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Ilia rrnts were KMr,hlsfathtr liolnrf ft country InnkaaiTr. ()u day I r 1 Hhaltetbury'a father and mother elo -d nt Ihe Inn, having their young on, Ihe future lord, villi llieni. In conversation the Innkeeper spoke nf the u nlu of hit hoy In drawlng,nud wMiedlham to tret II by ft tilcturebf Ihelr sou. riiiyatccntrO, Ihlnklngto Kiatlfy fatln r'a pride, but njt look lug tar any evidence oraui rlor talent. Theiuy csme In modestly, with chnilt and ajier, and In a lew mlouttaliad drawn a Ictiireof llulr son, uu which Ilia parents looked with wonder. They Iccugtilud llie genlut and the roinlso of future greatniss, and tirfrlrnded the youug KitM, giving Ihe lielii necled to denjsi lilt woliierful gift. Thiit Percy IlysshoHliellay at a small buy was an ecirnlrlo little Ivlng, Heusad tu drisa lilt four alttrra lu r resent fiends, and, filling n fire ttovo Willi some Inllauimal lu lllilil and letting II aflame, he woul I marshal Ihe diabolical I rortmloil to the lck dour. Ataboyktl ton ho would wateli the livaloug night for glioilt and consulted Ms looks how to ralso one. lilt diet luafuryeart wat miagre enough to brlag him weird fancies. Ureal le. carau hi chief sustenance and hit poeketi were wrll stored with II. Actrcloupoii the ctr4 1 dearly defined de-fined by nn ample verge of irtiml), often ru-irkcd the place where lie lift I long tut at hit studies, lilt fact) in arly In contact Willi hit hook, devouring bread at Intrnals amid profound nb ttracUom. Honitllmcl he ate rsl.lns with It, and tilt tweit tootli was In.-inrnre. In.-inrnre. It was In Ihe )rar 1IIC that Lafayette, La-fayette, not jet nlneletn years old, at adluner rty at Melt, where ho wat stilloned with hit rtglineut, heard that Ihe Amnion coloiili had da-clarad da-clarad Ihelr Indt ndenre. I ho dlnui r at which he wat pirsetit wat ghen by tliecorumand4htof Iho garrison totlin iJuke ol Clloucrsler, a brother ol Ihu Ktugor l.rulaud. Vouug l.alayalte In I lirtrd much before of the canto or llin dtnitulty tlweeu Kngland and liercolnnlc and he had made up hit mind they had been ladly triatnl. Hla joutliful Imagination look fire at this news and. teparat'dfromllin old world hyll,o-M miles or nceau, and which to him was Invested by Its dlttaucu with n halo or romance, and lilt generout nttu'e Im-lelled Im-lelled him to take tide! Willi those lie ihougbtopiireascil, Hefuroliu left the table he resolved to uraw lilt iword hi tin caute of AmerlCMU lndendence. llu acted UtithU resolution nt once. Going Immediately tu Pari liosotight an In tervlaw with the American commls tlomrs, I'rankliu, Dean mil Arthur lite, and told them of his Intention of going lo America. These patriots tvlly Infornuil lilni that Washington was retreating through Now Jersey from the British, and that thlt ollcrist aid from Trance, though kindly an I , nobly meant, might very llkt ly artlva toolate. I!e tides l.afayelte'a family and awerful friends lu the government did all they could tolhaart hit lurimtee, but (he young lirru was determined, Thu o tuilllon delayed bltu, but It did not atonutm. r |