| Show when washington swore did you ever know that washing ton hail bad one ot of tho the closest calls ot of his life within a stones throw of 0 timos square remarked a now naw yorker to an out boutot of town visitor theres the record of it itan an adventure that came near changing the history ot of the coun try the now new yorker pointed to a bronze tablet on the row of houses facing times square above forty third street it seems that in the revolution the redcoats were seizing manhattan and the americans were getting out as fast as they could bag and baggage times square was open farm farin land then hen and tho the fugitives came up broad way or BloomIng bloomingdale dalo road gen put tiam and hta his men were nearly caught ty oy the british but got away awn and were vere coming up the road when washington met thim them I 1 the father of at ills country let out a string ot at curses cm sea and tried to them the man who wrote histories the nerve to lo set down what lie he satti said but he be could swear like a trooper when be got start cd Put naKia ms men were 9 so a scared though thai alia they kept 0 on n running was waa wild with rage and groped away with his staff across the aleles where park now Is he be ran into GO 0 redcoats redcoat and would have haie been taken it his corn com pulled him back bach what would have bapp happened ened it if hington had been made a prix prisoner new york times |
