"Why, Rebby, I know all about history. The minister told me that a hundred and fifty years ago there were English traders living right here, and they were driven away by the French. And then, some forty years ago, Governor Belcher of Massachusetts came cruising along this coast, and there was no one at all here. And, Rebby, Mr.
But as they stopped for a brief rest under the shadow of a wide-spreading beach tree Rebby said: "Father could have overtaken us by this time, Danna, if he did not think it was right for us to go." Danna agreed cheerfully, and now both the girls felt a new courage for this perilous undertaking that was sure to tax their strength to the utmost.
"I wish we had started this morning." That day seemed very long to the sisters. They made their preparations carefully for the next day's journey, and at an early hour went to bed, so that they might awaken in good season. The next morning dawned clear. Before the sun was up Anna was wide awake, and at her whispered "Rebby," her sister's eyes opened quickly, and they slipped quietly out of bed.
Rebby was very proud of this box, and in it she kept her most treasured possessions: a handkerchief of fine lawn with a lace edge, a pin made from a silver sixpence, and the prayer-book her Grandmother Weston had given her. When Lucia gave her the silk mitts for a birthday present Rebby had put them carefully away with these other treasures.
Weston and Anna came hurrying down the path and Rebby ran to meet them. "I saw the battle, Mother!" she exclaimed eagerly. "I was on the bluff and saw it all." But before Mrs. Weston could respond to this astonishing statement a boat-load of men from the Unity had landed. "Your father is safe," whispered Mrs. Weston, "and now let me see of what use I can be to the wounded men.
"Would it not be a fine thing, Rebby, if we could really fill our basket with pineapples and sweet-smelling spices?" said Anna, her brown eyes looking off into space, as if she fancied she could see the wonderful things of which her father spoke; "and do you not wish that we were both boys, and could go sailing off to see far lands?" "Anna!
She felt rested and refreshed, as with the tin cup filled with water, and covered with a broad leaf of a water-lily, she made her careful way back to where she had left her sister. Rebby had taken off her hat and moccasins. She drank the water eagerly before saying a word. "I feel better already," she said, "and by the time we have eaten our lunch I know we can start.
For she knew that if they did not reach Machias by the early evening their attempt to aid the settlement would have been in vain. "Look, Rebby! White bread, spread with butter," she said, as she unfastened the package, "and here are slices of chicken, and big squares of molasses cake," and Rebby smiled at her little sister's evident delight.
"Won't the British ship come if we do not put up the liberty pole?" asked Rebecca. "There! You have said it aloud, Rebby!" whispered Lucia reprovingly. "Not all of it; but how can we go out of our houses in the night, Lucia?" replied Rebecca, who had begun to think that perhaps Lucia's plan was the easiest way to save the village.
Anna went singing about the house quite satisfied now to be herself; and Rebby and her mother smiled at each other at the happiness of the little girl. "I doubt not you have learned many things, Danna," said Rebby, a little wistfully, as the sisters sat on the broad doorstep after supper looking down at the broad flowing river. "Yes, indeed!" replied Anna confidently.
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