Manly Wade Wellman - Novel 1963

by The South Fork Rangers (v1. 1)

  “ ‘The World Turned Upside Down,’ ” repeated Zack under his breath.

  And that must be how the world looked to the beaten, down-hearted British soldiers, coming out of their battered defenses to make submission and bring the long war to its end. For a moment Zack felt a surge of sympathy for the conquered redcoats, every one of them from Cornwallis down to the boys beating those drums. They had fought their best for what they believed was right, and now it was over, it was lost, the world had been turned upside down for them.

  But the world was right side up for America. It was right side up for the patriots of the South Fork, and for Captain Zack Harper.

  After Cornwallis had surrendered, he would complete his business with General George Washington, take his leave, and go home again. What had Grace Prothero said to him?. . . . however fast you hurry there, hurry back faster. He would do that. It would be the last command he would obey in the war that had set America free.