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Dorothea Graham Jensen
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The Riddle of Penncroft Farm
Children's Books
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Friendly Grenadiers
I've always wondered if this scene was too far fetched. Howeer, I came across the following in "They Passed This Way," by Marc A Brier. He described the arrival of grenadiers in Philadelphia when the British arrived there in the fall of 1777. The granadiers he talks about might very well have helped a terrified boy get his wounded brother into a wagon. ************************************** A ten-year-old boy known only as “J.C.” remembered the grenadiers in this way: "Their tranquil look and dignified appearance have left an impression on my mind, that the British grenadiers were inimitable ... I went up to the front rank of the grenadiers when they had entered Second Street, when several of them addressed me thus, -- 'How do you do, young one -- how are you, my boy' -- in a brotherly tone, that seems to still vibrate on my ear; then reached out their hands, and severally caught mine, and shook it, not with the exalting shake of conquerers, as I thought, but with a sympathizing one for the vanquished. " **************************** Sounds to me as if they might wel have helped Geordie!
Book Excerpt
The Riddle of Penncroft Farm
I was in such despair that I didn’t hear anyone approaching until I saw him standing next to me—a man in a scarlet jacket with little wings on the shoulders and a tall helmet of black fur. Even without it, he was the tallest man I’d ever seen, that British grenadier.
Without a word, we stared at each other. Then he drew one arm over his face to wipe the sweat out of his eyes. I didn’t move, though I could feel the blood dripping down my own face and the sting of the sweat running into the cuts on my cheek
His eyes flicked over me and then down to Will and the telltale cockade on his hat.
“My brother,” I said, and opened my palms to him in appeal.
Still silent, the grenadier set down his musket and swung the pack off his back to the ground with a loud thud that showed how very heavy it was. Then he gathered Will up in his arms and carefully laid him down upon the wagon bed.
“Be that drink?” he asked, jutting his chin toward the barrel of perry.
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