Show the days in M 13 81 of poor luchard y IRVING BACHELLER BACHELL copyright by bv 1 irvlie g bachell Bc hII CHAPTER XI continued 1 ht 11 saw the plan now nn an admirable glnn they were to meet near the port ot of sailing and ile be married and go board aboard tile lie ship and away it was the plan of margaret and much better than an any y lie ile I 1 could have made for he be knew little of london and its ports I 1 should raould I 1 not take ray my baggage i with tb ane there Is not time for that the r veiled clied lady nn answered we must make k haste I 1 luve have some clothes for yo you U in 1 a bags bag S she pointed to a leathern anse under the front sent seat arom that time forward they rode in a silence broken only by the creaking ot of the coach lind and the sound of the horses hoofs darkness had fallen when they reached the little city of the ship and anchor stood by the waters edge you ft please wait here said gaid tile the stern lady in a milder voice than rh she e had used before as the coach drew up at the inn door 1 I shall see if she elie has come ills his strange companion entered t the he inn and returned presently saying she lins has not yet arrived del delayed ayed by the fog we will have our dinner it if you please from this point the scene at t the il e i inn is described in the ilie diary of tb the e american she drew oft off her it hat at and veil tell and a young soung woman about twenty menty eight years Y ears of age ant and ot of astonishing beauty stood before me there now I 1 am out or business the she remarked in a pleasant voice its as she he sat down at the table which ilitch ila had been spread before the fireplace 1 I will do my best to be a companion companion to you until margaret arrives she looked into my eyes and smiled her sheath of ice had fallen front froni her the waiter came with a tray containing soup glasses and a bottle of sherry we sit sat down donn at the table and our waiter filled two glasses with the sherry thank vou you but self denial Is another duty duly of mine she remarked x when ben I 1 offered her a glass of the wine 1 I live in a tipsy world and drink water I 1 live in a merry world and keep a stern face it is a vile world and yet I 1 am unpolluted 1 I drank my glass of wine and had bad begun to eat cat my soup iben a strange feeling came over me my bly plate seemed to be sinking through the table the wall and fireplace were receding L lito into ito dini dim dk distance tance I 1 knew then that I 1 had tasted the cup of circe my hands fell through my lap and suddenly the day ended it wits was like sawing of oft a board the end had fallen apere biere Is nothing more to be said of Iff If because my brain iraln had bad ceased to re c buhe 0 lie and record impressions I 1 was as totally out ot of business as a man in his grave when alien I 1 came to I 1 was in a berth on the ship king william bound for new york tork As soon as I 1 knew anything I 1 knew that I 1 hall been tricked my clothes had been remo ed and were lying on a chair near me my watch ant anil money were undisturbed I 1 had bad a severe pain in my head I 1 dressed and went up on deck the e captain was there you must have lad had a night of it in Grave gravesend send he be said you were ilk like e a dead man when they brought you abroad where am I 1 going I 1 asked to tl new york he answered with mith a laugh augh you filst must have ila had a time how much is the tare fare young man that neet need not concern you yon said the captain your fare has been paid in full I 1 saw them put it a letter in your pocket hatie isaic you read it jack found the letter and read dear sir when you see this you will be well mell out of danger and it Is hoped none the worse for your dissipation si this ironi from one nho lw admires your skill and courage and who advises aou ou to keep out of england tor for at least a year A WELL WISHER lie he looked back over the stern of the ship the shore had fallen out of eight tile the sky was ivas clear the sun shining t the wind was blowing from the east ne he stood for a long time looking toward the land lie he had left oh ob ye wings of the wind I 1 take my love to her and give her news of et roe me and bid her to be steadfast in her falth faith and hope lie he whispered CHAPTER XII the girl he left behind him after jack had been whirled out of 0 ondon london I franklin called at ills lodgings and learned that he had not been seen for a day the wise philosopher entertained no doubt that the young man hild had taken khop ag agreeably gree ably with the advice given him blin A report 1 had ad lieen been running through the clubs of london that lionel clarke had find succumbed in fact lie he lind land bad a bad turn but had find rallied jack must have heard the false report und taken ship suddenly dos doa franklin went that day to the meeting of tile the privy council whither lie had been sternly summoned ium aum for examination in the ma matter tier of the letters of hutchinson et al for an hour ho be had find stood unmoved jille alexander wedderburn the wittiest barrister in tile the kingdom poured upon him a torrent of abuse even the judges against all traditions of decorum in the high courts of britain laughed at the cloi cleverness erness of the assault that was uns the speech of which charles james fox fos declared that it was as the most expensive bit of oratory which had been heard beard in england since it bad cost tile the kingdom its colonies it was ivas alleged that in some manner franklin had stolen the letters and violated their heir sacred privacy it Is kuon known dow BOW that nn an english nobleman had put them in ills his hands to read and that lie he was in DO way responsible for their publication the truth if it could have 6 been een told would have A bent the proud leads heads of wedderburn and the judges to whom lie he appealed in confusion rut but Im franklin held his pence peace a a man of honor was wag bound to do lie he stood erect and dignified with a face like one carved in wood vie the counsel for the colonies made a weak defense the triumph was complete the venerable vener ablo man was convicted of conduct inconsistent with the character of a gentleman and deprived priced of its ills office as postmaster general of the col colonies onles hut but lie lad two friends in court they were nere the lady hare and her daughter they followed him out of tile the chamber cli amber in tile the great hallway margaret her eyes wet with tears embraced and kissed the philosopher 1 I want you to know that I 1 am your friend and that I 1 love loe america she said my lly daughter it has been a hard bard hour but I 1 am sixty eight years old and have learned many things lie he answered time is the only avenger I 1 need it will lay the dust the girl embraced and kissed him again and said in a voice shaking iliin with emotion 1 I wish my father and nil en englishmen to know that I 1 am your friend and that I 1 have a love th that at cannot be turned aside or destroyed and that I 1 will have my right as a human being come let us go and talk together wo we three he proposed they took a cab and drove ariy you will think all this a aln singular ular proceeding lady hare remarked 1 I must tell you that rebellion has t Ns cac S F started in our home its peace Is quite destroyed margaret tins ling declared her right to the use of her own well if she Is to use any mind it mill have live to be that one franklin answered 1 I do not see why women should not be entitled to use their minds as well as their hands and feet 1 I was kept nt at bom home e yesterday by force sat said margaret aery door locked and guarded it was brutal tyranny the poor child has my sympathy but what that can I 1 do lady hare inquired being an american aou ou can expect but one answer from roe me said the philosopher to us tyranny in home or state Is intolerable they tried it on oil me when I 1 was a boy and I 1 ran away that Is what I 1 shall hill do it if necessary said margaret oil oh my child 1 how would you live her mother asked 1 I will answer that question for her it if you will let me said franklin it if she needa it she shall have an allowance out of my purse think thank you but that would a scandal said the woman oh ob your ladyship I 1 am old enough to be her grandfather 1 I wish to go aith w ath api ja ck I 1 it f you know where lie he Is marg margaret rt declared looking up tip into tile the face bare of tile the philosopher 1 I think he be 14 pushing toward america frankly Frank answered being alarmed at ahe 1 he condition of ills his adversary ver vers sary nry 1 1 him in to mill an aitay ay A shin xv want nt esterday yesterday probably hes bes on it he e had no chance to see me or pick bagg baggage 1 I I 1 biall all follow him hain soon the hie girl declared deculit e I 1 ed 1 I if 9 you will only contain yourself you will ill get along with your father very well said lady hare 1 I know lit better bette r than tha 1 you ile he his has proto ise take you on to america in decem debein be you Y m must t wait and be patient A alter 5 ter all sour father has a large claim uron n you i 1 I think you will do well to wait y child said the philosopher jack keep keel and you are both young bathers are like other children they inake mistakes they egild do wrong now and than they have to be forgiven and allowed a chance to repent and improve their conduct your fa ther Is a good man try to win in him to 0 o your cause and dle die a maiden said the girl with a sigh impossible I 1 franklin exclaimed 1 I shall marry jack or never marry I 1 would rattier rather be ills his wife ire than the queen of england this Is surely the age of romance said the smiling philosopher ns na the ladies alighted at their door 1 I wish I 1 were young again 11 CHAPTER XIII the ferment on his voyage p to new york jack wrote long inns letters to margaret and ana to doctor franklin which were ivere deposited in the post office on its his arrival the tenth of march ile he observed a great change in the spirit of the people they were no longer content with voth words the ferment was showing itself in acts of open and dolent disorder the statue ot of george III near the battery was treated to a volley of decayed eggs in the evening of ills arrival this hot blood was due to the effort to prevent free speech in tile colonies ant and the proposal to send political prisoners to england for trial lack fack took the first boat to albany and found solomon boiking on the irons farm in ills his diary he tells of the delightful days of rest lie enjoyed with ills his family solomon hild had told them of the great adventure but jack would have little to say of it having no liu pride in that achievement soon the scout left on a mission for the committee of safety to distant settlements tle ments in tile the great north bush ill 1111 be spendin spen din the hull moon in the wilderness lie said to jack goin coin to Vir virginne ginny when I 1 get back an ill look ok fer ye on the way down jack set out for philadelphia tile the lay day after solomon left ile he stopped at kinderhook on his way down the rier ant and lid addressed dressed its people on conditions in fit england A oung tory interrupted his bis remarks at the barbecue which followed this young man was seized and punished by a number of stalwart girls who removed ills his collar and jacket by force and covered ills his head and neck r ck with molasses and the fuzz of cat tails falls jack interceded intercedes inter ceded for the tory lory and stopped the proceeding ily friends we must control our anger lie said let us not try to subdue tyranny by using it ourselves everywhere lie he found the people in such a temper that tories had to hold their heir peace or suffer punishment at the office he learned that ills his most important letters hall had failed to pass the hidden censorship of mall mail in england ile he begin began at once i to 0 write a series of articles which hastened the crisis the first of them was a talk nith krauklin rr auklin which told how ma his mall mail hat hail been tampered with that no letter lad had come to his big hand band through the post office which had bat not bees been opened with apparent indifference as to tile the evidence of its violation the doctors words regarding free speech in america and the proposal to try the bolder critics for treason were read and discussed in every household from the sea I 1 to the mountains and from maine to florida the young mans work hind had set the bells ringing and they were the bells of revolt the arrival of general onge gage at hoston boston in slay may to be civil governor and commander in calef for the continent and the blockade of the port dort M twenty enty days later compelling its pop who had been fed by the sea to starve or subsist on the bounty of others drove the most conservative citizens into the open parties nent ent out tory hunting every suspected man was compelled to declare himself and if incorrigible was sent away town meetings were held beld even under the eyes of the kings soldiers and no tribunal was wag allowed to sit in any court house at salem it a meeting wa was held behind locked doors with the rov gov arnor rind ills his secretary shouting a proclamation through its keyhole declaring it to be dissolved the meeting proceeded to its end and when the citizens 11 filed out they had invited t the h e thirteen colonies to a general congress congre sg in philadelphia it was solomon bankus who convened tile hie invitation to pennsylvania pennsyl vanja and virginia lie ile lad had gone on a second ec mission to springfield and boston and had been in the meeting at salem alth general ward another man carried that historic call to the colonies col orles farther south in five weeks delegates delc gatea were nere chosen and early in august they were traveling on many different roads toward the quaker city crowds gathered in eiers aei town and village they passed solomon who rode with the virginia virg inia legation delegation h told jack that he h hear heard so muth much noise since th the injun war they was po pounding pound ln the bells are an sho otin ln c cannons annons every here lie he declared ilc n women and children crowded round us an split their lungs yellin theys a streak 0 sore throats all the way from alexandry AIe sandry to here TO BE CONTINUED |