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John Warren's War: A Short Story
Katie and her family approached the house and found John Warren waiting with a dull face. Katie and her family were invited in and it seemed like the hours just passed during the talk between Papa and John Warren. They went back in forth about the struggle between their families. John Warren was for the American Revolution while we were as they call Tories who were loyal to the British. The argument seemed to go on forever. Papa finally ended the conflict by saying: “Once again John Warren, I thank you for doing a service for my family by protecting my daughter from harm. I know you are a kind man. We are friends and I know deep inside you that you always know what the right thing to do is. Now if you are still the John Warren I know I trust
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