Chapter 102
The Storm Shakes the ShieldIN the old days, when grandpapa was quite a little boy,
and ran about in little red breeches and a red coat, and a feather
in his cap—for that's the costume the little boys wore in his time
when they were dressed in their best—many things were very
different from what they are now. There was often a good deal of
show in the streets—show that we don't see nowadays, because it has
been abolished as too old-fashioned. Still, it is very interesting
to hear grandfather tell about it.
It must really have been a gorgeous sight to behold, in
those days, when the shoemaker brought over the shield, when the
court-house was changed. The silken flag waved to and fro, on the
shield itself a double eagle was displayed, and a big boot; the
youngest lads
