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+Project Gutenberg's The Tree That Saved Connecticut, by Henry Fisk Carlton
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+Title: The Tree That Saved Connecticut
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+Author: Henry Fisk Carlton
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+Editor: Claire T. Zyve
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+Release Date: April 6, 2009 [EBook #28511]
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+_DRAMATIC HOURS IN COLONIAL HISTORY_
+
+
+The Tree
+That Saved Connecticut
+
+BY
+
+HENRY FISK CARLTON
+
+
+_Edited by_ CLAIRE T. ZYVE, Ph.D.
+Fox Meadow School, Scarsdale, New York
+
+
+BUREAU OF PUBLICATIONS
+TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
+NEW YORK CITY
+
+
+
+
+_HOW TO BE A GOOD RADIO ACTOR_
+
+The play in this book has actually been produced on the radio. Possibly
+you have listened to this one when you tuned in at home. The persons
+whose voices you heard as you listened, looked just as they did when
+they left their homes to go to the studio, although they were taking
+the parts of men and women who lived long ago and who wore costumes
+very different from the ones we wear today.
+
+The persons whose voices you heard stood close together around the
+microphone, each one reading from a copy of the play in his hand. Since
+they could not be seen, they did not act parts as in other plays, but
+tried to make their voices show how they felt.
+
+When you give these plays you will not need costumes and you will not
+need scenery, although you can easily arrange a broadcasting studio if
+you wish. You will not need to memorize your parts; in fact, it will
+not be like a real radio broadcast if you do so, and, furthermore, you
+will not want to, since you will each have a copy of the book in your
+hands. All you will need to do is to remember that you are taking the
+part of a radio actor, that you are to read your speeches very
+distinctly, and that by your voice, you will make your audience
+understand how you feel. In this way, you will have the fun of living
+through some of the great moments of history.
+
+
+_HOW TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS IN THE PLAY_
+
+There are some directions in this play which may be new to you, but
+these are necessary, for you are now in a radio broadcasting studio,
+talking in front of a microphone. The word [_in_] means that the
+character is standing close to the microphone, while [_off_] indicates
+that he is farther away, so that his voice sounds faint. When the
+directions [_off, coming in_] are given, the person speaking is away
+from the microphone at first but gradually comes closer. The words
+[_mob_] or [_crowd noise_] you will understand mean the sound of many
+people talking in the distance.
+
+Both the English and the dialect used help make the characters live, so
+the speeches have been written in the way in which these men and women
+would talk. This means that sometimes the character may use what seems
+to you unusual English. The punctuation helps, too, to make the
+speeches sound like real conversation; for example, you will find that
+a dash is often used to show that a character is talking very
+excitedly.
+
+
+
+
+The Tree That Saved Connecticut
+
+
+_CAST_
+
+GOVERNOR TREAT
+LIEUTENANT ALLYN
+GOVERNOR ANDROS
+CAPTAIN WADSWORTH
+COLONEL BLIGH
+THE SEXTON
+CHARLES WILLYS
+VOICE
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+In the year 1661 Connecticut received from the hand of Charles the
+Second a very liberal charter granting to the people of the colony
+almost complete self-government and to the colony an enormous stretch
+of territory extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. For fifteen years
+the colony prospered under the generous charter. Then in 1676 trouble
+arose with the Governor of New York, Sir Edmund Andros, about the
+boundary line between the two colonies. Andros demanded authority over
+all the land west of the Connecticut River. Governor Treat of
+Connecticut refused to submit. Andros threatened to seize the disputed
+land. Treat defied him. Andros fitted out three ships, embarked a
+military force, and set out for Saybrooke, Connecticut. Treat ordered
+out the militia, garrisoned the fort at Saybrooke, and waited.
+
+Our first scene is in the fort on the morning of July 9, 1676. The
+Governor is at breakfast when he hears--
+
+VOICE [_distance_]
+
+Sail, ho!
+
+ALL [_closer_]
+
+Sail, ho! Here they come; call the governor [_etc._]
+
+ALLYN [_coming in_]
+
+Governor! Governor! The ships are coming into the harbor!
+
+TREAT
+
+Are you certain they are the ships of Governor Andros?
+
+ALLYN
+
+Come and see for yourself, Governor.
+
+TREAT
+
+Come along, then. Lieutenant Allyn, how many ships did you see? [_crowd
+noises swell up_]
+
+ALLYN
+
+Only one, sir. I didn't wait for any more.
+
+TREAT
+
+Ah, here we are! Give me your hand while I climb to the ramparts.
+
+ALLYN
+
+Yes, sir! Ah! There you are, sir!
+
+TREAT
+
+Good!
+
+ALL [_in_]
+
+There's three of 'em, Governor! That's Andros, sir. No doubt o' that!
+
+TREAT
+
+Yes, yes, three! Andros's ships! That's certain! [_calling_] Every man
+to his place! Load your muskets and prepare for action! Andros shall
+not land!
+
+ALL
+
+Aye! We'll stop him! Just let him try it!
+
+Here, give me your ramrod. Have you got an extra flint? [_etc._]
+
+TREAT
+
+Lieutenant Allyn.
+
+ALLYN
+
+Yes, sir!
+
+TREAT
+
+Load the cannon!
+
+ALLYN
+
+It is loaded, sir.
+
+TREAT
+
+Fire across the bow of the forward ship! Make them come to!
+
+ALLYN
+
+Yes, sir! [_calling_] Throw the cannon across the bow of the forward
+ship!
+
+VOICE
+
+Yes, sir!
+
+ALLYN
+
+Fire! [_a cannon shot_]
+
+ALL
+
+Oh! Look at it!
+
+Yea! Good shot!
+
+TREAT
+
+Excellent! That will show Andros our temper!
+
+ALLYN
+
+The ship is coming about, sir!
+
+TREAT
+
+So I see! They may be going to answer our shot with a broadside!
+[_calling_] Down! Every man down behind the ramparts!
+
+ALLYN
+
+Down! Down! Every man down!
+
+VOICE [_distant_]
+
+Ahoy, the fort!
+
+TREAT
+
+Oh! Hailing us! Well, let them hail!
+
+VOICE
+
+Ahoy, the fort!
+
+TREAT
+
+Can you see who it is, Lieutenant?
+
+ALLYN
+
+No, sir!
+
+VOICE
+
+I say there! Ahoy, the fort! Is there anyone there? Answer or we'll
+open fire on you!
+
+TREAT
+
+Hail them, Lieutenant.
+
+ALLYN [_calling_]
+
+Hello there, what do you want?
+
+VOICE
+
+Is the Governor of Connecticut Colony in the fort?
+
+ALLYN [_low_]
+
+What shall I tell him?
+
+TREAT
+
+Tell him I'm here.
+
+ALLYN [_loud_]
+
+Yes, the Governor is here!
+
+VOICE
+
+Governor Andros sends his compliments--
+
+TREAT [_under his breath_]
+
+Compliments, indeed!
+
+VOICE
+
+And requests Governor Treat to come aboard for a parley.
+
+TREAT
+
+Never! Tell him if Andros has anything to say let him come here, alone
+and unarmed, and say it!
+
+ALLYN
+
+Yes, sir! [_loud_] Governor Treat's compliments. He requests Governor
+Andros to come ashore for a parley.
+
+TREAT
+
+Alone and unarmed.
+
+ALLYN [_loud_]
+
+If he means no harm, let him come alone and unarmed.
+
+TREAT
+
+He'll never come!
+
+ALLYN
+
+They're letting a small boat down, sir!
+
+TREAT
+
+Indeed! Who is in it?
+
+ALLYN
+
+A sailor and another--
+
+TREAT
+
+Andros?
+
+ALLYN
+
+It may be, I don't know him. They're pulling away from the side now.
+
+TREAT
+
+If that is really Andros, he's a brave man.
+
+ALLYN
+
+Aye, sir, he is that. Will you go down to meet him?
+
+TREAT
+
+Indeed I will, if he has the courage to come ashore without a guard! I
+can do no less than meet him at the shore. Come along, Lieutenant.
+[_calling_] Stand by, men, ready for action at any moment! Lieutenant
+Allyn and I are going out to meet the Governor!
+
+ALLYN
+
+Through this portal, sir! I've unlocked it.
+
+TREAT
+
+Thank you.
+
+ALLYN
+
+The boat is just beaching, sir.
+
+TREAT
+
+Good! And here he comes.
+
+ALLYN
+
+Alone!
+
+TREAT
+
+Have I the honor of greeting Governor Andros?
+
+ANDROS [_coming in, storming angrily_]
+
+What is the meaning of this, sir? What is the meaning of this?
+
+TREAT
+
+I beg your pardon?
+
+ANDROS
+
+This--this show of force? What is the meaning of it, I say?
+
+TREAT
+
+Sir! This force is here to maintain the rights of this colony against
+the illegal aggression of New York!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Where is your Governor?
+
+TREAT
+
+Here!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Well, Governor, I'll have you know that I have come here in the legal
+performance of my duties to take command of land legally and lawfully a
+part of the possessions of His Grace, the Duke of York.
+
+TREAT
+
+I have already informed you, sir, that you shall not have it!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Is this rebellion?
+
+TREAT
+
+It is not, I assure you. But we will hold this land which is ours by
+right of grant from His Majesty, Charles the Second.
+
+ANDROS
+
+My commission as Governor of this territory comes directly from His
+Grace, the Duke of York.
+
+TREAT
+
+His Grace has no jurisdiction here.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Here, sir, are my orders. [_rattle of paper_]
+
+TREAT
+
+And here, sir, is a true copy of our charter. [_rattle of paper_]
+
+ANDROS
+
+My orders supersede your charter.
+
+TREAT
+
+Our charter is a royal grant, and cannot be superseded except for cause
+by due process of law.
+
+ANDROS
+
+I shall take possession under my orders. You can appeal to the Privy
+Council for redress.
+
+TREAT
+
+You can take possession only after every man in this fort is dead!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Do you still insist on this ridiculous show of force?
+
+TREAT
+
+I do! If you make a move to land your troops, we will open fire!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Very well. I shall report to His Grace that I was prevented from
+obeying his command by an unwarranted and illegal show of force!
+
+TREAT
+
+And we shall report to His Majesty that we defended our rights under
+our royal charter.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Confound your charter! I'll see to it that you lose it! Good day, sir.
+
+TREAT
+
+Good day!
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+So Governor Andros took his departure without gaining possession of the
+territory he claimed. For the next ten years Connecticut continued in
+undisputed possession of her charter, and then on December 19, 1686,
+Andros was appointed Governor of all New England. News of this
+appointment reached Connecticut several months later.
+
+Our next scene is at the State House in Hartford. It is June of 1687.
+The General Court of the Connecticut Colony is in session. As our scene
+opens, Governor Treat is addressing the Assembly.
+
+TREAT
+
+Gentlemen! I have called you here to consider a matter of grave
+importance to the life of this colony. As you know, His Majesty has
+seen fit to deprive us of our rights under our charter and has
+appointed a Governor who is to have supreme power over this colony and
+all of New England.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Your Excellency--
+
+TREAT
+
+Yes, Captain Wadsworth?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Let us not submit! Let us appeal to the Privy Council! We have our
+rights under the charter.
+
+ALL
+
+Yes, yes! Let us not submit!
+
+TREAT
+
+It is useless, gentlemen. When we are ordered to submit, we must submit
+or be in rebellion.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+When may we expect the order?
+
+TREAT
+
+I was informed this very morning that an officer of Governor Andros was
+on his way here to take over the government of the colony, and we might
+expect him this very day.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Then what can we do, sir?
+
+TREAT
+
+We can submit--indeed we must submit to the rule of Governor Andros,
+but, gentlemen, we must not relinquish our charter!
+
+ALL
+
+No, no! We must save our charter. [_etc._]
+
+TREAT
+
+But how can we save it? If I am ordered to give it up, what can I do? I
+have it here. It is in my possession. How can I hold it against an
+order to relinquish it?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Your Excellency, if it is not in your possession, you cannot give it
+up.
+
+TREAT
+
+But it is, Captain Wadsworth.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Then, sir, I move you that this Assembly forthwith take it out of your
+possession and intrust it to a committee for safe-keeping.
+
+TREAT
+
+Yes, that is possible.
+
+VOICE
+
+Second!
+
+TREAT
+
+You have heard the proposal. Those favoring--
+
+ALL
+
+Aye!
+
+TREAT
+
+Opposed--it is a vote. Will someone propose the committee?
+
+VOICE
+
+Your Excellency, I propose Captain Wadsworth, Charles Willys, and John
+Talcott.
+
+TREAT
+
+But Talcott is not here.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+All the better, sir, since we cannot give up the charter except upon
+unanimous consent of the committee.
+
+TREAT
+
+A very good arrangement. Is there a second to the nomination for the
+Charter Committee?
+
+VOICE
+
+Second! [_loud knock_]
+
+TREAT
+
+Don't open until we have had the vote! All favoring--
+
+ALL
+
+Aye! [_knocking_]
+
+BLIGH [_outside_]
+
+Open, in the name of the King!
+
+TREAT
+
+Opposed? Carried!
+
+BLIGH [_insistent knocking_]
+
+Open, open, I say! Open in the name of the King.
+
+TREAT [_over the noise_]
+
+Captain Wadsworth, I deliver this charter into your hands for
+safe-keeping.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+We shall keep it, sir. Never fear!
+
+TREAT [_calling_]
+
+Doorkeeper, open the door!
+
+VOICE
+
+Yes, sir!
+
+BLIGH [_coming in_]
+
+What is the meaning of this, sir? Why was I locked out?
+
+TREAT
+
+Your pardon, sir. But what authority have you, sir, to break into the
+Assembly of the General Court of Connecticut?
+
+BLIGH
+
+I have come to take over the government of this colony under the
+authority of Governor Andros.
+
+TREAT
+
+Indeed, and who are you, if we may be permitted to know?
+
+BLIGH
+
+Ah, of course--I have the honor to be Samuel Bligh, Colonel in His
+Majesty's service. Are you Robert Treat?
+
+TREAT
+
+I am.
+
+BLIGH
+
+Here are your orders! [_rattle of paper_]
+
+TREAT
+
+Thank you. "Hereby ordered"--yes--yes--"in compliance with mandate of
+His Majesty"--yes, indeed. Colonel Bligh, we are ready to turn the
+government over to Governor Andros.
+
+BLIGH
+
+Then, sir, you will deliver up the charter to me.
+
+TREAT
+
+What?
+
+BLIGH
+
+The charter! The charter--read the rest of the order, sir.
+
+TREAT [_reading_]
+
+"Governor Treat is hereby ordered to deliver up the forfeited
+charter"--but, Colonel Bligh, I cannot deliver up the charter--
+
+BLIGH
+
+Why not?
+
+TREAT
+
+Because, sir, it is not in my possession.
+
+BLIGH
+
+In whose possession is it?
+
+TREAT
+
+It has been intrusted by the General Court to a special committee.
+
+BLIGH
+
+Indeed--and who comprises the committee?
+
+TREAT
+
+The clerk will read the names of the committee.
+
+ALLYN
+
+May it please you, sir, the committee consists of Captain Wadsworth,
+Charles Willys, and John Talcott.
+
+BLIGH
+
+Are any of those named here?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Yes, sir!
+
+BLIGH
+
+Your name, sir?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Captain Wadsworth.
+
+BLIGH
+
+Captain Wadsworth, I order you to deliver up the charter to me.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Oh, yes, and have you an order for it there?
+
+BLIGH
+
+Indeed I have. Governor Treat has just read it.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+May I be allowed to see it?
+
+BLIGH
+
+Of course. Governor Treat, will you let this gentleman read the order
+and be satisfied.
+
+WADSWORTH [_rattle of paper_]
+
+Hm, yes.--"Governor Treat--hereby ordered"--but, Colonel, this is an
+order upon Governor Treat!
+
+BLIGH
+
+Of course it is! Now are you satisfied?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+I am deeply sorry, sir, I do not see how the committee can comply with
+this order.
+
+BLIGH
+
+Why not, pray--is it not properly signed and sealed?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Oh yes. Signed properly, but it is drawn against the Governor--and not
+against the Charter Committee.
+
+BLIGH
+
+Why--what--oh, this is too much! Governor Andros warned me that you
+would be stubborn and stiff-necked! But I'll have that charter!
+Here--I'll change that order--give it here!
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Here you are, sir. [_rattle of paper_]
+
+BLIGH
+
+Hm--yes--a quill. So--now--"The Charter Committee--is hereby
+ordered"--there you are. Now I hope you are satisfied.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Are you satisfied with this, Governor?
+
+TREAT
+
+Hm--does this not seem to be a forgery, Captain Wadsworth?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+It not only seems to be, sir, but it is. I saw him make an illegal
+change in the order. All of us saw it.
+
+ALL
+
+Yes, yes! We saw him.
+
+It is a forgery! Don't obey it!
+
+TREAT
+
+I should say that the change invalidated the entire order!
+
+BLIGH
+
+What? You are trying to put me in the wrong?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Not at all, sir! You have put yourself in the wrong.
+
+BLIGH
+
+But--but--you forced me to make that change in the order.
+
+TREAT
+
+I believe, Colonel, we merely pointed out that your order was
+inadequate; we did not force you to commit forgery.
+
+BLIGH
+
+Oh, this is a trick! This is a trick! I demand the immediate surrender
+of the government and the charter!
+
+TREAT
+
+What is the will of the Assembly? Can we deliver up the government
+under an order which is obviously forged?
+
+ALL
+
+No, no! No indeed!
+
+TREAT
+
+The vote is against you, Colonel.
+
+BLIGH
+
+Andros will come himself and attend to this affair. I wash my hands of
+it! He'll make you pay for this day's work--and he'll get the charter!
+Good day!
+
+ALL
+
+Good day!
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+Andros did come, as Colonel Bligh had threatened, but not for several
+months. But when he came, he came in state, with a company of soldiers,
+two trumpeters, and Colonel Bligh. He intended this time to get the
+charter, and no mistake!
+
+Governor Treat called the General Court to assemble on the evening of
+October 31, 1687, to confer with Governor Andros and make one last
+determined stand to retain the charter even if there was no way to
+retain their rights under the charter.
+
+Our next scene is at the State House in Hartford. It is evening. The
+sexton is preparing the room for the meeting which is about to take
+place.
+
+SEXTON [_to himself_]
+
+Now these candles, where'd I best put 'em. I cal'ate mebbe I'd better
+scatter 'em around the room--
+
+WADSWORTH [_coming in_]
+
+Good even to you, Nathan.
+
+SEXTON
+
+Even, Captain Wadsworth. Even, Master Allyn.
+
+ALLYN
+
+Good even, Nathan.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+These candles, Nathan.
+
+SEXTON
+
+Yes, sir! I was jest a puttin' 'em around where everybody'd git a
+little light.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+I think perhaps you'd best put them all on the Governor's table.
+
+SEXTON
+
+The Governor's table. Yes, sir! So--one here--and one--
+
+ALLYN
+
+No, no, Nathan. Put them all together at this end of the table.
+
+SEXTON
+
+This end by the window?
+
+ALLYN
+
+I think that will be best, don't you, Captain?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Of course! The Governor needs a great deal of light.
+
+SEXTON
+
+But, sir, the draft from the window--it may blow them out.
+
+ALLYN
+
+Well, well, if it does, Nathan, we'll just have to light them all
+again.
+
+SEXTON
+
+Yes, sir! Of course, sir!
+
+WADSWORTH [_low_]
+
+Now Allyn, seeing you are the clerk of the General Court, you can sit
+at the Governor's table without exciting suspicion.
+
+ALLYN
+
+Yes, Captain!
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Best put your chair next the window.
+
+ALLYN
+
+Have you the charter?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Yes, I have it with me, and when Andros demands it I shall have to
+produce it.
+
+ALLYN
+
+Andros must not be allowed to get his hand on it.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+That will be your duty.
+
+ALLYN
+
+Yes?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Willys will be waiting outside that window, next your chair. When the
+candles go out, grab the charter and toss it out the window. He'll put
+it in a safe place.
+
+ALLYN
+
+Where?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+You know the oak in front of his house?
+
+ALLYN
+
+Indeed yes!
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+There is a hollow--high up--
+
+ALLYN
+
+Good!
+
+WADSWORTH [_louder_]
+
+Nathan!
+
+SEXTON
+
+Yes, Captain!
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+A good fire you have in the fireplace.
+
+SEXTON
+
+I figgered to have a good fire--it's a mite chilly this evenin'.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+It may get overly warm in here before the meeting is over.
+
+SEXTON
+
+Aye.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+I want you to stand close to that window behind John Allyn's chair.
+
+SEXTON
+
+Yes, sir!
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Don't leave it. And the moment I say, "Sexton, it's warm in here,"
+throw open the window. You understand?
+
+SEXTON
+
+"Sexton, it's warm in here," throw it open. Yes, sir, I understand.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Never mind what anyone else says. Throw it open on my signal and throw
+it wide open.
+
+SEXTON
+
+But the candles, sir--they may go out. They're right close to the
+window.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Never mind the candles.
+
+SEXTON
+
+Never mind them--yes, sir! [_trumpets sound outside_]
+
+ALLYN
+
+Here comes Andros. Throw open the door.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Never mind, Nathan. I'll do it. You stay by that window.
+
+SEXTON
+
+The window. Yes, sir!
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Enter, Governor Andros.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Thank you. Governor Treat--I now call you that for the last time--will
+you show me to my place?
+
+TREAT
+
+Of course, sir. Captain Wadsworth, will you usher us to our places?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Right this way, Governor. We have arranged this place for you.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Thank you. Do we need all the candles here?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+For you and the clerk. [_noise and confusion of members entering_]
+
+ANDROS
+
+Yes, yes! Of course! Treat, will you sit at my left?
+
+TREAT
+
+Thank you, sir!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Will you call the Assembly to order?
+
+TREAT
+
+Gentlemen, will you take your places. [_sound of gavel_] The Assembly
+will please come to order! [_quiet_] In accordance with the command of
+His Majesty we are met here to surrender the government of the
+Connecticut Colony to the Royal Governor, Sir Edmund Andros. On behalf
+of this Assembly, I have the honor, sir, to welcome you and assure you
+of our submission to His Majesty's command. We have ever been a loyal
+and a law-abiding people. We surrender the prerogatives of government
+under our charter with regret; but His Majesty commands, and we, his
+loyal subjects, have nought to do but obey. We are, sir, yours to
+command.
+
+ALL [_cheers_]
+
+ANDROS
+
+Thank you, Master Treat. I am agreeably pleased at the expression of
+obedience. In the name of His Majesty I hereby take command of the
+colony of Connecticut and order it joined to the colony of
+Massachusetts Bay, of which you shall henceforth be a part. And now,
+you have only to surrender the charter to me to complete the ceremony
+of submission to the order of His Majesty.
+
+TREAT
+
+But, sir, we have signified our submission. The surrender of the
+charter is quite another thing.
+
+ANDROS
+
+How so?
+
+TREAT
+
+It was granted in perpetuity, to be forfeited only through due process
+of law.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Have you not been informed, sir, that a writ of quo warranto issued in
+the proper courts of England was tried and went by default last
+February?
+
+TREAT
+
+Last February? Indeed, sir! We had no knowledge that any action was
+brought against it. Who was the complainant?
+
+ANDROS
+
+I was!
+
+TREAT
+
+You, sir?
+
+ANDROS
+
+Indeed, you seem to have forgotten an occasion when I promised you I'd
+get your charter.
+
+TREAT
+
+No, sir! Unfortunately I still remember it!
+
+ANDROS
+
+I have here the original court order, declaring your charter forfeit,
+and I shall now trouble your Charter Committee to produce the original
+document.
+
+TREAT
+
+One moment, sir. Has not every Englishman a right to defend his case
+before a court of law?
+
+ANDROS
+
+Of course--you had such a chance and failed to appear.
+
+TREAT
+
+We had no notice of the action.
+
+ANDROS
+
+That's not my fault.
+
+TREAT
+
+The court is in error, and we shall appeal.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Appeal all you like; but produce the charter.
+
+TREAT
+
+We do so under protest.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Ah, very well. I care not how much you protest. Once I get the charter,
+I can assure you, you'll never see it again.
+
+TREAT
+
+But, sir!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Produce the charter.
+
+TREAT
+
+Captain Wadsworth, place the charter on the table.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Here it is, sir.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Ah--at last!
+
+TREAT
+
+One moment, sir.
+
+ANDROS
+
+What now?
+
+TREAT
+
+Will you first sign the receipt for the charter, so that the committee
+may be protected?
+
+ANDROS
+
+Why, certainly, if you wish. It's no matter; but I'll do it. Give me
+your quill, clerk.
+
+ALLYN
+
+Here you are, sir--and paper.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Yes. Hm--"received--charter--signed"--there--
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Sexton, it's warm in here!
+
+SEXTON
+
+Yes, sir! [_noise of window_]
+
+ANDROS
+
+Hey, the lights! Quick, what's happened? Lights! Lights!
+
+ALL
+
+The candles have all blown out!
+
+Put down the window!
+
+What's the matter--[_etc._] [_exclamations continue through the scene_]
+
+ANDROS
+
+Put that window down! What are you trying to do?
+
+SEXTON
+
+Why, sir, it was warm.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Put it down, I say! Light those candles! What foolishness is this?
+Light those candles, I say! Do you hear me?
+
+SEXTON
+
+Yes, sir, at once, sir! [_noise of window going down_]
+
+Here, sir, I'll light the candles. I'm right sorry, sir. Now, where did
+I put my flint? Ah, here it is. There you are, sir. I'm right sorry I
+put you out, sir. I didn't think--
+
+ANDROS
+
+Fool! Now, Treat, hand me the charter.
+
+TREAT
+
+The charter--why, sir--you had it.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Had it? What are you talking about?
+
+TREAT
+
+Why, sir! I saw you put your hand on it the moment the lights went out.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Indeed I did not. Give it here!
+
+TREAT
+
+But, sir--
+
+ANDROS
+
+Hey--you--Captain--
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Sir!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Wadsworth, give me the charter!
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+But, sir, I gave it to you.
+
+ANDROS
+
+You did not!
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+But I have here your receipt for it!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Give me back that receipt!
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+I shall certainly do nothing of the kind, sir. I gave you the charter;
+you gave me this receipt for it. I have here twenty witnesses to the
+transaction!
+
+ANDROS
+
+I'm being tricked! I say I will have that charter. It's somewhere here,
+and I'll have it. [_calling_] Colonel Bligh!
+
+BLIGH [_distance_]
+
+Yes, sir!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Surround this place with your soldiers. Don't let a single man leave
+until he has been searched!
+
+TREAT
+
+Sir, this is illegal! You have no search warrants!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Indeed! I'll do it whether it's legal or not. I'll have that charter, I
+tell you, if I have to search every spot in this town! I'll have it, I
+say I'll have it.
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+And so the great search began. All that night and into the next day the
+Governor, the Colonel, and their soldiers searched high and low for the
+missing charter. At last they came to the house of Charles Willys, in
+front of which stood the great oak in which the charter lay safely
+hidden.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Who lives here?
+
+TREAT
+
+This is the home of Charles Willys!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Indeed! One of the Charter Committee, eh?
+
+TREAT
+
+Yes, sir!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Good! Search this place inside and out, Colonel. Don't leave a thing
+unturned.
+
+BLIGH
+
+Very good, sir! Search this place, Captain--thoroughly. Tear up the
+floors, dig up the garden, rip the upholstery off the furniture, but
+find that charter!
+
+VOICE
+
+Yes, sir. Follow me!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Bring out the master of the house. The rest of you back up against this
+tree and don't move!
+
+TREAT
+
+Sir, I protest again--
+
+ANDROS
+
+Protest all you like. It will do you no good until you produce that
+charter.
+
+TREAT
+
+I don't know where it is. You had it, that's all I know. If you lost
+it, it is not our fault.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Silence!
+
+BLIGH [_a little distance_]
+
+Here's the master of the house, sir.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Ah, indeed! Are you Master Willys?
+
+WILLYS
+
+I am.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Where is the charter?
+
+WILLYS
+
+Your pardon, sir, but how should I know?
+
+ANDROS
+
+You were a member of the Charter Committee, were you not?
+
+WILLYS
+
+I was!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Then where is it?
+
+WILLYS
+
+I am informed that the charter--
+
+ANDROS
+
+Yes?
+
+WILLYS
+
+Was placed--
+
+ANDROS
+
+Yes--yes--
+
+WILLYS
+
+In your hands!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Sir! If you don't tell me where that charter is--
+
+WILLYS
+
+What then, sir?
+
+ANDROS
+
+Do you see this oak tree?
+
+WILLYS
+
+I'm not blind, sir.
+
+ANDROS
+
+I'll have you strung up--strung up in it, sir; I'll have you strung up
+in it!
+
+WILLYS
+
+I should hate to have such a fine tree perverted to such a purpose,
+sir!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Ah! You would! Colonel Bligh! Colonel!
+
+BLIGH [_distance_]
+
+Yes, Governor!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Send me half a dozen soldiers and a stout rope!
+
+BLIGH
+
+Yes, sir!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Ah! Now perhaps we'll get something from you. Will you tell me or will
+you be hanged by your thumbs from that stout limb up there until you
+are ready to tell me where the charter is?
+
+TREAT
+
+Governor Andros, I fear you have forgotten yourself in your rage.
+Master Willys is entitled to a trial before any such punishment can be
+meted out to him.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Silence, or I'll have you strung up with him! Gad, sir, I'll fill this
+oak tree with stiff-necked rebellious Connecticut men, but I'll have
+that charter!
+
+BLIGH
+
+Here are your men, sir!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Good! One of you climb that oak tree. Here, you, Sergeant.
+
+VOICE
+
+Yes, sir!
+
+ANDROS
+
+Give him a hand there. [_sound of starting to climb the tree_] Have the
+men found anything in the house, Colonel?
+
+BLIGH
+
+Not a thing, sir!
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Look here, sir.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Ah, Captain Wadsworth. Have you something to say?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+I have, sir.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Speak out.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Tell those men to stay out of that tree and I'll tell you.
+
+ANDROS
+
+All right, Sergeant, come down. I thought we'd get something out of
+them if we scared them. Well, Captain?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Sir, you have lost the charter; that is clear.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Where is it?
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Just a minute. You have lost it. You also have given us your receipt
+for it; therefore you should have it.
+
+ANDROS
+
+And I intend to have it.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+You can't. I can assure you of that, but here is what I propose. The
+committee is willing to turn over the receipt to you if you will stop
+this foolish and destructive search for something you can't find.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Never! Sergeant, go up that tree again. We'll string these fellows up.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Ah, very well, then. But, sir, you'll look very foolish when you report
+to the Privy Council that you did not get the charter, and we produce
+your signed receipt!
+
+ANDROS
+
+What?--Hm--
+
+TREAT
+
+Yes, indeed, Governor. How will you explain that to the King?
+
+ANDROS
+
+What? Why! Ah--very well then, give me the receipt and I'll leave.
+After all, your charter will do you no good. It's revoked.
+
+TREAT
+
+Exactly! That's a very sensible view to take, Governor Andros. I
+congratulate you.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Here is the receipt, sir.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Humph!
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+You're very welcome, sir.
+
+ANDROS
+
+Colonel Bligh, draw up your guard and prepare to return to Boston.
+[_orders and confusion_]
+
+TREAT [_over the noise_]
+
+My congratulations, Captain Wadsworth. A good bargain.
+
+WADSWORTH
+
+Indeed it was. Another foot up the tree, and the Sergeant would have
+had the charter.
+
+BLIGH
+
+Quick step, march!
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+By saving the charter Connecticut preserved her claim to separate
+government, and in 1694 the King decided that the charter was in full
+legal force. It served as the fundamental order of Connecticut
+government down to the Revolution and until 1818, when a new state
+constitution superseded it.
+
+The oak in which the charter was so well hidden was called from that
+time the "Charter Oak." It stood until August 21, 1856, when it fell.
+At sunset of that day the bells of Hartford tolled, and mourning was
+displayed for the historic old tree. And today interested tourists may
+see the spot where the Charter Oak stood and see a piece of the old
+tree in the State House.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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