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Show - I TheMasterr TheMaster The Masterr Master Masterrof MasterX15 of X15f ofChaos X15 X15Chaos f Chaosbyfvin Chaos ChaosI Chaoss s I byfvin by Irving BachellerCoyrfght Bacheller Coprrhht Coyrfght , : 193 2993 by Irsigg Ir ' Ing D Dncheller Dnchellerwt cheller chellerwAU wt\ wt wtU wAU : \ U ScrvicoCHAPTER scrvlco Scrvico CHAPTER VII-Continued VII Continued VIIContinued10 VII - Continued -10- 10 - 10Rumors 10Rumors 10 - - Burners Rumors of a bombardmentere bombardment were \\ere ere \ \ Hy Ily Ilying fly- fly flyJng Hying - ing Jng through the city Tlie The Brltl.h Brltlh Brmtlbt Brltl.harmy Brmtlbtarmy Britisharmy ! : . army officers gave cuve them no .credit.The credit.The creditThe . , credit creditThe . The roar of Washington's Washingtons WaShlngton's WaShlngtons Washiugtou's Washiugtous ' cannon h'1.d h1.d h1d had h'1.dthe hadthe hidthe ' . the effect of a merry jest In Howe'earmy Howe's Howes Howe'e Howee Howe'sarmy Howe'sarmy Howesarmy ' ' army . . Tho The Fayerweatbers rayerweathers Tayerweathers "ere ere ft R " ere aboard theflagship the theflagship theflagship flagship of the fleet In the harbor on ona ona ona a visit to Admiral Shuldam when the theguns theguns theguns guns of Tlconllel Ticondeiogi Thcondetogh og 1 and other others ; * from fromDorchester ( froraDorchester rom romDorchester Dorchester heights to Cast Cact ; Cam Qm- Qm Qmbridge ! Cambridge - bridge , , opened a withering witbering fire on thedefenses the thedefenses thedefenses defenses In front of them It was theclever the theclever theclever clever gtrl girt girl Pat who " nas "as as was responsIble responsiblefor for this flagship party She had hada had hada hada a hint from Revere nevere Pat's Pats ' maid had haddeserted haddeserted haddeserted deserted her bel ' In tlie the panic : and mll so nn Ca nnslow Caslow CnBlow slow , , as she was then called , , went wentwith \ wentwith \ ent entwith with them to serve in that capacity . . That night of \ March l\larch l larch 4 , 177G 1770 1776 from fromdark fromdark fromdark dark to daylight da\hght da hght \ , the guns from Tlcon Ticon Tlconderoga Ticonderoga Ticondoroga deroga bellowed bcllowed and sheets of flamewere flame flamewere flamewere were leaping leapln ; upward along the ee\"cn ee "cn cn seven ee"cnmUe sevenmile ; sevenmile \ " mUe mile line Une of Washington Washmton ; It was R a RnIght anight anight nIght of terror Cannon balls bans splashedinto splashed splashedfnto splashedInto fnto into the h tnrbor buboI trbor ' One of them tore torethrongh torethrough torethrough throngh through the tbe rigging of a ship and andBpl1ntered andsplintered andsplintered Bpl1ntered splintered a mast . . An order wis W1S was gh gIs givento en ento ento to weigh anchor and hoist sills S'1lIs S1lIs slits ' and andmove andmove andmove move out of range This was done done.After doneAfter . . After daylight , , when tlie the firing firmg had hadcrosed hadceased hadceased crosed ceased . , Admiral Shuldam returned for forobservation forobservation forobservation observation At a prudent distancefrom distance distancefrom distancefrom from the town an officer climbed tothe to tothe tothe the masthead and with his glass noted notedthe notedthe notedthe the extent of the disaster A big re- re redoubt redoubt re redoubt - - doubt , , butit bunt built In the night , , now crowned crownedthe crownedthe crownedthe the heights of at Dorchester . Many Alany of ofthe ofthe ofthe the British works were destroyed The ThecIty Thecity Thecity cIty Itself had suffered little Uttle damageBut damage damageBut damageBut But the town and the hirbor h'1rbor h1rbor harbor ' were at atWashington's atWashington's atWashington's atWashingtons Washington's Washingtons ' mercy His artilleryhad nrtl1lery artillery nrtl1lerybad artilleryhad bad had become a menice meD"lce meDlce menace " Instead of R a ajoke Rjoke ajoke ajokeThe joke jokeThe The admiral Informed General Howe Howetbat Howethat Howethat tbat that unless the enemy enemv was dislodgedhe dislodgedbe dislodged hE be : ' could not occupy the harbor Th'lt Thlt That Thatafternoon Th'ltafternoon Thitafternoon ' afternoon Ho Howe " e took tliree three thousand thousandmen thousandmen thousandmen men to Castle Island for an attac1 attack attackbut attackbut . but It was held in check by a great greatstorm greatstorm greatstorm storm Before an advance ad\ance ad ance \ " was "as as pos possIble possible posBible sIble sible . , Washington had so strength strength- strengthened strengthened strengthened - - ened and extended his works worles t . that thatHowe thatHowe at atHowe Howe abindoned ab'1ndoned ab1ndoned abandoned ' his Ius plin phn plan The Tbe latter latteroffered latteroffered latteroffered offered to embark embarJ . his army army and le:1\ le:1 le1 le:1e lease le:1the leasethe leavethe : \ e the city uninjured It If perntltted perihhtted permitted to do doto doso doEO to so without molestltion molest'1tIon molest1tIon molestation ' The prollOsal proposal prollOsalwas proposalwas proposalwas was not signed , , but the comminder comm1nder commander ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the patriots had no doubt of its sin sincenty sincerhty sincenty centy cerhty . So . , his hLs supply of powder hav hav- havIng having having - ing been shortened shortcned by the Cilnnon'1.de Cilnnon1.de Cilnnon1de cannonade Cilnnon'1.deand cannonadeand cannonideand ' . and , desiring to save the city , he let letthe letthe letthe the British BrIUsh go In pe'1ceThe penceThe peice pe'1ce pe1ce pence peiceThe ' The bombirdment bomb'1rdment bomb1rdment bombardment ' had continuedthree contInued contInuedthree continuedthree three nights No one on the thgshlp i1nashtp thgshlphad i1nashtphad fligshiphad had been allowed al10well to go ashore The TheImportant Theimportant TheImportant Important lo loyalists ioyalists ahsts In tp tpwn tpsn " n came cameaboard cameaboard cameaboard aboard with sslth \ Ith their lug luggage ae ; , and assoon as asBoon assoon Boon soon as the storm abited ab'1te ab1te abated ' the admlr'11 admlr11 admiral admiralfound admlr'11found admirilfound ' found an anchonge nnchor'lge nnchorlge anchorage ' far out of rangeand range rangeand rangeand and Iiy hy lay to while the ' . irmy 1.rmy 1rmy army irmyvas 1.rmyas \vas vas \\as as was \ \ em embarl.mg embarking cmbarking barl.mg barlmg barking . ' on other : ships chlps So it befellthat befell befellthat befellthat that the raverweithcrs ra\"erwe1thers ra "erwe1thers erwe1thers raverwetthers \ " and some mne nine ninehundred ninehundred hundred 10\ 10 lovilibts 10111.ts losahsts \ 111.ts 111ts ' : . : silled C1lled called ' for nallfa fiahfax fiahfaxwith FTalifa\with FTalifa with \ ' "ltb ltb with " the British Drltlsh army on the sewnteenth se\ se seen sewn seventeenth \ en enteenth teenth of MarchThe MarchThe Starch March StarchThe The Ciptains C'1ptams C1ptams Captains ' Amos Farnsworth rarnsworth 1.nd 1nd and 1.ndCalm andCohn ' . indColin Calm Cohn Cibot C'lhot Clhot C'thot Cthot ' ' rod rode ( > Into the almost de- de deserted de deserted - . serted citv city clt \ nith with Ith their re regiment lment the clav day clavfollowing dayfollowing davfollowing following the evacintion evaCtl'ltlOD evaCtlltlOD evacultion ' to e\plnre e plnre e\.pIore e.pIore .pIore pIore explore \ . It Itnnd Itand Itand nnd and report to the Commander In ChICf Chief ChiefThey ChICfThey ChiefThey They found lnund lirge l'1rg'c l1rgc large ' ' stores of food anel and andammunition anelammunition andammunition ammunition which tlie the osercrowcledships o\crcrowded o crcrowded osercrowcled ocrcrowdedships overcrowdedships \ ships had bad not been able to nccom accom nccommod'lte accommohte accommodite accommoditeThe mod'lte modlte mohte ' mod'lteThe mohteThe The big ' houses " were "ere ere all aJ ] desertpd deserted desertpdsa desertedsale desertedsave sa sale \ e by hired caretakers caretaher caretaker : . , 11Ing using In 11\ 11 \ Ing in the thestabl thestalles thestables stabl stalles ) From rrom rromn one of the these < ; e CoHn Colin Colinlearned CoHnlrorned ColSnlearned lrorned learned that the rayersseathers ra . } er\\ er crvveathers ercather'J \ \ cather'J catherJ ' had hadgone hadgone hadgone gone with the 1 ' . idnnril 1nHr'11 1nHr11 sdmirsi < ' of the neetThe fleetThe neet fleet neetThe The young yot.ng yotng . . man turned to Arnos Amos Amo < ; with witha a groan as flS they rode awnv awav away . , giving s'1vmg s1vmg saving ' ' ' My heart Is about ahout ' is 1S as deid dfl'ld dflld dead ' and lon loncivas lonely lonelyas .1v 1v < . .1vas as the city I he begin ln to feir fe\r fe r fear ' \ that 1shall I 1 Ishan Ishall shan shall not see Sle her 1 ' igiin again 1ln ' " . ' Clieor 'Cheer Cheer up , , . mv my son which it ' . tin 1.ln 1ln sin t tno tno tno no time to be feelin feelm ' ' poorlAmos poorly poorl\ poorl \ ' ' ' Amos Amosanswered Amosanswered Amosanswered answered " " "The The "Tile Tile " \ war ar will wlll svill < ; soon oon be beo"er beover beover o\"er o "er er over \ " 'They They 'I I ' ' hey don dont t want to play wltb with withus wltbus withus us no more " The two captains captams \ went ent to tlie the fich fish fichm'1rhet fishmarket fishmirket ; m'1rhet m1rhet market ' and found the old ; sci ce'1 ce1 sea ' ' god g'od Db Eb Dbenezer Ebenezer Hbenezer enezer Snoach , , " who "ho ho < ; stood tood \ with \ Ith hisspy his hisspy Illsspy spy glass eyeing the far hon/on hon on horl70n horhon / ? In the theeast theeast theeast east . "They'll Theyll urbey'll urbeyll " ' ' go with the wind windnorth'ard windnorth'ard windnorth'ard windnorthard north'ard northard north'ardtt ' tt " tthe he sild s\ld s ld said ' \ ' 'The The ' The ; sei eC'1 eC1 sew ' w111 will willkeep w111keep willkeep keep a n taxin taln taaln " , ' 'cm cm 'em em ' 1 'I I ' he sci se'1 se1 set ' . Is thegreat the thegreat thegreat great king He lie 11 a wear 'year year ' ' 'cm cm 'em em ' out " " 'The The ' The fickle and merciless ocean Is Isour isour Isour our ally , , , " slid s\id s id said ' \ ColinReturning ColinReturning Colin ColinReturning Returning they found prep'lratlons preplratlons prepsratlons prepirationsIn prep'lratlonsIn prepsratlonsin ' In progress for breiking bre'lhlng brelhlng breaking ' ' cirop c'1mp c1mp camp ' Day Dayafter Dayafter Dayafter after diy d'1.Y d1.Y d1Y day ' . they labored In tlie the almost almostdeserted almostdeserted almostdeserted deserted city loading toadlng ' ships and wa svahonsThe wagons svahons wagonsThe on The , shifting chlftlng backgrounds hac1cgrounrl hackgrounrls of warhad war warho.d warhad hopeThat ho.d hod had . broken brolten many tlireads threads of hope That betwcpn belwcpn between the two lovers lo\prs lo prs losers loprsa \ \\a a \ was now nowbadly nowbadly nowbadly badly strained The mind mlnl1 of the girlwas girl girl1.8 girlMIS \1.8 1.8 was \ " ' . like lIIce lure a pot bol1ln boiling \ with Ith the hest hestof he 1t 1tor itof or of her Indignition indlgn\tlon indlgn tlon lndignation ' \ The international internationalissues [ IntcinatSonilIssues ntCl nntlon'11 nntlon11 nntlon'11Issups ' Issups issues were to her a imtter tn'ltter tnltter matter ' of mInor mInorImport minorImportance minorImport Import ImportOle Importance incc \Ole Ole \ It hid h'1d h1d had ' bl been > cn clearly cloirlv c1c'lrl c1clrl ' the thedutv thedut9 thedutv dutv dut9 of or the Pritlsh Prltleh Pritisli ; arm\ arm arias armto \ to currender surrender currenderana surrenderand ; surrenderand ana and 'eJM eJM cease ( ' CG U to d delai delay ( > la peice TH'I'lCe THIlCe pence ' ' ind llld tad h'1ppv h1ppv hnppv h'1ppvWeddlnq hnppviveddtnha hippvweddings ' Weddlnq iveddtnha ; ! H Its ts ncot fleet hid h'1d h1d had ' mide m'1de m1de made ' a qUld quick quickjourney journev journey to II.illf'lThere ILalifiThere IIjllfiv II.illf'l\ II.illfl II.illf'l IIillfl ILalifi IIjllfivThere . ' \ . There the Fiverweathers rerweathers rs3erweatliers r\ r ' \ erweathers lived Hved at ata ata atn a tnvero tnvern tavern for a 11 time and an'J anJ an ' < ] precentl presently : ; . } bet- bet set- set settled bettled ( > et-tied et tied - tled In 1n M t1 a furnished furnlchld , nouse nnuse house Amon ; : , ; Uu thfir thclr ir urst first quests were General ' Sir 3lr Guy Carleton , lately arrived from frow froth Quebec QuebecAt Quebec.At QuebecAt . At table Pat sat SIlt at his side side- sideHc - * HcVllS Ho Hc He wa \VllS VllS VllSone \ wasone : one of ot the handsomest bandsompct ; and most rnobt gal goal- goal goallant gallant gallant - lant officers omcers In tlie the Brltl British < : h army . Ils IlsI Ilsgenerous III Illsgenerous [ : I generous con conduct uct In secklne seLl.cln seLlcln seeking . ; and be beI befrlcnding befriendng befriending I frlcnding friendng ) tlie tho the wounded Montgomer3had l\Iontgomcry l Iontgomcry Montgomer3 lIontgomcryI lIontgomcryh'1d \ Montgomeryhid I h'1d h1d had ' , , no doubt , , some effect on the mind mlntl mlntlof mindof 1 1of of Montgomery's Montgomerys ' ' comnde comrtde , , the brave bravEBenedict braveBenedict I cnedict Benedict Arnold"I Arnold Arnold"I I I"I "I I " am tired of tills this stupid war wnr , , " eald said saidPat ; saidPat ' Pat with a It smile smi1e , as she nised 1'1.lsNt 11.lsNt 11lsNt t'tised ttised ' . ' her het herglass hetglass herglass glass of or sLcrry sLerry . "I I " hate tlie the UrltI Brltlshi Brltlshiarmy Britisharmy < ; 1 ! army . It has ruined ruln'd rulnd ( ' me but-your but your butyourhealth butyourhealth but - yourhealth health , , sirl slrl sIr1 ' ' " "Your Your " heilth he'11th he11th health ' , , dear glrl girl . I h'1.VC h1.VC h1VC have h'1.VCne haveneser hivenever ' . Itis It Itis ItIs ne\ ne neer neser \ er seen "een een " a more charmln charming ruin rum is a cheering sight I hear thit th'1.t th1.t th1t th'tt thtt ' . ' youare you youarc youarc arc are In 10\ 10 love 10e lose \ e \ with ith a 1 lankce liankee anl ce soldierto soldier to " to"General "General General " , . } 3ou you ou laul1 laugh lau . ; h when you ought oughtto oughtto oughtto to be weeping I t am In lo\"e--so lo "e e so love-so love IOVL \ " - - - so much muchIn muchIn muchIn In love 10e lose 10\ 10 \ e " with "fth fth 11th one man tint tl1'1t tl11t th'tt thtt ' ' I I 1 h'1 h1 hive hose ' . \ e an ansffectlon aniffectlon 1lTection sffectlon ' for his he [ ; comndes comr'1des comr1des comr'tdes comrtdes comndesnr ' ' " \\nr nr "ar ar \ \ ar isthe IS ISthe isthe the greit gre'1.t gre1.t gre1t great ' . 10\ 10 love 10e lose \ e killer 1.111er 1111er . ' ind 1nd sad vou you Ino1S know Ino\\ Ino Lnos , \ 1S ss 1Swell sswell ' iswell well as I do that 10\ 10 love 10e lose \ e Is the only onlything onlything onlything thing worth while In this " world "orld orld Wedon't We Wedon't Wedon't Wedont don't dont ' " want "ant ant to fight We ask ash only to tobe tohe tohe be he let ilone 1.lone 1lone stone ' . [ In n the tbe country which sshlch \ blch weh'tve we weh'1ve wehive h'1ve h1ve h'tve htve ' ' made \ with \ Ith our 0 own " n hands handsthrough , through hardships of n which hlcb you Inow know Inownothing knownothing knownothing , nothing You cross crocs ; the ocean ocpan to forceyour force forceyour forceyour your will w111 upon us You propo propose < ; e to toruin toruin toruin ruin the bodies of 0111 om out men and bre'1l bre1l bred bredthe brcikthe ' , the hearts of our \ women omen until we weyield \ weyield C Cywld ywld yield " The gall gallint galhllt uit genera general gcneral ] would enter enterupon enterupon enterupon upon no ' ' irgumcnt 1rgumcnt 'trgument trgument " with "ith ith a lady In the theDlghteenth theIAghteentb theEighteenth Dlghteenth IAghteentb century cpntury a gentleman noer newer newerargued no\ no neverargued \ er erargued argued arguedV1th \ with \V1th V1th ladies ladles Ills II1s His an answer wcr toa to toI toa I a \ woman's womans oman's omans ' ' argument was likelv llhclv likely to be bea bea bea a good naturcd natured |