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Icopyrlebl ICopyright I WNU Servic servlcGl Service * - 'J J 1 ' CHAPTER VIII-Continued VIII Continued VIIIContinuedtQ VIIIContinued12 VIII - Continued Continueda tQ tQ12 -12- 12 - 12Ittt1 121 - - Ittt1 1 TO ll\old ll old avoid \ a reCUlrence recurrence of the quar quari1 quarid a i1 id and the hero worshipers worshlpers , who wereth were&pw were wereOW th &pw pw & OW w thronging tllronglng trronging in , Colln Colin left the roomrOf roomred room roomtbi rOf red tbi d went to his bod bed above abo.e aboe . stairs Hetd lie He lieAd Ad td tttd found tound now new light on the delays dehys In Inti Congress 63ngress ngress A faction factlOn hostile to the theommander theit bmrnandcr ommander mman er In Chief was , e\ e eIdenUy evidently evidently,111'Tlng evidently111Tlng \ IdenUy , 1Lt'1lng 1Lt1lng ! 3 ' ' y1ng to discourage him and forcecvl force cvl . , 1 , resignation or create a n popular popuhr de deN dcsiHind N land for tor It The youn young man had a3evislon a aJareTlslon 3evislon 1eVlslon } of a n long and ditlicult dlfllcult difficult strug strugIe strugle struge Ie le | r rhcad rhead head against two enemIes-a enemIes a enemies - a de detrD'Ilncd deknilned deInnlncd trD'Ilncd trDIlncd knilned ' foe toe and a ' \ divided dhlded people lie He liefent lieent fent ? ent to sleep afflicted amlcted with thoughts thoughtsad thoughtsrid thoughtsnd ad rid regrets as dark as the gloom that thatlivered thatbvered thatTared livered bvered ( him The next ne"it neit nett " : morning at atylight at1 atr ati r i lyllght 111gbt ylight hoi he het , was on his way to New Newndon Newndon Newandon NewandonMeanwhile ndonMeanwhile : Meanwhile ndon , a bit of curious wen.lng wenlng weaving wen.lngthe weavingthe weavingi . the fabric of our hlstor history , } ' was W'lS WlS ' beingone beingt beingone being t { , one > ne In Cambridge That morning of 7 ' 'tUn'S tUnS 7Olfn's JoUn's JoUns Olfn's Olfns ' departure Lady Washingtonher Washington Waslungton :21 21 : : ' her " working "orhlng orhlng grisctte grIsette waited for " rAnCy ( mcy In the library hbr'lry hbrlry ' The young lady eezed % cd In as Innocently as the soft softnth softinth nth th wind "Ind Ind " coming through the open openIndows openIndows opentndows Indows and embraced the good goodman goodman goodbman goodbman"My man"Yy man"My "My My "Yy Yy " man dear , I was worried , " said 1lrsashlngton Mrsashington \ Airs 1\lrs 1 lrs Mrs Airsshington shington ashlngton ashington "An An " hour ago I heard he'lrd helrd ' of ofat ofat ofiat at robber on the west road So I In Irent I3'itnt I3itnt n : rent ' ent a fast rider to flnd find J you ou ou"r our " " r i { { "Thanks Thanks " You are like lll"e llle " a dear moth 1 ! [ j home [ . > to me " r l .3Mrs 3Mrs lMrs . , 1rS Mrs ! Washington smiled Her Herg Heredles HerJ HerJicdies icdies cd1e8 edles were working rapidly , , as she sheyId shed sheLjJd g yId ) d , , "My My " Iy child , I have ha.e hae . never ne.er neer . knownl knowni known ; J.sirl Jsirl . .g'irl .girl girl girl so much In need nced of a mother mothern'Thlle mothernThlle . . 1 1ynile / i ' ynile ' le you are here I am going to 1001 look lookter lookLjter . Ilter ter you lou are a foolish chIld childI Ate lJe ilte Is not all confectionery confectioner , } " You Your ' ust st forget your beauty be'1uty be1uty ' and put on onIn onn onlain In ! n clothes and go to work or gome gome go gome me . . This Is no place for play "iNanc iNanc " Nang Nan ; , } smiled She was W'1S W1S ' wont to tomile totoile totnlle mile toile at all the Icy precepts She felthense felttzense felt feltense hense ense of relief relIet ' when Sirs Mrs Wachlng Washing Wachlngr Washingin WachlngJ Washinga ; t-zense t zense - a arose aro ro < : e and bade her go to her3 herI her -3 3 J I - i&ks iks sks & : . . r Joslah Josiah Stark St'lrh Stlrh ' , who had been onp one of ofe ofe ofie e most sklllful shmful skillful and trusted men In ine Ini 1 ' ie e secret service of Washington "as as was "asJben wasthen " wasalien Jben then : In the hospital bocpItal ; He had recel\"ed recel "ed ed received receivedi receivedslight receivedlet \ " i Blight slight sU ht wound In making m'lldng mlldng ' his returnthe return returnys0 -ys0 ys0 - the army Nancy WoodbrId Woodbrldge Woodbridge e had hadt hade e , | jon on n his heart hC'lrt hClrt ' He lIe had h'ld hld ' told her In ini InT'tpnfidcnce InTtpnfidcnce 1'0 10 i ' ' n nfldence dence that he was W'lS WlS ' &oon oon soon & oon going tonadaan tonadaan to tolanada -lanada lanada - nada-an nada an - an Imprudence caused c'lused clused ' wholl\ wholl wholh wholly wholly \ y :3 3 : : y ' her remarkable rem'lrhable remlrhable ' influence Infiuenc Thatght That ThatSrht ght when she went to her room she sherote sherote sheote rote this letterI letter'Dear letter letterDear Dear 'Dear I ' Pat ' . I ha\ ha have hae delivered \ e your yourtter yourtter yourter Srht tter to Colln ColIn Cabot and am here hereJth hereIth hereth Jth Ith my m DI ) brother . We have ha\e ha e \ both en ented ented entcd ted He lIe Is In the army arm } , and I am'the am amthe 'the the ' the hospital I am as ls tis : unhappy as I Ian "f1.n f1.n f1n ' = " -an an - ' . n be ' and 'lnd lnd dear friend , I must teUi tell.u tell teU tellx .u u . -i i - > -x x - > u " why "by by I was "as as " at the beautiful hC'lutiful hClutiful ' din dinJr din4r dinJfsi Jr 4r and dance d'lnce dlnce ' at general headquarters-ft headquarters ft he'ldqu'lrtersjjp he'ldqu'lrters heldqulrters headquarters headquarterscelebrate ' ' jjp jjpcelebrate ' - celebrate the L\ L Evacuation L'lCU'lhon \ 'lCU'lhon lCUlhon ' ' Colinook ColinJ ColinDok Colln Colin Collnook J ook Dok me to dinner and then d'lnced dlnced danced d'lncedtIth dancedIth danced3lth ' tIth ; ; Ith me I 1 \ would ould not tell teli you of all 111 allo ' allAe Ae e o sweet things thmgs that he whimpered whlcpered whispered ; InJ Inyear iny In _ - year y ear , , andhen and , , \ when \\hen hen we went out took to J i toi | ok oh . at theistars the'stars thestars thetstars ' and cool off ocr a little littleter littleI I 'ter ter ' our e exertions e"lertlons elertlons " ; : ertlons he held me and andssed andssed andssed ssed my lips Ups and said that r t was wasesisUble wasresistible wasresistible [ esisUble resistible ' ' lour idol Is like11 like ' \ all \11 11 the theer theher theher her er men my dear I think thlnl . that you youould J ou ouould oulould ould try to be as happy as ae ; he Is Iswonller Iswonder Iswonder wonller wonder If an any " , man Is " worthy "orthy orthy of sou you youat , } souFhat ou ouat < Fhat at are girls Irls like lihe ' vou 'Vou you and me to do doiall ? all we become man m'ln mln ' haters and old - ' aIds aids7 ? ' 1\0 1 0 Ao \ > o " we "e e ne will marry , but let u ust us > t be deceived decel\ed decel ed ' \ bv by the notion that ann aan a aan an nn can be an an angelIy angel el "My My " Iy dear de'lr delr ' . , docs does this letter give youn you In n ? Iflte I ' write \flte flte vvrlte \ It becau because hecauze < : e I t11\nl t11 nl think th \ nk " It Ittter ittter Itv Eter tter that th\t th t ' \ vour your heart lleart should ache atIe atie a | tie now than be broken later later"I laterf 1'1 11 "I I " I'l Il ' am cendin ; sending this trf td British nrltlsh armydquarters army armyadquarters adquarters 1quarters dquarters < , In care of Generalowe Generalowe General Generalowe owe It will wIl1 be m\l1e m l1e mailed ' \ 1 < somewhere somewhererCan'lll'l somewhereCanada somewhereCanada somewhere\ somewhere \ rCan'lll'l rCanllll Canada ' ' Thl Tills This " Is from"Your from"Your from "Your Your " devoted friend , , h } . "N'1ncv N1ncv "Nancy Nancy "Nancv"A NancvA " ' . : . " ' A few days d'lYs dlYs ' ' later 1'lter 1lter the rugged young youngslab youngsiah youngslab slab siah Stark Starl . c.et cet set : . ; ct out for Fort rort tort Tlconoga Ticon Tlcon = ' " . ! roga oga WI irith witl tlat > 1\ 1 \ 1'lncy's Aancy's Aancys ' ancy's ancys 'lncy's lncys ' ' Icttci lettCl letter In one ofsaddle ofsaddle of l saddle bags b'ls bls ' ! ; The girl had h\d h d ' \ pral praised praisedthttered praisedjl praisedjld ed d nattered 1httered thttered him for no . other otlHr ! reason reasonnn reasonj reasond d an nn lier her need of his help He lIe hadi hadIi had hadded Ii | ided ded horses with 501111 youn oun . ; ? Israel Isr'lel Isrlel ' Sapp Saifp Sapp,10 Sapp10 , , o 0 had 'omc omc "orne orne "owe owe " < ' down from Shencsrough Skenesrough Skcncs Shencs Skenes Skcncs1 -1 1 - rough to the army on Colin s solid solidi solidUon solidition solidUon Uon tion In the last ' autumn 'lutumn lutumn He lIe had hadden hadden hadIdcn den a tireless black gelding wbich which wbichhad whichhad whichj ? had bought fromIr from Mr \Ir Ir Mrs ' \ & : . Bo\ Bo Bolby Bovvlby Bowlby.trk Bowlbytrk \ , lby . 1 1rk rk needed a tough horse used to tountaIn tountain toauntain toj j untaIn travel tranl The one he owned owned"om ownedworn ownedis " worn "om om So he be ga gave \ e Sapp S\pp S pp ' \ a horsed horse - d a good sum of money rnone mone ; for theding theding the theIding Iding ding Iding.j dingDC dingno .j j . One ) DC no day In northern Massachusettsirk Massachusetts Iassachusetts Iassachusettsrh nrk irk rh dismounted to enter a store for foroil foryf leftff od 011 oil . . . As had been his custom , , he left lefthorse lefthorse t horse standing stanng ( ] [ In front of the there there thef ire re He lIe had always stood without- without withoutt without withouttchlng withoutIching t ' - Iching tchlng tehing The animal anlm'll anlmll ' having ha\Ing ha Ing \ come to toD1l11ar tor tomiliar tonlllar r D1l11ar miliar country , . Immediately set ouln outa out oul outa a n lonily londy lonely road for his old home homerk homeirk homenrk rk irk went on afoot following hIs hIscks hiscks hisicks cks and hoping to overtake him himc hIme ofd > c e hor horse hor < ; < ; c e hnd bad had spent three years of oflIfe ofl d life In Mra Mrs Kovvlby's Kovvlbys Bo\lby's Bo lby's lbys Bowlby's Bowlbys \ , ' stable btablc That Thatht 'I I ' ThatSht hat hatht ht , awakened by his tramping and andInnyIng andInnying andilnnying InnyIng around the house , she shese shese sheuse se , lighted her lantern and nnd went wentto wenttof wentt-of wentt of t-o t o t-of t of - - ! doora doors where she found the rider ridernnImal riderAnimal riders animal nnImal She took toolt him to the theblew theble theible bagsd blew blewrerno ble . , removed rernoed rerno\ rerno \ ed the tbe < ; saddle 'll1dlc ll1dlc ' an and ( ) bags , food1 foodd him In a stall and gave gae ga\ ga \ e him food d water "ater ater " in the darkness darknes"l darknesl " she faIled faIledrccognl7e failedrecognise failedrecognize rccognl7e recognise the horsehe horsehe horse horse5Iie 5Iie he brought broutht ; the bag bags , ; Into the house housenderlng housenderlng housendering nderlng nderlng"hat \ what \\"hat "hat hat \ " could have happened htlppcned happenedthe htlppcnedthe the absent rider In ; In n one of the thes theE thes s she ( found ound Nancy's Nancys ' ' letter . . Thinkthat Thinkthat Think- Think Thinkthat - ? that It would give ghc a n clue to the thenUty thentity the'ntlty thentlty ' nUty ntity of o ( the horse's horses ' ' owner , , she shen'td shenee shetned n'td ntd nee ( ' and Qnd read rend the letter which whichcy whichcy whichacy cy had bM bad written to her ber friend In Innat Ini Innada i wad nat ( } : ; Shevas She \ was \vas vas naturally naturaTIy astonIsbed astonished astonIsbedt astonishedi astonisheditU t i It.1i It1i tta . < contents , for ahe she he remembered vividly the young man to " whom "hom hom It re- re reInted relnted re related - - lated Inted lnted and for " whom "hom hom she still stIl1 enter entertaIned entertamed entertalned taIned tamed a feeling of gratitude gr'lUtude grlUtude ' and ob oblIgation obligation obllgatlon lIgation She put the letter lettcr In another anotherem anotherenvelope anotherenvelope envelope em elope , readdressed readdrc readdre < ; sed sel1 It and rcturned returned returnedIt rcturnedIt It to Its place In the saddle sadllle ba b'l bl ' ; " CHAPTER IXThe IX IXThe The Army Moves and Colonel CabotFeels CabotFeels Cabot CabotFeels Feels the "War War " Tide "On On " On the fifth of April Colln Colin returned returnedto to the tbe big house In Cambridge Cambrlde : ; Maj MajGen MajGen MajGen Gen Charles Ch'lrIes ChlrIes ' Lee " was "as as with Washing Washington Washington Washington ton , talking tnlhlng loudly as he was \ wont ont to todo todo todo do A self made mihtar military hero with withn witha a title from l.onress lonress . congress : ; , , Lee " , was as a atousled atousled atousled tousled , , shabby looking Englishman Ingllshman ; of ofhigh ofhigh ofhigh high pretension and bad manners He lie Hehad liehad Hehad had lived 1I.ed 1Ied . for a time among the Mo Moha Mohawks Mohawks ha hawks " ha , , one of whose wbose maidens becamehis becamehis became ' his wife-a wife a wife - - a matter m'ltter mltter ' now forgotten lIe lIeW'lS liewas Hewas W'lS WlS was ' tall and scrawny , with W1U1 restless restlesseyes restlesseyes restlesseyes eyes and a huge buge aquiline noseThe noseThe nose noseThe The resounding promises promIc.es promIces : . of tills U11s this Eu European European European ropean cast oft 011 : , m'l ml made ' e with WlUI a thumping thumpingfist thumpingfist thumpingfist fist , his Impassioned review re.lew relew . of his IllS own owncareer owncareer owncareer career In Portugal and Poland hIs hIsclaim hisclaim hisclaim claim that It had " won "on on on the friendship friendshipof of Frederick rrederick the Great had h'ld hld ' naturally naturallyImprecsed naturallyImpressed naturallyImpressed Imprecsed Impressed ; the Sim Slm Bottses BoUses in congress congressHe congresslie congressHe He lie dealt In their kind of talk talh They Theyknew Theyknew Theyknew knew that he must be a great man manThey manThey manThey They listened and crowned him with withthe withthe withthe the highest honor In theirglft their gift and sent senthim Turn sentTurn 1im to Washington Ills IIIs His rank ranh ga\ ga gas gac gablm gavehim \ c e ehim blm him some excuse e"Ccuse eCcuse etcuse " for talking tall.lng talllng . loudly loudlyITe loudlylie loudlyHe ITe lie was sounding brass and a tInhllng tinkling tInhllngcymbal tinklingcymbal tinklingcymbal tinklingcymbalThere cymbal cymbalThere There were two people at general generalheadquarters generalheadquarters generalheadquarters headquarters who distrusted this manI man manLee I I 1lnl 1lnlIn ( ! II II . -In In - ' = . J = . ,1 1 , I . J JLee Lee Was a Tousled , Shabby LookIng LookIngEnglishman LookingEnglishman LookingEnglishman Englishman of High Pretension Pretensionand Pretensionand Pretensionand and Bad MannersThey Manners MannersThey They " were "ere ere sere Martha Washington Washmgton and andColin andColin andColln Colin Cabot C\bot C bot ' \ , , who "ho ho " had found It dim difli dimcult diflicult dimcult cult to conceal conce'll concell ' their a.erslonWhile aversionWhile aversion a.erslon aerslon aversionWhile . While Colin Cohn vas was \ , as waiting waltmg for the themajor themajor themajor major general to finish fiDiSh his oration the theLady theLady theLady Lady Washington came C'lme Clme ' and becl.oned becloned beckoned beckonedto becl.onedto . to him He IIe followed her to the library libraryShe libraryShe libraryShe She had an Indignant lookI lookTh'lt look I ' ' That Th'lt Thlt ' horrid man 1 ' ' He ought to be becatchmg becatching becatching catchmg catching rats or curr currying , } Ing horses , , " the theLady theLady theLady Lady began as DS they tlJev sat do down " n 'The |