Excerpt from Washington's Black Chargers, or the Boys Who Fought for LibertyNaturally the two youths had known each other all their lives, and the two sisters also. But the rich Bowles were not intimate with the poor Rives. Of the two girls, Martha Rives was the prettier. But both were buxom, romping maidens, and had many admirers. Myrtle Bowles, being three years older than Martha, was called Miss Bowles, while Martha, but fifteen years old, was simply Martha Rives.One day Tom Rives was at work in the barn when Black Ben, a sturdy young negro belonging to the Bowles, came run ning in, calling out.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.