| Show in the 41 a days L apay of r mch richard ard by IRVING BACHELLER bi t MV maimo CHAPTER continued 27 ob ray my father va therl I 1 ho be arlod cried in ft a broten itan voice rind and with I 1 tears streaming down n his checks checka arnold has bold amerika an all its ita folks nn an gone awn the river washington knelt beside him rind felt his bloody gar garments the colonel Is wounded 11 lie be said gald his big orderly 1100 00 oo for help 1 I the me scout weak from the loss of blood od tried to regain tits lila feet but ilijev led lie ho lay y back and whispered 11 1 guess tho the sap lias bag till nil oozed out 0 me but I 1 had enough Washing trin was one of those who at i him on ta a stretcher Bt and carried alm a to to the hospital when yiwen he was lying on his bed and big clothes were being removed the commander anander in chief paid him this well delved der leaved ved compliment as ho he held tits his band 4 colonel when tile the war la Is won it will be only because I 1 have had men like I 1 0 u i to 0 o help roe MO soon jack came to his side and then Wr rgaret mrgaret general washington asked the latter about mrs afro arnold my mother la is doing what she can to anfort tier ner Af margaret argaret i answered solomon revived u under stimulants ad i was able to tell them briefly of the est e struggle ruggle he had had bad olt it were stops slops that saved me he whispered he fell ell into a deep find and troubled bep and when he awoke in the mid ma j of the night he be was not strong enough to lift ills head then these faithful friends of tits his begun began to know that at this big brawny redoubtable sol adler er was wag having ills his last fight lie ile emed to be aware of it himself for be i whispered to jack take keer 0 mirandy an the little cricket lacket late the next day he be called for tits his great cat rather father feebly and brokenly bi i had managed to say jest jes want to feel hla hand margaret had sat beside him all day helping ipong the nurse A dozen times jack had left ills his work ad id run over for a look at solomon a a one of these hurried visits the oung man clan had learn learned edof of the wish of 3 friend ile he went immediately to eberil lV washington ashington who hod had just re raed from a tour of the forts tile the atter saw the look of sorrow and clety abety in the face of his offic officer er now how Is the colonel te je askeli 11 1 I think that he Is near the end ick answered ile he has expressed a ish to feel your hand again let lec us go to him at once said the ther there lias has been no greater lan at in the army together they went to the bedside adside of hs he faithful alth ful scout the general took his ihland hand Al margaret argaret put her lips close solomons ear and said general washington luis ikas come to set ie you solomon opened his yes eyes P and smiled then ben there was a beauty not of tilts tills orld in his homely face and abild that vincnt holding bolding the hand blind he had loved nd served and trusted tile the heroic soul rf solomon binkus went put upon the home trall trail rack lack who lind had been kneeling at his he de kissed ills his white check I 1 oh general I 1 knew and loved this 1 il I said laid the young officer er as he he tose tom it t will be well f for 0 o to 0 0 our r people 0 O pie r ow what nien men like him h endured athern said washington 1 I artall hall have to learn how to live inthout him bald jack it will be d Il margaret Argaret took his big aran armand d they went F t of ft the door and stood a n moment piang oft at the glowing sky about betm I 1 hills IN ow you a haye have me she whispered t bent and kissed her 0 wu a n could uld have B n better friend mate ate than you lt he be on an wa TO f 1 0 I 1 pend end our years na as a tale that il jack ack wrote from philadelphia we in albany on the sath of bf 1787 dear margaret W 4 I 1 t that tile the story ana prided when yon a it oil won five years fia have ve ta watch in th the night and a it impressive sive tire are just juat hilleg mag put out you call our biffl henry thornhill Thorn hlll when W 1 I lt t I 1 learned that ol lyman an of that anine who abi pad and 10 20 art had d bee been n lying in his crave years ile he ans one of aadra ers about hi liberty lerty what 1011 of that 1 I for one cannot I 1 that att I 1 to the anan I 1 saw baw ans an im n wit aa 1 he e an 41 angel like those i a the ta h prophets alio shall nimbly a rally i thanh often of the naif hill i and of big sudden 9 chrt t 1119 bland road azid and back it tho toia tills this tame 0 4 ll 11 lit ii can tell te hoy hoNy erny UK net laet lla in the 64 way baj of life aware 6 of 01 tila alio lit high commission idt ns rd trip I 1 found that R W once davelt e in the sl 4 reain were scattered catt cred only tl a loj Sott int re maiRs near earld lot aks 8 nw a V t i I 1 I 1 biall her r face was 1 abald ship ner her eyes i held in her withered k hands the ragged molli carpri tull of a gray wolf I 1 asked tier her why she kept tile shabby thing because of tile the hand that gave it title answered in ili HIn glish 1 q I shall take it with ino ille to the happy hunting grounds I rounds when lie he sees it he will know me so quickly tile the beautiful little white birch bad faded at mount vernon washington was ns ns is ever but not so grave lie ile almost joked joke d when he spoke of the sculptors and portrait alt painters who liae have been a groat great bother to jill ailin sicre tho the war ended now no dray horse moves moes more readily to tile the thill than I 1 to the painters cliner lie he said when ivilyn I 1 arrived the fimlay fat tilly wins was go ing in to dinner lini and they waited until I 1 could make mahe myself rendy ready to join them tile jocular light horse harr leo was there ills his anecdotes delighted tho the great man I 1 had never seen 0 1 AN W in better humor A sin 9 pleasant smile lighted ills whole countenance I 1 can never forget tho the gentle note in his alco voice and tits his dig rifled hearing bearing it was tile the same whether he were addressing address ang ills guests or ills family the servants wa telleI liter ailin closely A look seemed to ile be enough to indicate lila ills the faithful hilly wils was always at tits hla side I 1 have never seen a sweeter atmosphere in any home we sat eat an hour tit at tile the table after the family had retired from it in speaking of ills dally daily life lie ho said 1 I alde around my farms faring until it Is time to dress for or dinner when I 1 rarely miss seeing strange faces come as they say out of respect for me ane perhaps the word curiosity would better describe the cause of it the usual time of sitting tit at table brings mo me to candlelight candle light when I 1 try to answer my letters ile he had much to say on tits his favorite theme viz the settling of the immense NOW you HAVE mr stir WHISPER F 0 interior and bringing its trado trade to the atlantic cities 1 I was coughing i with n severe secre cold ile he urged me to take fake some remedies which he had in the house houe but I 1 refused them ile he went to his office while ue le L e ad and I 1 sat down together the latter told a movement in the army I 1 led ed jy by colonel nichola to make washington king of america ile iio had tn answer 0 to o the betler of the colo colonel nol it ii was as follows I 1 be assured surd sir no occurrence in tile the course of the war var has given me jini atlon more painful than your our information of there being such ideas in the army as a those you have imparted to roe me and I 1 must view them with ah ab hornce anil an 1 I reprehend them with severity I 1 nm am much at a loss lobs to con coil elt what part pact of my c conduct could I 1 leavo given encouragement to au an address which to me seems big with tile the greatest mis chiefs which could couil befall nty dou country ill 1 I it not a sublime and wonderful thing dear Bl margaret argaret that all our leaders baders save me have been men na as incorruptible as stephen and peter und paul 1 when I 1 went to bed ray my coush cough b became E mote more after it had hour or so ao my gone on for halt half an doar was ft as go gently antly opened und and I 1 observed the glow ot 0 a candle on drawing my bed curtal ng J saw haw to RAY my utter aston abton ishi nent washington stun sounding ding at my iny side aide with i i bowl bol of hot teu ten in his hand it embarrassed me to be thui waited on by a man of ills greatness wo bet out next morning for phila iella to attend tile the convention washington riding in his couth coach drawn by six homer I 1 riding the th blaze faced mare of dehtan y as sweet and strong as aa ever A jow journey it was over tile the old oid road by calverta culverts Cu Ca lverts to ann neolla and bo on td tho th north 1 q I found Frnnk franklin lin sitting under a in ills his dooryard surrounded tur Lur roun rounded hi V creel fcc his grandchildren ile he lyo lukovs s vf verv ry white hta hair Is a now zinc und arvn of glory y well ishad it had been no small part of my life work to zei you NIP hop ij pity married 1 lie began in tits his playful vay A celibate Is like the odd I 1 halt tilt of a pair of scissors ut lit only to serl scrape ape a trencher how many bables babies have you oil three I 1 answered it Is not ii half of enough 1 said lie he A 1 patriotic atrI otIc american should have nt at least ten children I 1 must not forget to say to you what I 1 say to every young man always treat your alfo mth alth respect it will procure procura respect for you ou not only from tier lier but fro from m nil 1111 who observe it never use list a slig slighting I 1 it word my afy beloved how bow little I 1 need tilts this advice you yon know hut but I 1 think that ti the I 1 0 old philosopher never made a wiser observation I 1 am all convinced that civilization itself depends largely on the respect that men feel lind and show for women 1 I asked about his health 1 I inn am weary ani and tile the night Is falling ani I 1 shall soon lie down to sleep but I 1 know that I 1 shall awake refreshed in the morning lie he 8 said aid ile he told me 1110 how distressed by tits ills InI milty lie came out of of france in the queens litter carried by tier her wagn ift rent cent mules of england he had only tills this to say she Is doing wrong in discouraging emigration to america lC emigration multiplies a nation she should be represented in the growth of the tha new world by men who have a voice in its government by tills this fair means meana she could repossess it instead of leaving it to foreigners of all nations who way may drown and stifle sympathy for the mother land it Is 19 now a fact that irish emigrants and their children are in possession of the government of pennsylvania 1 ar I must not fall to set down here in tile the hope that my sons may some time rend read it what lie ho said to me of the treason of arnold here Is the vindication ot of poor richard extravagance la Is vot not the way to self satisfaction the man who docs not keep his feet in the old honest way of thrift will some time sell himself and then he will bo be ready to sell tits friends or ills country uy by and by nothing Is so dear to him as thirty pieces of silver 1 I shall conclude my letter with a beautiful confession of faith by this master mind of the country it was wad made on tile the motion tor for dally prayers in the convention now drafting a constitution ution for the states I 1 shall never forget the look of him as standing on the lonely summit of lila ills eighty years he said to us in the beginning of our contest with britain when we were sensible of danger we had dally daily prayers in this room for divine protection our prayers sirs were heard and they were graciously answered all of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a directing providence in our affairs and have we forgotten that powerful friend or to do wo we imagine that we no longer need ills assistance I 1 have lived sirs a long time and the longer 1 I live the more convincing proof I 1 see of tills this truth that god governs in the tiff aIrs of men and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without ills his notice Is it probable that an empire can rise without ills ald we have been assure assured d sirs that except the lord build the house they laborin vain who build it I 1 firmly believe this and I 1 also believe that without ills concurring aid we shall succeed in this political laki structure no better than the builders of kabel wea we shall bo be divided and confounded and we ourselves become it ft reproach and a byword down to future ages and worse mankind may here hereafter despair of e establishing tab lishing government by human wisdom and leave it to chance war and conquest 1 k dear margaret yon and I 1 who have bc been n a part of the great story etory know full well that in these words of our noble friend Is s tile the conclusion of the whole matter THE END enda |
