Show h e D a y s un f poor richard R ic h ar continued 21 1 tt i ere are pero who u ig to t wear but blanket blankets with bobel belted by edth of rope P t tf am rt r a hundreds dundr lun dr who have no tj jet to 0 o cover them at t algat they to to ta tr turns sitting by the fire ao 10 others tire re for them 0 0 lit bt i rent rest I 1 r impossible let ut this let dt tx be read to the people of albany h i d pay MAY ty not lie ll 11 down to sleep P to g bey they have themselves in all behalf and if any man dare dares to I 1 to 0 d 1 to t help P t us until lit has I 1 r in 0 of hi his abundance to that end 0 i i t his hi neighbor to do a the tile 0 C I 1 c ai wish w lint e his praying 1 11 0 aid d ahr bam him hinl ar we worthy orthy to at loved that 18 I 1 the qu question estloa I 1 41 meet to furnish the flannel d the shoe leathery leather we a are not that out part of ili clr great task are v we e lato to of irk k it and fall ft e are r making a real anny the te 4 2 who ho ire are able to work are bel belne ng fully trained by the cruty crusty old roll steuben and a number of ich ofal t e re it they did not fall was probably to the fact that there were men I 1 the anny tike like thia this one who ape gnip little understanding of i will of jod and the duty of man dl letter and find other others like IL it traveled rind and wide and more than a million adi A begrin to work for the army schuylkill wai was on one aide side of lamp camp ind and wooded ridges protected entrenchments on the other tree trees re felled and log hut buts constructed by 14 feet in dee size twelve privates re it quartered in each hut hul be gate gates propaganda wr was again be pushed anonymous Anonym om letter letters corn coin alb 9 that waa was not pro a g the people of pennsylvania and v jery jersey from depredation depredations were viere ring in sundry newspaper newspapers by i 4 by a it committee of investigation ved from congress they left sati ed j ilia vint washington had done well keep his army alive and ona that be at it have help elp or a larre large part of it mid d die of cold and hunger it t iras was on a severe day la in march Z it t washington sent for jack iron if scout found the general sitting ne by the fireside in his office which part of a small farmhouse he ile s eating a cold luncheon of baked i A and bd bread without butter jack cc 1 lost returned from philadelphia he ere he had risked his life as a spy it which alch adventure no details are re crded 1 general arose and anti went to his dk and nd returned with sealed lettera letters ibis bit hand band and said sold colonel I 1 have a task for you I 1 ald uld glie give it to no man in whom hom I 1 had tt the utmost confidence lou hae haie arned ed a respite from the hardships 1 I perils of thie anny alere Is a arse and two letters with them I 1 1 you to make your way to t 1 ranee rance tj soon as possible andl and turn over the W to franklin the dotor do tor Is abl ach uch Is to need of help put your 11 A at lit his tits disposal A ship will be iving boston on the ath A good W r has been provided your route napped mapped tou you will need to start ipa er the noon doon mess for the first tt ae t in ill ten daye days there will be fresh tat f oa on the tables two hundred undred ll 1 bankets bets have arrived and more are 14 1 dini after they hae eaten give 1 e men a farewell talk and put them 11 leui lf if yon you can lne e are got t to celebrate the winter a end v w aich ef not be long delayed IN ahen hen you TO left the table hamilton will talk the boys in his hi witty and at id I 1 wit f ju a t soon after one on the ath of at J arch 1778 colonel irons bade solo it on 10 good by and set oat out on bis his long 1 unity be CHAPTER 0 91 J in araneo with franklin it i jack shipped in the packet mercury io 70 tons tom under tinder capt simeon samp ln one of americas Amerl cae ablest naval she bad been built for ed pid did sailing miling and when the second 7 ont they saw a british frigate iba irlam down apon her they wore ship mn irmay fron from their enemy air first landing waa was at st martin lob the isle de rile they croiset the r nd oil on oil mule mules being greeted with e cry ala lea lell brave braves Boston noet oneal esl in 13 france the word bostone meant Il ledean revolutionist at the ferry ey embarked on a long for ed 1 hochelle rochelle there tue young man 9 joyed his first gmt repose on a k trench rench t built up of sundry layer layers of feath beds to 10 the morning mottling be set out in a heavy bide of two wheel whis drawn by three ort sea it in frizzed and dered hair under a cocked hat 1 th long 1119 queue on his back and in n t boota boots with iron iran rode a OY J little bidet such as th the ch stagecoach of those days it its f rear test having been pl planned anDied with eye to economy since velli vehicle cles were led w according to the number of 1 lit beela tire diary inform informs one it at loata he the traveler stop stopped for wa at t an he wa wits expected to b his hi own knife the highway lre ere patrolled Pitro ned night end and day by sa ea bI beamen hor timen Amen and robberies its were to the vineyard vineyards were not tot oiled or fenced 4 all traveler travelers had ik mae to help themselves to as a marl t as they might to eat tat when it 11 the th vinea th n arrived it chanter Cliant eray on a cold ald at they er settled ettle la in i by IRVING copyright by I 1 irvina vacti airow their hany hally that ilia they had pro from tho th weather when their landlord went from room to 0 o room in forming hem them tl flat t they would have to move on jack ventur pil 0 to o inquire a a bur bop ar arrived rivel A juk ni tini out lie I 1 Is a my very great man hut suppose e refuse to old said c go jack JAI it then monsieur I 1 ith hill ill detain your hornea horses it li Is a in I 1 m of ie frond grand mon nion I 1 roue there waa was no dod ing it the coach and harpen 1 calif tack to it tf e inn dor it we passengers 8 wint nt out into the dark rainy t to plod HI n ni in lip tile inn mu I 1 nn at other lir mt li or so that ill seig ali neur and lila 1114 suite coull could elloy that comfort tho apary tir melen had teen forced to leme urh HAI ns the pw er of privilege liege lege fill lie tho great louie louis had hall saddled till tits kingdom they proceeded to annl an nl angers and breur the tile 1 last stage froin er to iorli ng Rs colled called the royale there the lie had to be dressed like a gentleman 11 t a a a evenue crowded aery afternoon by the balth ani an I 1 beauty of the kingdom in gorgeously cr couly 1 aimed coache coaches and lighted at night by great reat lampa mith alth dautle ref lectra iti its center they came urain it in the th e morning on their way ry to lie tile capital there were few people tri fling bt lit that hour suddenly ahead they taw saw a 3 bond of horsemen alding at a wild gallop they nere mere the tile kings courier couriers clear the way they shouted the king a 9 hunt Is I 1 coming AH all travelers tra velera hearing this command made quickly for the sidings there to draw rein and dismount the deer came in sight running for its life the king aln close behind with all hie his train the hounds in full cr er near jack the deer bounded over a hedie and find took a new direction hie ills nia MaJell jesty tY a short stout man with blue ees and aquiline no noe note te wearing a lace cocked hat and brown broun lehet coatee costee and high boot boots with pure spurs dismounted not twenty menty feet from the stagecoach say inz ing iab with great animation 1 I lie I 1 bonnez mol un cheval frala instantly remounting he bounded the hedge followed fol loed by his train A letter from jack presente presents all thi this color of the journey and biers aers that he reached the house of franklin in passy if 09 do MONSIEUR HE IS A gatet ahan about two clock in the afternoon of a pleasant may day the nant greeted hia his young friend with ith an affectionate embral sturdy so n of my beloved country iou ou bring me joy and find a new neu problem he said ih ula the jack in quires that of moving margaret across arross the cl channel annel I 1 ilive h ne a double bosk now I 1 must secure the happiness happie ess of america and of f jack irons he ile rend read the dispatches and then the doctor and the young man net et out ut in a coach for the tile palace of I 1 Ur er genne gennes the prime minister colonel was filled ailed with piton ament nt at the tokens of veneration for lie the white haired man which he witnessed in the street of park parts the person of the klc could lint have artt ra acted more respectful re pert ful atten fitten tion be ritel A crad gathered bout about the coach alien lien e i were fere leaving man stolid w with ith it ind every ered head as a we paard haard on ou oar I 1 nay say to the palice door iq in the tile crowd there wa was much W whispered pral praise se of lq L grand avant savant I 1 I 1 did not an ferstand der stand this until I 1 met I 1 in D the office of the compte de Ver Vett rennea Culles the th eloquent senator gabriel 1110 honore nore Rl de mirabeau mirebeau Mi what abst nn an impressive daniel it it lie ile haa box the I 1 let et I 1 think he deserves of man and the halt of sanoeun eye of an AD angel lingel I 1 am told add bd the tongue la in our out talk 1 I assured him that in philadelphia franklin came me and went and waa was ler left than that k the ton can frier crier r people eem to ador but lint fou jour chiw him I 1 aid said ae As it he be were a it iod god Ulra theau en sn kwerel weird yea yes it la 15 true and it Is I 1 1161 jore jove burled fhe th ia hat be cot vat uke of la a till is right band I 1 la IS he h botito not aa to ho h no n t breaking tha the scepter of a tyrant loang going I 1 ark ack to 0 o his hone home when in III the he kindness kind nc of bit hi han he be hid had asked to ih h he endeavored modestly estly to explain the lh cadences evidences of high regard fibel er being howerd showered upon him I 1 it I 1 lisl pen ilens that my anderst andInS slid id control of a mysterious loue and violent fore of nature him appealed t to hi tile imaginations 0 of these people te am 1 am sin the only man who hai has util thunderbolts for lili tits playthings then ilien too I 1 am sin it peaking for i a new world to in on old on jut just at present I 1 am tho ih voice of human liberty I 1 ral intent the hunger of the spirit of moin inn it Is I 1 fry try strong her here you have nt traveled rave led to 10 far la in trance without seeing thousands of beggars they are everywhere hut but you do not know that allen hen i a child cornea comes in a it poor family tie the father and mother go 0 to prison pour enols de nour nourrice rice it li Is a pity flint tip tt in r cannot keep their chr dren lit fit this old kingdom kingdo ie to a muli pring I 1 bourlus growing totter hotter rear year ly 1 rear year with too YOU will ill presently hear bear its ft iol olac ol ces cc luiere waa sa a dinner that at i 1 s house at which the ilia marquis dc de mirabeau 11 hurgot the madame dc de brillon the abbe and find tb the o 0 onille and itse d anel 4 h net iron irons and thre three other ameri can gentlemen ent lemen were mere present the madame Mi idunn de brillon britton wn was arat to arrhe orrlie she entered with a careless care leaa jaunt air and ran to meet franklin and caught a lili tits hand and give him a double kl klas on each cheek and one on hie his forehead and called him papa at table the he sat between me and doctor franklin jack write writes she frequently locked her hand in the doctor a and limited sweetly aa AS she looked into hia his eye eyes I 1 wonder onder what the poor simple hard working deborah frank tin lin mould hare thought of these fa let here I 1 am told no one think thinks ill of that kind of thine thing the bed best women of france eero seem to treat their favorite favorit ert with like tokens of regard now w and then she he spread lier her ann arms across the lackl backs of our chairs as if the she would have Us feel that her affection wa was wide enough for bogli she assured me that all the women of france ere in love with ie grand rand saana eat ant Pr branklin anklin ln hearing the compliment remarked it 1 Is because they pity my ace age and first we pity then embrace as the treat great ur mr pope ha has written ritten ne e think it a compliment that the greatest trea teet intellect in the world ll 11 willing sitting to allow itself to be in a way captured by the charm charms of women madame brillon britton declared ae As the dinner proceeded the abbe ranal 1 asked the doctor if it was true that there mere ere signs of degeneracy in tie tl e average male american let the fact facts before ua us be my an in dwer aid said franklin there are at this thi table four frenchmen and tour four americans let theme gentlemen tend stand up the frenchmen werf ert undersized the abbe himself being a mere shrimp of a man the american Ameri cant carmichael harmer humphries and myrela were big men the shortest shor teet being alx six feet tall the contrast ratted a laugh among the ladlee ladles alien said I 1 in his kindness kind nest tones my aly dear adv I 1 am aware that manhood Is not a matter of feet and inches I 1 assure you that these are average americans and nd that they are re pretty well filled with brain and spirit the abbe of a certain print ed story on which he bad had based his judgment franklin laughed and answered 1 I 1 know that Is 1 a fable because I 1 wrote it myself one day long ago agog when we ere short of new news the guests hating having departed frank fan asked the young man to sit it down for a talk by the fireside the doctor poke spoke of the women of france buying saying lou will not tand them of me unie you remind yourself that we are in europe and that it Is the eighteenth century here the clocks greI are lagging time slow ly ith the poor it stands still alu they knew not the thing me e call pr pro ogreta gres thoe who have money seem teem to be very buy busy having 1 ann nn 1 mid TO BE CONTINUED |