Show I 1 aea days 0 arm MD ehard IRVING BACHELLER avy ay living D hall CHAPTER continued 23 tere hera I 1 am on OD the ship letelle LE tollo tolle sa almost in filsht ot of doston boston harbor oil help and comfort to ou our r libit feat 1 colef p presented r resented to the king and of him hia I 1 llave have written a T fat faced man highly colored loping forehead find and large gray it his 1118 coat shone with gold em Y jeweled stars lier rt and ro waistcoat of milk white satin buttons anti fl a curve which daolden eolden olden dg lie bore of rich not the on only ly sign Ss ind and good capon the queen was ticul ti ful dark hatred haired lady of bottle with a noble and gra gracious clous T rears 0 clad in III no ito she was countenance ire of gold hut but in sober sabel black esaure her curls fell upon the too loose re ruff fasce t ace around tier her neck there were or about tier her bare white jels ls on 00 aels je tier her smile ind and gentle voice som en she gave me tier her bon voyage and 11 ell awishes islley for tile the cause so 0 o dear to jewels I 1 shall not nol soon forget are g us y beg I 1 halt had a little t lk with maret and her mothers mother who walked faret franklins klins house there with h me alle to F ran reception room I 1 took it good it Ms ills loot at t the dear girl now more beau and held tier lier to daal il than ever my lily heart rt a Ino moment ment is 1 I 1 see you and then I 1 have to go I 1 said aid olt it la is tile the fault of roy my too romantic put f she answered mourn mournfully fully for two days we have been in hiding bere anted to surprise you she ghe lifted tile the jeweled cross I 1 wore to her lips and kissed it I 1 wish that I 1 could tell you how beautiful slie site looked led then she la Is twenty alif all years old and her w womanhood la Is beginning CHAPTER the horse horae of destiny in n boston harbor jack lear learned neI of the i evacuation of philadelphia by the british elsh and was transferred to a yankee akee ship putting out to sen sea on oil its there he found the way j to that city arnold crippled by his wounds aads living in the alne mansion erected by william penn ife he had carried tried a young daughter of one of the rich tory families for tits his second te ali and was in command of the city colonel load irons having delivered the leti teri to tile treasurer of the united states ateo reported at arnolds office it vaa 3 near midday nil and the general hat had not I 1 arrived ilie young man sat gat down to walt and boon the great soldier drove tits his splendid coach and vair ir ills his young wife sat beside him he had little time for talk lie ile was all hs his way to breakfast jack pre ineil lils his compliments and tile good tidings ines which he had brought brou glit front from the old country arnold listened as it he were hearing tho the price of cod tell h and lit bittins tins afie the young man was shocked by the e coolness of tho commandant coin the ie for former tiler felt na as it if a pull pall of ley icy water itar hid had been thrown upon him heri lea arnold answered I 1 now that they have money I 1 hope that at they will pay their debt to me this kind of talk jack giad not hetra ani before lie ile resented it but I 1 ushered calmly A war and an iny la Is ft a great extravagance for a ins nation that has not yet learned 14 imperial art of taxes any of us are going unpaid but it if 9 get liberty it will be worth nil all it ests that sounds well hut but thera alier aie are ine of us who are alu also tri iri need of estlee arnold answered ua its lio lie ened away general you ou who have not been di spayed by fol force folce ce will never it am e surrender ur render to dis coura aielli ont iii 14 jack T the fiery IY arnold turned sud suddenly sullenly lenly ind il lifting lils ills calle ill n it threatening 9 iner said in a loud vole voice would you u ind tile nie you yott hi ener a YOU may me if you f but 1 I CIl cannot lot help saying that wp we 2 me men must look to yon older telfor lor a good example spry fry calmly and politely the young I 1 spoke ailese these words up ile towered owned 1 I e the nian man arnold lit in spirit ani and iture n the ille latter did it not commit bwy t of striking him but bill with look OK of scorn ordered him to leave 5 ofil 44 keyed fabe th the e order tind nd went a at tar aly N 11 call uto ills friends flav 0 o i T d ne lie boid tile the Kove daiil ling s out with tile majol iia ls a sordid sorl ld selfish nian man and nn il SV ace of grent danger to our laid aid the he I 1 governor Over nor he is V vain ai loves bild and ndji Js advin t mr a us his means to maintain ills his S nee lie has re resorted sor t el I 1 I 1 t 0 S rna n I 1 fork n A ard it ito a 1 been pe ill ecela fill tit hf I 1 it IVY in ill f involved in debt it Is chang chadd 1 I has lir sed ed his flutur III hr arl military nuter 1 QS gal n lie 0 o was tried J jy y k sla Sl b ut 1 with olly boand from tit the comman derIn lit m I 1 a lit tile hi thick with the e to 1 V 8 tell hil type or f man inn alio 1 bibuld vl ul i aster for thirty 1 I s of I 1 19 rilling rill ng said ll jack Jck 1 ta l lly 1 I ill wind antl ts is i 1 on 14 t Z rimton vent on we have N aurs illy arnolla arnold ln in our I 1 arren lle ey hit as 3 P until tekld C 4 hlll 11 not buy y wh t one oae five bought 1 thit fl before tit hta war athe the are r 9 n alx lx or nicil D army starved starve tim the patriotic fire are while title those who practice fraud ani and me are getting rich depressed by tills report of conditions in america jack set out it for headquarters on I 1 the h e nier never had the ill e posture of american affairs looked so ito hopeless hofele 43 the governor had sold him ID a young you mare with it white N star tit in tier her forehead and a short white stocking on tier her left fore ie leg knonk in III goud good tittle time as the horse of when lie he had crossed tile kings 9 fe ferry tile rry inure tire went ent lame A littias beyond tile crossing he alet a man on oil it ft big biff roan gelding geld ilig lack jack stopped him hl to get information about the roads lit in the north a good looking ciare tilt the mail inan remarked ancl she ale Is IN better than slie she looks jack hut she has thrown it a shoe and gone golle lame little ill trade even and rive give you voll li sound horse lie man proposed willit what Is your name and mier do you live jack inquired 11 my ly name IM la Is paulding and I 1 live at tarrytown in tile neutral territory 11 1 I accepted ida 1119 offer not knowing that a 11 third thard party was looking on oil and it at a dier deeper plan phin than either of us were allo able to to penetrates penetrate alicia used to sal suy of that deal it at ile he approached the little house in 11 which tile commander in it chief wa quartered with jill a feell tig of dread fearing tile the effect of lato into developments on it tits ats spirit tile young man wrote rote to Alar paret in care arc of franklin tills account lInt of ohp day which followed tits his return to camp thank godl 1 I saw on tile lie face of our the ill same old ill look of unshaken confidence I 1 knew that lie could seo see his kiy atly tind and what a sense of comfort corli fort came of till t knowledge I 1 more than we can tell we vie tire are indebted to tile the callia mid and masterful face ance 0 of it holds ill up tile the heart of the th army in nil discouragements discourage ments falth faith Is 14 established lie he Is put pot afraid of evil tidings tills this great godlike god like personality if tits lus tills lias put inn no on oil my illy feet again I 1 was in need of it for a different kind of nian man of the name naine of arnold lidid nearly floored roe 11 sit down here and tell we me till all about franklin lie ile said gal with ft a smile 1 I told him what wits was going on oil in paris ind especially of the work if so hame I 1 am ON TH a SHIP a L our great minister to the court of louis XVI ile he heard me with deep interest and when I 1 hill finished arose and gave gae tile me tits his hand saying colonel again you have anve won tit my y gratitude we must keep our courage 1 1 I told liliu ill of my illy unhappy 11 meeting eting with arnold IT the lie man luan lias has tits his faults lie Is very human but lie has been b en it a good soldiers nold ler washington un answered So solomon lonion came into camil that evening ile he wits so glad bind to sep see tile me that ile lie could only wring my lily hand and utter exal excl exclamations am at ions t how Is tile lie pal gal lie he asked presently 1 I told jilin him of our cur meeting in pussy passy and of my fear that we should not meet again solomon Is it man of falth faith ile he never falters ile he said mald to me ine dont worry that gal cal tilts has got a I 1 sit slie aint no rye ye f ashes ti coln to tn think it over neither spoke for a time ye we slit cut hy by on an open tire fire in front of ills tent us as tle tile night fell Solon oi lor was ming filling ills his pipe lie he swallowed and lils ills right eye evo beglin to falln I 1 knew that some mottle highly important theine would presently open the door of tits hla intellect and come collie out 1 jack I 1 been bech aver to albany lie he said had a long visit with 1111 randy they aint no likelier in amer ity iky I 1 ill bet a plat pint ol 01 0 powder an 1 a I nail hook on that ye MR kin look fer eni em till yer eyes run but yell be oble obliged ged to give up ile he lighted ills his pipe and smoked a few whiffs and added knit seventy pair cis 0 socks fer my lily regiment nent tills this fill fall 1 11 have you naked herto her to marry you inquired iii no likely shed have rille me lie aw answered ashes had troubles enough I 1 ask no to tn marry me till the lie Is ii nt out im liable to tn git all shot up any any day I 1 did ask tier her but I 1 got dot kind 0 ol 01 sc slee sheered ered red nn fin skittish when we an come to think sot down together it fill all over a been bwy right boulle Yo youre ulle wrong solomon I 1 an you ought to have a home hoine of your own anil and 11 wife to make you fond of IL if ilow how Is the little cricket 1 cunn inest little shaver haver that ever lived ived said bald lit he 11 1 I got a keny wag kin gin nn an hini bilm down to tile ho big inelder nn an buck back ile he had a string hitched on to my waist nn an he pulled dulled nna LIT hauled nn nna hollered whoa nn git ap 11 till he wore were us as hoarse lion rs ns as a bull frog when we got back tie he wanted ti to go nil all over ine ile with ut curry comb an abrald my ninne inane the old oil scout roared with ns as he tho thought light of the ho childs play in which he had had a part lie he to told id ill m of my lily own people and next nest to their KOOI helli thAt pleased led me to learn that my lily futher father baat given nil all tits his horses kiive I 1 ve two to fo washington that la Is what nil fill our good nien men are doing so yon pill will MH see liow how it Is that we tire able t to go on with tills this war against the great british val valaire ciup pire lre that night tin tile idea canie came to me that I 1 would seek nn an opportunity to return to france in the hope of finding you in III carls purls I 1 for it short fur louall to 0 o ghe me lite it challee to go 11 and nil see tile the fa fanelly nilly there I 1 found 11 singular and disheartening situation my fathers modest fortune Is now a part of the ruin of war soon after tile the he beginning ginning of hostilities lie he hall loaned tits lils lil s money to men who hall gone into tin the i of fal furnishing bishin g supplies to the irmy I 1 hi it and a 1 I them dot dol ja inars worth a hundred ce cents I 1 its they ur lire e paying their debts to him iiii in dollars worth le less than five cc cents rits many nil and d washington among thorn then have stiffer suffered cd in a like in nimer my father tins has tittle little left hut but ills his igind two horses n boko of oxen oen und and it pair of slaves so I 1 vill pin too poor to give you it libnic in ny illy degree worthy of you dour dear old So solomon lonion has proposed to make nic lite ills his heir but now that ito ho luia him met the likely I 1 must not depend upon mal so I 1 have tried to illace you know tilt about me itle na as as I 1 to do if your heart Is equal to the discouragement I 1 have heaped von upon it I 1 offer you tills poor comfort when the war Is over I 1 can borrow n 1 thousand pounds to tn keep a root roof over our heads annl 11 fowlin fowl in the pot and pudding buddin g in fit tit the while I 1 nm ani clearing the way to success tile the prospect Is not inviting I 1 fear but if happily it should appeal to you I 1 suggest that you join your fa therIn now york fork at tin the first opportunity so that we may begin our lite life together as soon its as the lie war knit and now wha whatever coins citric s I 1 would wish visit you to keep these thoughts of me ine I 1 have loved you but there are things which I 1 have valued above my own happiness it if I 1 cannot have you I 1 shrill shall have always the memory of tit alie hours we have spent together and of oc tile alie great hope that was waa in inc CHAPTER arnold and henry thornhill Thorn hlll margaret n and not her mother returned return eil to england with david Il hartley artley soon after 1 colonel frons halt left france the british commissioner had not been able to move the philosopher later from london lie hall sent a letter to frnnk frank till alln seeking to induce america to desert tier her now new ally franklin had promptly nn answered 1 I would think the destruction of our whole country and the extirpation of our people preferable to the infamy of abandoning our allies we may lose nil fill but we shall act ingold faith clero flero again wits was n new note in tile tho history lil story or of diplomatic intercourse colonel irons letter to margaret hare tire with part of which the reader la Is was forwarded by frank lin to tits friend jonathan shipley pley of st alaph und and by him blin delivered another letter no less vital to tile the full completion of the task of these pages was vas found in the faded packet it Is from froin general benja min hare to his wife in london and I 1 19 tinted dated tit at new kaw york nork january 10 1780 this Is 19 a part of the lett letter r 1 I have it synill house near the bar racks with our friend colonel wire mire and the best cst of negro slaves and every comfort it Is now a loyal city secure from attack tind and but for the soldiers sold lerg one might think it a provin cibil english town ton this war may last for years ears and ami ns as the sea Is for a time quite safe I 1 imea resolved to ask you and Nl argaret to take passage on one of tile the first troop ships sailing for york after tills reaches you our sir roger hoer and tits his regiments will ile ho in as I 1 am apprised by a recent letter I 1 am by tills pot requesting hini him to offer you suitable accommodations and to give you all possible 11 assistance TI the ie war would ile he over liver now if washington bould only tight fight ills 1114 catiti q is maddening ills army IS 18 in a desperate plight but he will not come out not and meet us its in the open ile he con to lean upon tile the strength of 0 f tile lie hills but there arc ar indications abat he will be abandoned by his own agnir TO HE CONTINUED |