Candle in the night...:
"The three men on the middle seat were talking about the chance of war with England and what it would mean to their business. They had been at it most of the day. Someone was always talking about the possibility of war with somebody. It had been that way ever since she could remember."
"When she was a little girl, it had been talk of war with France or Spain and now it was war with England, but it was only talk. Nothing ever happened. Tamsen closed her eyes. She was sleepy herself. Outside, the driver shouted at the horses and cracked his long whip above their backs. And the rain poured down."
"That's Fort Malden," Mrs. Todd said. If we should have a war, trouble will come out of there."
"When she was a little girl, it had been talk of war with France or Spain and now it was war with England, but it was only talk. Nothing ever happened. Tamsen closed her eyes. She was sleepy herself. Outside, the driver shouted at the horses and cracked his long whip above their backs. And the rain poured down."
"That's Fort Malden," Mrs. Todd said. If we should have a war, trouble will come out of there."
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* "The British, while holding Detroit, to prevent Gen. Harrison from gaining information of their strength and operations, kept a strict guard over their citizen prisoners...". [From Pioneer Collections]
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