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Abigail and I were preparing dinner this late afternoon when we both heard the hoof-beats. Abigail looked out of the window to see what was gonna on. I heard Nathanial and Samuel shouting and running. Abigail looked at me and smiled.

"The post rider is coming. I'll go to the front pouch to get the mail. Alright?" said Abigail.

I nodded my head and told her that I would stay here to get the bread out of the oven for her. She left the kitchen and I went to the oven to see if the bread is ready. It was done, so I gingerly carried it away from the fire, careful not to burn myself on its hot crust. I was so hot from cooking all morning so I decided to go out to the front porch to cool down. After going out there, I saw Margaret and William with Abigail as the post-rider gave her the letter. She thanked him and the post-rider rode off. Abigale went back inside to put the letters in the hall for Father.

As I sat down in the white rocker chair, I saw Thomas running in the fields toward to the house, Gabriel lazily walking behind him, carrying the animals they killed on his shoulders.

Thomas got on the pouch and ran inside to get the letters but I overheard Gabriel saying "No, wait for Father." Thomas' shoulders slumped down and he walked to his room to play with this toy soldiers he made.

I was outside just few minutes when I heard a crash in the barn or shall I call it "the workshop" where Father makes rocking chairs. Knowing Father had just sat in the chair only to have it fall apart beneath him with a loud crash, I laughed out loud. I have see this scene so many times.

Then I heard Father said "Damnation!" and threw one of the pieces of broken chair at the wall. I hoped he didn't hurt anybody there especially Susan.

Then few minutes later, I saw Susan and Father come out of the barn. Father must have said something to Susan because Susan was walking in the direction of the house and Father was walking to mother's grave.

"Go into the house and help Abigail set the table for dinner, please," I said when Susan got here.

She nodded in response and went inside.

I watched Father visiting Mother's grave and it was the saddest scene. Tears came into my eyes and I closed them to push them away. I waited for Father until he was done visiting the grave and came on the porch. I stood up from the chair and wrapped my arm around his. He led me into the house for supper.

After the supper, I went upstairs to go to my room to get my book. The book contains the poetry I've written since I was thirteen. I walked past Margaret and Susan's room and I overheard Margaret whispering to Susan where to find the North Star. I looked into the room and I see Margaret next to Susan, with the window open, Margaret pointing to North Star. I smiled at the sight of them. I heard the footsteps behind me and I turned around. It was Father. He smiled at me and I smiled back. He walked into the room and Margaret grabbed Susan into the bed. He kissed both of them goodnight and Margaret told him that she's helping Susan to remember Mother. I left him with the girls and went downstairs to the living room where Gabriel was reading the book and Thomas was playing with his soldiers. I sat at the table and started working on my poems.

We heard Father come downstairs and we all looked up to see him. He went into the office and saw the letters on the table. Thomas leaned in to look from the floor and Gabriel slowly put down his book and it stopped at his eyes so he could see as Father was about to touch the letters. But he didn't touch the letters and turned around to pour himself a drink. He walked to the window and sighed. Gabriel and Thomas looked at each other with the look of disappointment.

"So what was in the mail?" he said. They both excitedly ran to the office and Gabriel got to the letters before Thomas did.

They all sat down and read from the letters and the newspapers. I stood up and walked to the office and stood behind Gabriel to look at the newspaper. Gabriel fold the newspaper in half and said "Peter Cuppin joined the Continentals." Thomas looked at him with a surprise look, then look at father's face to see his reaction.

Father doesn't say anything, just kept reading the letter in his hands.

"He's seventeen, a year younger than I." says Gabriel, frustrated. Still, father didn't say anything at all except looked at him for a moment, then went back to read the letter. Gabriel sighed and I put my hand on his shoulder and squeezed him on the shoulder to reassure him.

When Father was done with the letter, he said " Well, the Assembly been convened, so I've been called to Charles Town."

"We're going to Charles Town?" Thomas asked excitedly

"We are. We leave in the morning." He responded back.

We all chuckled excitedly. I was so excited for the next morning that I ran to the living room to get my book and ran upstairs to my room to pack.

"I can't wait to go to Charles Town and see my favorite aunt, Charlotte!" I thought as I was my packing my clothes in my chest box.