355: The Women of Washington's Spy Ring (Women Spies Book 1) by Kit Sergeant

Author:Kit Sergeant [Sergeant, Kit]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Thompson Belle Press
Published: 2017-12-11T23:00:00+00:00

The whipping episode of John Weeks forced Sally to become even more determined to do what she could to help the rebel cause. She paid a visit to the Youngs’, hoping to pick up on some information about the Loyalist’s plans, but all she learned about was that some of the British had raided a Patriot storehouse in Connecticut a fortnight ago.

Finally, near the end of spring, the Loyalist brigade began to move out of their winter quarters in Oyster Bay, presumably to Connecticut to fight General Benedict Arnold. The summer of 1777 dragged by for Sally. She learned of snippets of information, such as the British occupation of Philadelphia, from Robert, when he paid his family visits from New York City, or Daniel Youngs. In August, Robert told her about the attack Caleb Brewster and company had made on neighboring Setauket, Caleb’s hometown. Robert explained that the Loyalist Colonel Richard Hewlett had pillaged the church ministered by the father of Benjamin Tallmadge—another of Robert’s acquaintances. Hewlett’s men had looted the interior of the church as well as knocked over the gravestones outside. When the Patriots had descended on Hewlett, a gunfight ensued, halted only when someone forewarned Brewster that several British men-of-war were headed to Setauket’s harbor. They managed to capture a few of the Loyalists’ horses on the way out.

“That sounds a lot like Brewster Bragging,” Sally replied when Robert had finished retelling the story. Caleb was sometimes known for embellishing his stories. He once told Sally about how a wounded sperm whale attacked his boat off Greenland.

Robert shrugged. “At any rate, it’s a good story.”

“Indeed,” Sally confirmed, wondering who the person was that tipped off the Patriots regarding the descending warships. If the Loyalists occupying Setauket were anything like the oppressive ones here in Oyster Bay, she didn’t blame Brewster’s men in the slightest for attacking them.

The harsh news that the British took over Philadelphia was brightened a month later by the news that General Burgoyne surrendered to the Patriots in Saratoga, New York. Sally read about it in the Gazette, knowing that Rivington rarely printed anything positive pertaining to the rebel cause, so it had to be of consequence. Below that was an editorial by Rivington himself, predicting that, if the Patriot victory did indeed lead to an alliance with France—and Sally fervently hoped that it would—then King Louis XVI would then be crowned the American King and would force the women of his new country to wear cosmetics and heeled shoes like the ladies of his French court. Even Sally giggled at that.

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