'' A joyous
peal from that bell gave notice that the bill
had been passed. It was the knell of British domination.
THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE
BY H. A. GUERBER[4]
[4] From The Story of the Thirteen Colonies. Copyright, 1898, by
H. A. Guerber. American Book Company, publishers.
John Hancock, President of Congress, was the
first to sign the Declaration of Independence,
writing his name in large, plain letters, and saying:--
``There! John Bull can read my name without
spectacles. Now let him double the price on my
head, for this is my defiance.''
Then he turned to the other members, and
solemnly declared:--
``We must be unanimous. There must be no
pulling different ways. We must all hang together.''
``Yes,'' said Franklin, quaintly: ``we must all
hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang
separately.''
We are told that Charles Carroll, thinking that
his writing looked shaky, added the words, ``of
Carrollton,'' so that the king should not be able
to make any mistake as to whose name stood
there.
A BRAVE GIRL
BY JAMES JOHONNOT (ADAPTED)[5]
[5] From Stories of Heroic Deeds. Copyright, 1887, by D. Appleton
and Company. American Book Company, publishers.
In the year 1781 the war was chiefly carried on
in the South, but the North was constantly
troubled by bands of Tories and Indians, who
would swoop down on small settlements and make
off with whatever they could lay their hands on.
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