Revolution
Chapter 1 1770
1
“…Oh…”
When Sam Columbus gets up, he sees he is lying
on a bed.
“Where am I…?”
He is looking around the room.
The room’s furnishings are very classical,
like 18-19th century, but they are new. And in this room, there
isn’t any kind of electricity.
“I think this is not the White House…” Sam is
thinking “Who got me here…In short, I must leave here.”
He gets out of bed, and finds his bag.
“My bag”
He finds his bag in the corner.
And he opens that.
“…My laptop, my mobile; no signal, my wallet;
no money lost, my mp3, my watch, my ID, my car key, and my coat…”
After he checks, he wears his coat and watch,
puts his bag on his hack. Then he goes to the door.
But…
Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!
It’s sound like who is coming.
“Oh… my god… This is unlucky…”
Sam takes off his coat, puts his bag back to
in situ, goes back to the bed and pretends to sleep.
Then, the door is opening
Sam opens one eye a slit.
He wants to know who is coming.
He sees a girl who is wearing maid clothes, is
bringing a metal water bottle and a cup with a tray that she put on the bedside
cabinet.
“… a maid? Am I in America? This feels like
I’m in England…”
Next, an old man who is wearing a white wig
comes in the room.
“Who” Sam is thinking
“How is he?” That old man says.
“The doctor says just let him rest, lord.” The
maid says.
“Oh” The old man says “Then do not bother
him.”
“Yes, my lord.”
The old man and maid leave the room, and close
the door.
“Who is that old man?” After they leave, Sam
is opens his eyes, and sits up “I think I have seen that man on the… One dollar
notes!!”
Sam is getting out of the bed, and opening his
bag, to get his wallet.
“Here!”
He opens the wallet, and takes a one dollar
bill out.
“What!?”
He shocked.
He sees in the one dollar bill’s avatar——Founding father——George Washington, is has the same face as in that old
man!!
“This is crazy!!” Sam’s brain is chaos “How
could I see a dead person two hundred years… It’s like a dream, but…”
He pinches his face.
But nothing changes.
“… I’m really awake…”
He cannot think in the end what has happened.
“So… What time is it?”
He is looking at his watch.
“…PM3:00, 1/21… So I slept 2 hours… And what
year… Ah!? ”
A few minutes later…
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
From the room, came a burst of screams.
Because the watch, is showing——
PM3:00, 1/21/1770
“What happened?”
The old man——George Washington——hears something from the room.
“Maybe the man is weak up, lord.” The maid
says.
“Let’s go to see.”
“Yes, my lord.”
They go up the stairs, and go to the door.
Then, the old man is opening the door.
The old man sees that boy is sitting down the
floor.
……
“…Are you OK, Mr.?” The old man says first.
“…I just had a bad dream, Sir…” The boy says.
“So” The old man approaches the boy “What is
your name? What can I call you?”
“… My name is Sam Columbus; you can just call
me Sam.”
“Oh” The old man gives Sam his right hand “My
name is George Washington.”
“Nice to meet you, sir”
Sam grasps his hand, and stands up.
“Nice to meet you, Mr. Sam”
In this moment——
Everything changes——
A great time——
Is starting——
2
“So what is the Far West like?”
Sam and Washington are talking in the room.
Sam is camouflaging himself as an explorer in
this age. He says he is from New York City. His parents were businessman, and
they died before two years ago (Maybe can change another way to say, his
parents are unborn now). After his parents died, he started to explore Far
West, to measure and draw maps, and get some information from there…
In short, he is trying to camouflages himself
as this age’s person, and he is doing very well, Washington looks like he
believes his talking.
“The Far West has a lot of undeveloped mineral
and forest. And there is vast and fertile land…” Sam is using a lot of
information from Lewis and Clark’s log. Although he has his own opinion, but he
still feels it’s the same for theft.
“What is the local residents’ status and climate status
like?”
“There are some French and Spanish, but a lot of the population is
Native American…”
“Excuse me, Mr. Sam.” Washington breaks into Sam’s speaking and
says “What is Native American mean?”
“You don’t know,
Sir?”Sam is surprised.
“Yes.”
Washington said.
When Sam wants to say something, he recalls he is in the 18th century.
In that time they don’t say “Native American”, they say “Indian”.
“Oh… I’m wrong, the Indian. The a lot of the
population is Indian.”
“O……”
Washington doesn’t continue the questions
about what is Native American, Sam sighs with relief.
“So, Mr. Sam, I want to know……”
Washington wants to ask another question.
*Knock*
The knock’s sound breaks Washington’s speech.
“Come in.” Say Washington.
“Lord.” Someone is coming “The guest is coming
now.”
“I see.” Washington waves his right hand and
signals that person to leave.
That person leaves the room.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Sam.” Washington stands up
“But I must go.”
“I’m happy have talked with you.” Said Sam
“Me too” Washington goes to the door “So, must
you hurry back to New York?”
“No, Sir” Sam says.
“I see.” Washington opens the door and goes
outside “I hope you can take a good rest.”
“Thank you.”
Washington leaves from room with a smile.
“Oh, my God” Sam is thinking on the bed “I…
just talked… with the Founding Father…”
He wants to Hip-hop on the bed, but he, as
much as possible, suppresses himself.
“But” happily, he is thinking of two questions
“How did I get here? And why did Washington ask me questions about going back
to New York?”
3
Sam’s computer
Diary
1/21/1771, Tuesday, Snowing
Today was an impossible day, because I was
transported to the past and talking with the Founding Father, George
Washington.
I don’t know how I got here. I just remember I
was visiting the White House on 1/21/201X, and while I was appreciating
Washington’s portrait, suddenly, I was fainted, and when I woke up, I saw I was
in the Mount Vernon in 1771.
Its sound like impossible, but its real
happening.
Now I just have two problems:
How to back to my age?
If I can’t back to my age, what can I do in
this age?
4
1/24/1771, Mount Vernon
“Great day”
After breakfast, Sam looked out of the window.
Today, the snow has stopped. All of Mount
Vernon is white.
“The climate is good than urban heat island’s
age…”
“Mr. Sam”
“Yes?”
Sam looked back.
He saw the Mount Vernon servant, John (17,
White), in the room.
“Oh, John” Sam said kindly “What happened?”
“Lord wants to meet you, Sir.” John said
courteously, Sam didn’t like this type of talking but John said if he didn’t
talk that way, then Lord would fire him.
“Mr. Washington wants to meet me?” Sam said.
“Yes, Sir” John said “Lord said he has very
important thing he wants to talk about with you.”
“I
see.” Sam said “Let’s go.”
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“Good morning, Mr. Washington.”
“Good morning, Mr. Sam.”
John took Sam to the Washington’s reception
room.
“Please sit.” Washington points to a chair for
Sam.
“Thank you, Sir.” Sam sits down on the chair.
“John!” Washington talks to John.
“Yes” John responses.
“Give two cups of tea.”
“Would you want British red tea or Chinese tea,
Lord?”
“Chinese tea.”
“Yes, my Lord.”
John leaves the room.
“Mr. Sam.” Washington says
“Yes?”Sam doesn’t know what Washington want to
talk with him.
“Do you want to know how you get in the Mount
Vernon?” Washington says.
“Yes!” Sam is very excited, but at once, him
aware he has gaffe.
“OK.” Washington has interruption, and he
begins his story.
*
1/21/1771, north of the Potomak River.
“Today is not good for hunting.” Washington
and his men were riding their horses in a bushy area.
“Yes, Lord.” One man said “winter is not good
for hunting.”
“You’re right.” Washington agreed his
retinue’s talking “winter day is not good for hunting, we will back.”
And Washington was turning the direction to
the south.
But in that time——
“Wait!”
Washington saw the something in the bush.
“What’s that?” Washington asked his men.
“I think that is some animal.”
“I think that is just a dead tree.”
“I think that is a person.”
Everyone was talking at once.
“Who can go there to see?” Washington said.
“I will go, Lord.” One man got off his horse.
“Be careful, Tom.” Washington agreed.
Tom picked up his gun and crept closer to the
mysterious object.
“What’s that?” Washington said.
“It’s a boy.” Tom said “He looks like has a
fever.”
“Oh?”
Washington and his men all got off their
horses, and went to see the boy.
“That’s lift him back to Mount Vernon!”
Washington ordered.
[Yes, Sir]
“I will go, Sir.” One man got off his horse.
“Be careful, Tom.” Washington agreed.
Tom picked up his gun and crept closer to the
mysterious object.
“What’s that?” Washington said.
“It’s a boy.” Tom said “He looks like has a
fever.”
“Oh?”
Washington and his men all got off their
horses, and went to see the boy.
“That’s lift him back to Mount Vernon!”
Washington ordered.
[Yes, Sir]
*
“……And then in my home, you got the treatment,
and after two hours, you woke up.”
“Oh……”
Washington finished his story, and John is
brought two cups of tea.
“But I’m very surprised.” Washington drank one
sip of tea and he put down the cup on the table “You are very knowledgeable.”
“Thank you, Sir.” Sam drank tea, too.
“Will you hurry to back to the New York?”
“No, Sir.” Sam put down the cup in the table,
he don’t know why Washington talk this again.
“Before you came here” Washington stood up and
looked out the window “My old butler retired and went back to his homeland. Now
I must find a new younger butler.”
“Did you find one? Sir” Sam asked Washington.
“Yes” Washington smiled and turned round, to
face Sam——
——“You, Mr. Sam.”——
“ME!!!!!!!!!!?”
Sam was surprised. John was surprised, too.
“Yes, you”
“But…” Sam wanted to dodge this work “I… I
don’t know how to be a butler.”
“No problem.” Washington said “I think you
have the ability and potential to do this job. If you don’t know how to do it,
John can help you.”
“I……” Sam wanted to dodge, but he thought a
minute——
——Maybe it is an opportunity in this great age. ——
When he thought this, he smiled and said.
“If you really want me to stay here, Mr.
Washington……”
Sam stands up and bows slightly to Washington.
——“I will happy to stay, my Lord.”
Then, Sam started his six month butler life.
Chapter 2 Butler life
1
After four days (2/22/1770) ……
*Knock*
Butler Sam knocks on his Lord, Washington’s
room’s door.
“Coming”
Taking the order, Sam opens the door holding
Washington’s breakfast and newspapers.
“Good morning, Lord.” Sam puts breakfast and
newspapers on a table and goes to open the curtain.
“Good morning, Sam.” Washington sits up from
the bed. “What is today’s news?”
“Here, Lord.”
Sam gives Washington today’s newspapers.
During the four days. Of John’s training, Sam is been a butler very good.
“Today is not having interesting news.”
Washington says.
“Yes, Lord.” Sam moves chair and says.
“So” Washington gets down from bed and sits
down in chair. “What is today’s plan?”
“Today’s plan is” Sam places tableware and
says. “Have your birthday party of Mount Vernon, Lord.”
“Do you have a plan?” Washington says.
“Please wait and see, my Lord.”
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“OK! Everybody, listen!”
In the Kitchen
Sam convenes all Mount Vernon’s servants.
“Tonight we have a big birthday party at Mount
Vernon.” Sam says. “We must work heard. If not, maybe you must back home to
cook the pumpkin.”
[Hahahahaha…]
Everyone laugh about that.
“OK, so the work is…… Leo!”
“Here!” Chef Leo says.
“You’re going to cook cuisine.”
“Yes, Sir!”
“Spark!”
“Here.” Head gardener Spark says.
“You’re going to clean the garden and clean
the snow.”
“Yes,Sir.”
“Aimee!”
“Here——” Head maid Aimee says.
“You’re going to clean the whole house.”
“Yes, Sir——”
“Randy!”
“Here.” Head manservant Randy says.
“You’re going to clean the whole house, too.”
“Yes, Sir.”
“Tom!”
“Here!” Head bodyguard Tom says.
“You’re going to defend all around outside of
house.”
“Yes, Sir.”
“And Isabel!”
“Here, Mr. Sam.” Tutor Isabel says.
“You’re going to look after the two young
masters.”
“Yes, Mr. Sam.”
“OK, so does anybody have questions?” Sam
asks.
“I need some fresh lettuce.” Leo says.
“OK, I will go to get.” Sam says “And do you
have other questions?”
No answer.
“OK.” Sam claps his hands “That getting work!”
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“…… So I must get fresh lettuce……” Sam walks
out of the main entrance with his skateboard. “……And fresh lettuce in the lower
garden……”
“What are you doing, Mr. Sam?”
“Oh!” Sam turns back. “John.”
John is behind at Sam.
“May I help you?” John says.
“Oh, yes.” Sam asks. “Does the lower garden have fresh lettuce?”
“I think now there is no fresh lettuce.” John
answers.
“So where have the fresh lettuce?”
“In the East warehouse. There is some. But
that is too far.”
“That’s OK, I’m taking this.”
“?”
Sam puts down the skateboard.
“W…what’s that?” John asks.
“A skateboard” Sam says.
“S…s…skateboard?” John has never heard about
this.
“Yes, a skateboard.” Sam steps his right foot
on to the skateboard. “This thing can get your there quickly, and it is also
fun.”
“Oh……”
“Can you help me to see them work?” Sam
says.
“Yes, Sir.” John accepts the command
“Thank you, so I’m going to get lettuce now.”
Sam puts down his left foot and starts go forward.
“…… If I have time.” John looks at Sam and
says to himself. “I want to learn how to play.”
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Pioneer farmer site.
In that time, if Mount Vernon’s people want to
go to the Pioneer farmer site, it must waste a lot of time, because they have
to walk.
But Sam uses a skateboard.
So he gets there very fast.
“OK, I’m there.” Sam gets off the skateboard.
“So where is the warehouse?”
“……It’s in there, Sir.” Someone speaks behind
Sam.
“Waaaaaaaaa!”
Sam is so shocked; he falls down on the
ground.
He sees an Africa American in front of him.
That Africa American’s clothes look like a slave.
“Are you OK? I’m sorry.” The Africa American
says and gives his right hand to Sam.
“I’m OK.” Sam takes the Africa American’s
right hand and stands up. “But why do you say sorry?”
“Because you fell down, Sir.” The Africa
American says.
“That is not your fault.” Sam thinks it’s very
strange, but he stops talking about this. “You say you know where the warehouse
is?”
“Yes, Sir.” The Africa American points to the
road. “Come with me.”
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“Here is the warehouse, Sir.”
“Thank you.”
Sam and The Africa American are in the
warehouse.
This warehouse is very big and has a lot of
food.
“But this warehouse is too big.” Sam says.
“How can I find fresh lettuce? Can you help me?”
“Yes, Sir.” The Africa American starts to
search for fresh lettuce. “This is my glory.”
While the Africa American searches for fresh
lettuce, Sam stands behind him. He wants to help, but he doesn’t know how to
help, so he just looks.
“…What is your name?” Sam wants to have some
time to talking with the Africa American.
“Jim, Sir.” The Africa American says his name.
“Where are you from?”
“I’m from Africa, Sir.”
“Can I hear your story? How did you get here?”
*
Niger River Area, Nigeria.
Jim was born there, and lived there with his
family.
Jim’s tribe was Igbo, one of the great nations
in Nigeria.
He and his family were hunting, fishing every
day.
In that time, Jim thought he would continue
this life to the end of life.
But it was not to be.
Passed one day of six years.
Jim was hunting near the forest like his
normal day.
But the day was not normal.
Because Jim felt someone was tracking him.
“……Today I must hurry home……” Jim thinks.
However, his this hope couldn’t be achieve——
——Forever——
Pong! Pong!
Gunshot!
And had a lot of another tribe’s people,
brought guns out of the forest and caught him.
“What are you doing!” Jim yelled.
But these people ignored him.
They stunned him and took him to a place he
didn’t know.
After five minutes……
Jim woke up.
He saw in front of him, a lot of white.
In that time, Jim didn’t know English. He
didn’t know what these whites were talking about.
These whites gave that tribe’s people three
guns, and then took Jim.
Jim and other slaves walked one week, and a
lot of people died on the way to the beach.
After the half years sea travel, Jim came in a
new place.
America.
Then he was bought by Washington, and he
worked at Mount Vernon for six years.
*
Outside the warehouse, Jim gives Sam one sack
of fresh lettuce.
“I’m very sad to hear this story.” Sam says. “But
thank you for your help.”
Then Sam extends his right hand.
“……”
Jim looks like very confused.
“What happened?” Sam asks. “I just want to
shake hands”
“…OK.”
Jim shakes Sam’s hand.
“See you next time, Jim!” Sam gets his
skateboard and leaves here.
“…He is different from another white person.”
Jim says to himself.
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“I’m back.”
Sam enters the kitchen with fresh lettuce.
But what he sees in front of his eyes shocks
him.
“Oh, my god!”
Because Leo has burnt all of the roast chicken!
“What shall I do, what shall I do, what shall
I do…….?”
Leo just says “what shall I do?” again, and
again.
“What happened here?” Sam asks.
“I……I forgot……”
Now Leo began to stutter. “To……turn off the……stove……and it……happed…….”
“Alas……” Sam
sighs, he knows now there is no chicken in the kitchen, and if he goes to get
another one he would not have enough time.
“So now what do we
have?” Now Sam is calm.
“Fresh lettuce,
eggs, onions……”
Sam listens to
Leo’s list, he is now worried.
“……and cheese, potato……”
“Wait a minute!” Sam thinks out some things.
“What did you say?”
“Cheese and potato.” Leo repeats.
“That’s it!” Sam looks like he has some ideas.
“Leo!”
“Yes!”
“You’re going to bring cheese, potatoes,
sausages, onions, flour, and some spices here!”
“Sir” Leo says. “What are you wanting to
cook?”
“Secret” Sam says. “Now, go hurry to get the
things I told you!”
“Yes, sir!”
Leo and another cooker go out to the kitchen.
“OK, next.” Sam stretches his hands. “I will
show the guest my talents."
7
Outside
Guests’ carriages are coming into Mount
Vernon.
Sam stands in front of the main entrance,
to welcome the guests.
“Are you sure your special dinner is OK for
the guests?” On Sam’s right, John asks, because he does not have confidence in
the dinner.
“No problems.” Sam says. “My special dinner
can make everybody happy.”
“But……”
“OK, the guests are getting down from the
carriages now!”
John wants to ask more, but the guests’
carriage stops in front of the main entrance.
From the first carriage, an old man gets
off.
“Welcome to Mount Vernon, Mr.” Sam greets
that man and bows.
And next come the second carriage’s people.
Then the third
The fourth
The fifth
……
And when the seventh carriage’s person
comes.
“Welcome to Mount……”
Oh man! Sam is surprised. Tomas Jefferson!
Thomas Jefferson, the third president of
the United States, Washington’s co-alumnus, one of the Declaration of
Independence’s writers. He was the wisest person in all of the presidents of
the United States. He was also a racist, He was responsible killing of a lot of
Native Americans when he was alive, and he didn’t like slavery, but he had a
lot of slaves.
This is interesting. Sam thinks. Thomas
Jefferson met Mr. Washington in 1775, but why……
“What happened?” Thomas Jefferson sees Sam
mutter half a sentence, so he asks Sam.
“Oh, No.” Sam thinks back to what he was
thinking. “Welcome to Mount Vernon, Mr. Jefferson.”
“What’s your name?” Jefferson says.
“My name is Sam Columbus. I was Mr.
Washington’s butler.” Sam says.
“Oh, nice to meet you”
“Nice to meet……”
“Jefferson!”
Somebody behind Jefferson calls his name.
“This sounds like……” Jefferson just to says
this person’s name.
And then——
“Hello!! Jefferson!!”
“Hey! You! Don’t
hold me like this! Oh! God! Monroe!”
Sam saw one boy
clings to Jefferson.
This boy likes 12 or
13 years old, and likes very good move.
But his name likes
where heard about……
“And…” Sam asks to
that boy.
“What happened?”
That boy stops to hold Jefferson and says.
“Are your name James
Monroe?”
“Yes.”
Oh my god! Is James
Monroe himself!
Sam gets more
surprised. But he still pretends to normal time. “Welcome to Mount Vernon, Mr.
Monroe.”
James Monroe, the
fifth president of the United States, the last founding father. When he was 16
years old he joined independent war. He’s famous things was made Monoecism.
This is more
interesting. Sam thinks. I remember Monroe was meet Washington in 1775, too.
“What’s your name?”
Monroe asks.
“My name is Sam
Columbus; I was Mr. Washington’s butler.” Sam says. “Nice to meet you, Mr.
Monroe.”
“Nice to meet you,
too.” Monroe says. “You look not old, how old are you?”
“I’m 17 years old.”
“Old than me 4
years.” Monroe says. “But younger than brother Jefferson 11 years……”
“OK, OK, go inside
now! Your family is waiting you!” Jefferson took Monroe go into the house. “See
you, Sam.”
“See you! Sam!”
Monroe cried to Sam.
“See you, Mr.
Jefferson and Mr. Monroe.” Sam smiles and bows again for them.
“And all people come
here?” Sam turns around to John and asks about guests ‘situation.
“Eh… NO.” John
answers. “Mr. Kent’s family and Mr. White’s family’s carriages are not come.”
“Mr. Kent’s and Mr.
White’s?” Sam asks.
“Yes, Mr. Kent’s
family is famous family in Virginia. Of course he is not rich than Mr.
Washington’s. And Mr. White’s family is……”
When John wants to
talk about that Mr. White’s family.
But two carriages
come into the Mount Vernon, and stops in front of main entrance.
“Looks like Mr.
Kent’s family and Mr. White’s family are come, now.” Sam says to the John.
From first carriage
A girl is get down
from that carriage.
Oh, my god. When Sam
sees that girl, he forgets to say welcome message. She is beautiful.
That’s girl is like
15 to 16 years ago, she has gold hair, and blue eyes.
“Are you Uncle
Washington’s new butler?” The girl says to Sam.
“Eh… Yes.” Sam’s
reaction is fast. “My name is Sam Columbus, I’m Uncle Wa… wait, Mr. Washington
is Miss’s uncle!?”
“Yes.” The girl
smiles. “Our Kent family and Uncle Washington’s family are relative.”
“Oh…” Sam is first
heard about this, because he never heard about Kent family, so he doesn’t know
about this relationship.
“My name is
Elizabeth Kent. I heard about you from my father.” The girl salutes for Sam.
“I hope you have fun
tonight.” Sam says.
“Elizabeth!
Elizabeth!”
In this time, Sam
heard someone is calling Elizabeth from the main entrance.
Sam and Elizabeth
saw a girl in front of door, and waving for Elizabeth. Beside the girl, has a
boy; he is waving for Elizabeth, too.
“Oh, she is my
sister.” Elizabeth says to Sam. “And that boy is my friend, White. So see you.”
And Elizabeth is
walking into the main entrance with her sister and her friend.
“So that all of
people are coming.” Says John.
“Now I want to know
about Mr. White’s family.”
