222 Life of Coiint Rumfjrd. 



the peculiarities of his substantial parsonage, which was 

 a garrison house. This leads her to refer to those rem- 

 nants of the Indian tribes which occasionally made 

 troublesome visits to the place in her childhood, though 

 they were so wisely and kindly treated by the minister 

 and his wife that some of them once rescued him from 

 extreme peril. From his three voyages to England on 

 business of the town, the minister was careful to bring 

 home attractive presents for the red men and their 

 squaws. Sarah yields to a touch of romance in de- 

 scribing her rides upon a pony, and her lonely medita- 

 tions in pleasant woods. 



The young lady had much of her father's skill in 

 etching and drawing. Three of her sketches are found 

 on the pages of the manuscript before me. I have 

 caused them to be copied as accurately as possible from 

 the original, without any additional touches from the 

 artist. Indeed, the copies hardly do justice to the 

 spirit and vigor of the originals. On one of her 

 visits to her aunt with the "naughty children," an 

 incident occurred which she describes as "very danger- 

 ous to our morals, getting us into the way of telling 

 stories." They had partaken of a surreptitious repast 

 in the dairy, and happening to go in to the aunt and 

 mother with the tokens of it around their mouths, 

 were accosted thus : " ' My little dears, I think you 

 have been at the cream ! ' * No ! ' exclaimed one, 

 echoed by all. ' But look ye in the glass,' said my 

 aunt." 



On the next page is Sally's representation of the scene. 



The writer, however, bears testimony to the fact 

 that when her young companions grew up they were 

 very excellent persons. 



