Show AX MEItIt X LAI tIRN tAa Drlllah left nor horm lit I I the clue of the W I revolution aayt hInd h-Ind Ie iler t tiny left I nylng one 6 royal lag which aA 1 + they Mailed It to A I Ih flg pole they j fondly lope woiiM continue In klM the brs s for some lime to come They had lion Ilitu as nn net of dellanc lo Ihe round r Hilllc and many n eat < llero eye war lurnul upon lull Inn llrlllh rablem on the ship of King long dropM down Ibe Iwy and the eplrew of New York faded from view Hlr lily Canton had Ml apart n day for the evacuation of New York nnd II fell an Nov M lie wax not very reluctant re-luctant to leave I far the Ionic eight year war wn over anil the tmlunleei had not only benlen the klmc men In fair nh but hail captured two of till best armies The American led dy some nf their famous officer were ready t u march In eat lake imwuHnn nt New York the moment the lint I ml mat list vanished and on the twentyfifth there wan a meat deal of excitement which could not In holly subdued The streets were thronged wllh mm and Lupo I and the latter were with I dimeully kept from cheering Ile march of the llrlllih through the street aa they lrnmjnl down to the hlplng In rmhark for llngland At the font nf the famous Ilmi Iway IIHII Port forge name for the lint lab king and from Ita tall atoll Honied Hit nag which the enemy had Ufl be him II napped In the bracts of duct clear November ilay In H manner qulle11 tasteful to the Americans who h1 I seen II waving there for almost seven yearn They till nol like the thought that II was In float on even nfler the loot llrlllih soldier hot vanished down the tHiy Rod nhrn len Knox nml III lrn > > a look formal tuooealon nf Inrt beings nil eye Here turned toward that obnoxious enelgn It must com down but l how Th patriot 111 tot until In destroy hall h-all rUitsUff for they wished In hotat upon It another DaR which wnull rep teMinl Ih iwneet repubtte on the face f > f the Klobe w they gathered nhoiit the aloft ai Iliey suggested rnA of lowering the llrltlsh nTh n-Th Kngllih vceeel were von lehln t down th narrow and Ihelr white sll wnull won dleappmr but them In hInd h-Ind worst the nag lhy hail left Iw hllil Unit denane to their roniner era mid Mylnx In mule Uniting Hut though the onlonlee were free the em Mem oft king itlll remain ul la dUlurb them I twit l I rout clllnli that mle Mil n toy who stood looking nt I lie Hag HagAn Atiwienn officer overhearing then mania turned md iravji him a look if ailonltimnl He was u good Iookne tiny I with n ftenh huge and strung young tlmlM You dot MM the olllotr MM you ll C rJ i lit WOIIKHI WITH A WlM really think you ooull climb Hint nlll alf and tear that Uimer IjowT I eiiuld try miyhow Here srgant Ink Ihla tsly over to run linux and In him tell him what he thinks he win loA lo-A contlnrntul aergi ml slipped forward for-ward mid In n little while Johnny Van Arl le was wnlklnif nl Ida side toward ten Knox headquarter Thus buy IAII aeen the thief uf Wash Inxtnn iirllllrry but hat never been In hla rrnre The eerxeant took thisu UI to I he Ken teals hmdiiimtlera 1101 Mluleil Thla loop I mty h an rllmb the IIIK UK mill retnotv the llrltleh flag Th kind fnio nf KHII wan Illumln ouch by a > mlle He liakiKl th buy over from lived tn fool and roll You look 1 anile lay You tiara rllmlteil Uure have nuT Yw sir 1 reilleil Johnny hluehlng If OU woulllfl me try In luke hIt h-It duHii I would do lay best You stall try total you look miubl of doing It and with another aalute the sergeant wllhtlrtw null 1 to robot the dellRhtwl boy luck to the urude croun1 The vrowil Ratheretl maul the nan rust lookeil nt blue boy and WMII un < lertooil what VIM up A Kraut ninn > of them knew him mid not a few knew bow agile hue boo Not only haul the dtiiartln llrllleh aUeal halt flag to the pole but they lad knooUed out the clean sod Kreaeei the stall to aa to make II hard tn ullnib New clenta ware wows obtained and Johnny Vnn Aixlalo went lo work He h1 brouiint with him n lot uf send and liy nailing back the cheats and a 1111 i lliur the and to th llrk pfd h manaajw tn climb up hand over hand amid tbt chess of the people Higher and higher he went working then a Leaver but nol looking down id > u upon the upturned face V < Aa he reached the lop of llu tail rUg pdr a itringe hush acemeil to full uw Die crowd below 1 It was eipeclallon n i ahgt tliT unmUrd with fear Throw wiu tliixu who feared thai even ahoul hi truli llo 11 hie hands wbuld lint br ruII n ldI I < tear Die Hag loon but the litiii rrtl lit I i > ere Vfred mill he i all I t in li the unaliin lamk he It I uii tow salt o nice far benruli liltulle I tuna taught hold of th twit 11 li t ui log II laoeal there fee hw It plaid Ill will accompli Ida puriael The boy looked Ilk a black ri < cl < us h II were no he long ti the nag pil will ne nrn hr1 the flag from ta fastenings He worked wllh a will watched all the HUM by those nn the round and when they saw that he had wrapped the standard around his body and had started upon tots descent a great cheer arom front every throat tiower and lower he came hand overhand over-hand with A floats of victory on his Ue The banner napped n llttt in the wind now hut Ile freedom was subdued sub-dued No longer It 1 klened th wind from this pinnacle of th lofty Halt nor was It nailed there In deflanee to the colonies louder than ever woo the cheer that rent the air when the triumphant boy reached the ground and unwrapped from his body the wind torn banner which he had secured I toil I the general I thought I eul bring It down he said In the ortlcer who slptel forward to take th cap lure banner In another moment he wn hemmed II y a wildly houlliiK crowd and strongmen strong-men took him upon Ihelr shoulders nnl arrte1 t him In ecaln < y acroei the parade round It wan a moment of proud triumph for he little patriot and Ito pride Incrente 1 when den Knoi sent lo thank him for hll daring ant In a 11111 whll another n1 flouted from the fUgntarf of Tort George butt but-t was nil Ihe lanUrd ot the king II wan the star ant trll > e of the young nation which hid aecured 111 tight lo have a nag by p00 yenrV war and when Johnny Van Arxlale aw the other banner waving gracefully graceful-ly I from the flag > urr Ida eyea III up with Joy It is l the prrttt nag of the two tong mty It wave cried he And while It mated there the lust Irlllnh veseei 1 vanlnhe an I Mew York hell no soldiers but then who would henceforth occupy II Johnny Van Archie lived a goof ninny year after hull daring act In low ring the llrllUlt flog and more than OlIN he woe compelled to relrtle to groups of children how he took II down rom the lofty height nnl saw the ban ncr of freeilom lake Its pltr Thu wiin the Ittlllih nag ratunl by men taken down by n toy wlinn name and deed the pisn of Am > rlrnn ht > Cory have kept alhe even unto thus day |