Page:Dorothy's spy; a story of the first "fovrth of Jvly" celebration, New York, 1776.djvu/142

Rh proposed their guests remain until after breakfast, and straightway this invitation was accepted the children were sent to bed, to their mutual delight.

When Lieutenant Oakman's young friends were snugly tucked up in the lavender-scented sheets, Sarah whispered:

"Do you think we did such a very wicked thing, when we let that poor, dear spy climb out of the window?" and Dorothy replied emphatically.

"It would have been wicked if we had let him stay there to be hanged! Of course we wouldn't have dared to do such a thing if it hadn't been for what father and mother said, and I'm glad we made a mistake!"

"Do you believe Scip will be flogged?"

"Of course he won't. Father was angry when he sent him into the kitchen, and to-morrow morning Scip will get a good scolding, but nothing more."

"And do you suppose the officer got away?"

"If he hadn't, those men who came here would have known, and told about it. He must be on Staten Island by this time, wondering how it happened that two Sons of Liberty were willing to let him go free."