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Shirley Barker. Fire and the Hammer
Fire and the Hammer
Table of Contents
ONE. In This November. 1776 •
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TWO. Bucks County Ale •
THREE. No Need for Violence •
FOUR. A Man Alone •
FIVE. Trenton Night •
SIX. Trenton Morning •
SEVEN. Fire and the Hammer •
EIGHT. Death of Lass Marvayne •
NINE. Of Cocks and Eagles •
TEN. Map of Babylon •
ELEVEN “Mose Doan Has Killed” •
TWELVE. Tom Fool and Damn Fool •
THIRTEEN. A Time to Pray •
FOURTEEN. North-Northwest •
FIFTEEN. In the Midst of Death •
SIXTEEN. Treasures in Heaven •
SEVENTEEN. If I Pay the Piper •
EIGHTEEN. The Knock on the Door •
NINETEEN. Southern Willows •
TWENTY “Come Back to Bucks County” •
TWENTY-ONE “One Last Night like in the Old Days” •
TWENTY-TWO. A Free Man’s Country •
TWENTY-THREE. Higher than Haman •
TWENTY-FOUR “Like Adam Married Eve” •
TWENTY-FIVE. November Round •
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Shirley Barker
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“I’m sure of it.” She smiled up at him, put her hand on his arm. “Let’s go the short way,” she said, “past the distilleries.”
“Well—if you want to breathe in rum. Myself, I’d rather drink it.” But he turned as she bade him. I better get Crispin home, he thought. No. I’ll send her to Sally. No time for the niceties of Eleanor Druitt now. Crispin can get leave and come to her there. I want her married to a good man I know will take care of her, and Crispin’s that. She’ll settle her mind to him, once they’re married. Left alone, maybe she’d look further and do worse. I haven’t raised her right. I’ve let her stay a child too long. I’ve made her safe from everything—except herself.
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