Show the D J 0 lo 10 or R ichard IRVING CONRIGHT I 1 BACHELLER 1 I 1 IV I 1 N 0 D A C H EL rt CHAPTER continued 20 near kings ferry jn in the highlands on t the lie hudson they spent it a night in the camp of the army under putnam thero there they heard tile the first note of discontent with tile the work of their beloved washington it came ame from froio the lips of one colonel hurley burley of a connecticut regiment tho the cenin c iander in chief had find lost newport new york and phil adelphin and been dafo cited on long island and in two io pitched battles on ground of ills his own on housing choosing ut brandywine and the two scouts were nere angry it hod find been a cold wet afternoon and they with other 4 were drying biln themselves around a big open hie fire ol 01 logs in front of the camp piat obilee solomon wan was quick tu un tile complaint of burley allus allua been u hl r force ol 01 0 well trained well paid that had plenty to eat cat an drink un wear an lies hes tit fit lem em with jest a u shoe alioe string 0 an onny army when afien it come collie tu him it know but how flow to shoot an dig a liole hole tn in tile tho ground aground the men enlist fer moren morea six months an as soon an ag learnt Aut auttlia blia ahey put ter fer hum ant with that kind ol 01 0 an army lie he dhruv the bri british it out 0 boston with a beetle bunch 0 unpaid barefoot ragged backed devils lie he druy tile the british out 0 jersey an they had men in that neighborhood lies hes had bad to dodge an has kep his army from belal et up tilde hide horns nn fin taller tailor by the power a 0 his brain iles hes managed to take keer 0 himself down tn in jersey an with tile the british on fill all sides 0 him while the best fighters lie he had come up here to help hel gates I 1 dont sen see how he could a lone done it d n if I 1 do without the help ol 01 0 god gates gatea is a real general butley sat sald d washington don t amount to a hill 0 beans So solomon lonion turned quickly and nd ad danced upon burley 1 I to fand nn an enemy ol 01 0 my kentry in this ere climp he said in a quiet tone ye gor to take that back mister un nn do it prompt te er r yore coln 0 o be till nil mussed up 11 ye could see BOO the har lifar begin to brustle under tits his colit 11 solomon was wont to say eny of burley in speaking of that moment ile he stepped up lip clus aclus an growled an showed his fits teeth tin nn then lie begun to git ned 11 burley had kept a public house for kallous at new raven haven and had had find the reputation of being a bad man inan in a quarrel of just what happened there Is a full account in a little arl army uy journal of that time called tile the camp on zette burley aimed a blow at solomon with his fist then as solomon ll used to put it the water bust through the daw dam it was his way of describing the swift and decisive action which was waa crowded into the next ral minute nute lie ile seized butley but ley and hurled film hani to tile the ground with one hand on the napa of ills his neck and the other on the sent seat of tile hla trousers solomon his fits enemy above ills film head and ami quoted blui over the tent top burley picked himself up and having lost tits his head drew ills hla hunger and like a mud bull rushed at solomon suddenly lie found his way barred by jack would you try to run a man anun through before he can draw the latter as asked ked solomons old sword unshed flashed out of its scabbard let him come on ile he shouted I ina more to hum with a hunyer than I 1 he be with good vitt bittles vittles les of all tile the words on record from the lips of this man these are the moyt most immodest but it should lie ie remembered that when lie he spoke theiu thein ills his blood wes hot jack guve way and the two came together gettier to with a clash of steel A crowd find gathered about them and was increasing rapidly they had been lighting fighting for halt calf ii moment around the fire when solomon broke the blade of his adversary the latter drew his pistol I 1 before he could raise it solo mon had gred his own weapon kur bur leys leya pistol dropped on the ground instantly its owner reeled and fell beside IL it the battle which had bad lasted i no moro more than a minute e had come to its end there had been three kinds oi of fighting enthat lively duel solomons voice trembled when he cried out ary man maii who says a word the great father Is coln to git mussed up ile he pushed his way through the crowd which velch had 91 feathered around the woun wounded ed roah lot let me bind his arm he said hut but a surgeon had hac stood in the crowd ile he was then doing what he could tar the shattered member of the hotheaded hot headed bended colonel burley jack helping him some men arrived with a litter and alie unfortunate officer was on hla his way to the hospital jack and solomon eel setout out for head quarters they met putnum and it two w 0 officers hurrying toward tile the scene 0 of f the encounter solomon had fought in the lie bush with him twenty years before they lind had been friends and comrades solomon saluted and stopped the grizzled hero of 0 many a great adventure kus the trouble here the latter asked as the crowd who hn had d followed the two scouts gathered about them solomon gave his account of what had happened it was quickly verified ty by many eyewitnesses eye witnesses ye done right 01 sold said the general hurley burley hns has got to take it back an ile he aint fit alt to bo be un nn of fleer tie ile behaved himself like a bully any annn who talks talka as lie he done orto be cussed tin nn an sent to the guardhouse within three days durley burley lad made an ample apology for tits conduct and tills bulletin was waa posted at I 1 liberty of speech lias has ats it must ile be controlled by the law of de ency and the general purposes of our army and government the man who respects no authority above his own intellect Is a conceited ass and would be a 0 tyrant if he had tha tit 3 chance no word of bf disrespect for a superior officer will be tolerated in this army the of burley a phrase which traveled far beyond the limits of Put naros ms camp and the no tace of warning which followed was I 1 not without its effect on the propaganda of gates and hla his friends lenda fr next lay day jack and solomon set out with et a force of 1200 men for camp at white marsh near philadelphia delp hla there jack found a letter ora SEIZED AND HIM to GROUND R from illar margaret guret it had been sent I 1 r t to benjamin franklin in parts paris through the lat letters friend mr air david hartley d a distinguished englishman who was flew 1 auw und lind then alien sounding the doctor on all tin of pence peace 1 I am sure that you will be glad to kraw chilt my love for you TOU Is not growing feeble on account of its age she wrote the thought lias has come collie to we that I 1 am england and that you are america it will be a wonderful and beautiful lit tiling thing if gli all tills bitt bitti ti anesa anil and bloods bloodshed lied we can keep our love for each other NY my dear I 1 would have hae you know that in spite of this alien king and ills his followers I 1 hold to my love tor for you and mil inn waiting with that patience which god has put in tle lle ll e soul of your race and mine aln for the end of our troubles if you could corne come to franco france I 1 would try to meet you doctor franklins colue at pussy passy so I 1 have hae the hope in we rue that you may be sent to france this la Is as much of the letter as can claim admission to our history it grave gave the young man a supply of happiness sufficient to nil all tile the many days of hardship and peril in the winter ut at valley forge it wan read to solomon say this ere era letter kind 0 my feell ns does aloes sartin sart ln said solomon IW im coln to see aee what kin be bc done unknown to jack within three days solomon had bad a private talk with tile the commander in chief 4 ut t ills tl headquarters the matterand latt latter erand had A a high regard or the old scout tie lie maintained mOntal ned a fled silence while solomon Sol union made tits ills little speech and then arose and offered his handi hand ying in a kindly tone colonel bankus I 1 must bill bid you night CHAPTER the greatest trait jack irons used to 0 s say fly that lint no nl man lie he had known had such an uncommon amount of common sense ns george washington Us wrote to his fits father it would seem that lie le must be in with the iiii all mind if ho he were to make a serious blunder here ou our cause would fall fail the enemy tries in vain to foot fool him their devices are n re as nn an open book to washington they have fooled me ina and solomon and other officers but not him film I 1 had butt got quite a conceit of myself in judging strategy but wv now it Is all it gone one lay day I 1 was scouting along tile the lines a few miles from philadelphia when I 1 came upon a little rugged ragged old woman she wished to go through the lines into the country to buy lour flour the moment she spoke I 1 recognized tier her it was old lydia darrah who had done don my washing for mft tile the last year of my stay in philadelphia why lydia how do you do I 1 asked the way I 1 have nelus done lad ind die buck she blie lin answered in tier her good irish tongue Work ln at the tub an the davit bad icess cess to him but I 1 kapo kape me bilth an lucky I 1 im am to do thanks to the good godl god I 1 how flow Is me tine fine lad ind that id niver a knowel but for the voice 0 him I 1 not as fine ns as when J I 1 wore the white ruffles but stout as a moose I 1 answered the war Is 14 a sad business it Is that may the good god de and us I 1 we cross the sea to be rid 0 the divil an lie ho fillys an grabs crabs us ua be the neck 0 we were on a lonely road she looked about and seeing no one put a dirty old needle case in my hands take that thai me smart lad its fer good luck she answered As I 1 left tier her I 1 was in doubt of tho the meaning enning ri of tier her generosity soon I 1 opened the needle book and found in one of its pockets a piece of thin pa per rolled tight on it I 1 found tile tha information that howe would be leaving the city next morning with five thousand men and baggage wagons and thirteen cannon and eleven boats tho the paper contained other details of ahn proposed british auld arnld I 1 rode post to headquarters and luckily found tho the general in tits ills tent on the way I 1 arrived at a definite conviction regarding the plans of howe I 1 was inger eager to give it air having no doubt of its soundness the general gave me respectful ful attention while I 1 laid the facto before him then I 1 took my courage in my hands and asked general may I 1 venture to express an opinion 11 certainly he answered it la Is the plan of howe to cross the delaware in hta fits boats so BO as to make us believe that he Is going to new york ile he will the river above bristol and suddenly descend upon our beur rear washington sat with ills his arms folded looking very grave but mado made no answer in other words again I 1 presented my conviction still lie was silent and I 1 a little embarrassed barr assed in half a moment I 1 ventured I 1 to ask general Oe what Is your opinion he answered in a kin kindly ily tone colonel irons the enemy has no bus business liless in our rear the boats are only far for our scouts and spies to took look nt the british hope to foot fool us with them tomorrow morning about daylight they will be coming down the edgely bye road on our left ile ho called an ald aid and ordered that our front be made ready for an attack in the early morning I 1 1 I left headquarters with my conceit upon me and half bait convinced that our chief was out in his fits judgment of that matter no like notion will enter my mind again solomon and I 1 have quarters on the edgely bye road A little after three next morning the british were reported coming down tho the road A large number of them were and captured and the rest roughly handled snow and bitter winds descended upon the camp early in december it was a worn rugged ragged weary but devoted army of about eleven thousand men that followed washington into valley F forge orge to make a camp for the winter of these two thousand and ninety eight were for duty most alost of the inetor had neither boots nor shoes they marched march pl over roads frozen hard old angs and pieces of hide wrapped around their fet feet there were many red tracks in the snow in tile valley of the schuylkill that day hardly a man was waa dressed for cold weather hundreds were shivering nna coughing with influenza when I 1 look at these men I 1 cannot help thinking how flow small are my troubles jack wrote to tits his mother 1 I will complain of them nomore no more solomon and I 1 have given lawny away all the clothes we have except those on our bucks backs A fiercer enemy than alian the british Is 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