Boys and Girls of Colonial Days (Yesterday's Classics) by Bailey Carolyn Sherwin

Author:Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin [Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781599152462
Publisher: Yesterday's Classics
Published: 2010-11-14T17:39:27.090000+00:00

COLONIAL FURNITURE

"And a polite little girl, indeed," the hostess had replied, smiling, as she turned and presented the little girl to her husband, the Royal Governor, and representative of the King.

Many eyes, both Whig and Tory, had been cast at the corner where little Mistress Susan sat demurely.

"The new land has winsome daughters," said an Englishman.

"And plucky ones," retorted an American.

But Susan's eyes were fixed on the goodies that were being brought in now by the servants; great silver trays loaded with confections of all kinds. The blue plates were passed to the guests. Soft, glowing candles sent their glimmering light over the tall crystal goblets and bowls of fruits. Then Susan saw a silver urn brought in and set upon the table in front of the Governor's wife, who poured the fragrant tea into the blue cups.

"Here is your cup of tea, little Mistress Susan," she said.

Susan took the blue cup in her hand; but, suddenly, its very touch changed her from the prim little maid she had been before to a small creature of rebellion. The amber, steaming tea in the blue cup was, to Susan, one of the marks of her country's lack of independence. Must the Colonies pay a tax on tea to the King across the ocean, and still be allowed no representation in Parliament? How, Susan wondered, could those other girls of the Colonies, years older than she, sit there so placidly sipping their tea and seeming to enjoy it so much? Suddenly she recalled her mother's words:

"Do not forget for a moment that you are representing your father, and through him, the Congress."

Susan had made up her mind what she would do. Her girlish spirit of rebellion that sometimes led her to play such pranks as she had that day in school suddenly turned to the will power that made the Colonists win their fight for freedom in the American Revolution. Susan rose, cup in hand, and took her way across the room, the rustling of her silk skirts calling the attention of the tea drinkers to her. At an open window she stopped and deliberately tipped her cup, throwing the tea, untasted, on the grass outside. Then she set the empty cup down upon the table.

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