"Frank is an uncommon boy," said Mr. Frost to his wife, not
without feelings of pride, one night, when our hero had retired
to bed. "I would trust him with the farm sooner than many who are
half a dozen years older."
CHAPTER VII. LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
"Well, father, I've got some news for you," said John Haynes, as
he entered his father's presence, two or three days later.
"What is it, John?" inquired the squire, laying down a copy of
the New York Herald, which he had been reading.
"Who do you think has enlisted?"
"I do not choose to guess," said his father coldly. "If you feel
disposed to tell me, you may do so.
John looked somewhat offended at his father's tone, but he was
anxious to tell the news. "Frost's going to enlist," he said
shortly.
"Indeed!" said the squire, with interest. "How did you hear?"
"I heard him say so himself, just now, in the store."
"I expected it," said Squire Haynes, with a sneer. "I understood
his motives perfectly in urging the town to pay an enormous
bounty to volunteers.
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