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Ezra Jordan's Escape from the Massacre at Fort Loyall
Ezra Jordan's Escape from the Massacre at Fort Loyall Author:James Otis Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE FORT. AT7HERE there was so much to be done the children ' were forced to care for themselves, and to Ezra's unpractised eye it seemed as ... more »if little Mary had been sadly neglected during his absence. Immediately upon his arrival in the room above the one which had been converted into a hospital, she ran toward him with a glad cry of joy, and clasping her arms around his neck, held him tightly, as if fearing he would leave her again. Ezra caressed her tenderly. She was the only link which bound him to the two homes he had known, and without her it seemed as if he would be entirely alone, even though surrounded by those who were ready to act the part of friends. From the moment when the attack had been made upon Mr. Greason's home until the present Ezra had hardly had time to realize his and Mary's lonely position. During the journey in the boat the one thought which occupied his mind, to the exclusion of everything else, was the possible appearance of more savage foes; nor did he feel entirely at ease until the arrival at the Lawrence garrison-house. Then, everything was so new and strange that he thought more of what was around him than of himself or companion. After that came the hurried march, the terrible events of the ambush, and the afternoon of incessant watching and fighting, which prevented him from dwelling upon present matters. Now, however, that he and Mary were alone, as it were, and the weariness of body was beginning to make itself felt, he realized fully the position in which they were placed. "You are all I've got, Mary dear," he said, in a whisper, clasping the tiny child yet more closely; " and I am the only one who loves you. We are all that is left for each other, ain't we ?" " All 'cept father an' mother an' Joe an' Jo...« less