Have I not read, again and again, of the Captain's log,
which is not wood, as it sounds, but is a journal or Dairy?
This morning the man at the tent store called up and asked
where to send the tent. I then called a meeting in my Chamber,
only to meet with bitter disapointment, as one Parent after
another had refused to allow their grounds to be used. I felt
sad--helpless, as our house has no grounds, except for hanging
out washing, etcetera.
I was very angry and tired to, having had to get up at
sunrise to put out the Emblem, and father having wakened and
been very nasty. So I got up and said:
"It is clear that our Families are Patriots in name only,
and not in deed. Since they have abandoned us, The G. A. C. must
abandon them and do as it thinks best. Between Familey and
Country, I am for the Country."
Here they all cheered, and Hannah came in and said mother
had a headache and to keep quiet.
I could but look around, with an eloquent gesture.
"You see, Members of the Corps," I said in a tence voice,
"that things at present are intollerable. We must strike out for
ourselves.
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