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Show The lMim,fM! HHnl Mi '" 111' d'lil'i !'of ' I li,'!r'jgullilill ' " ' ( ' r.u'7 h.ru .Inn. Ihrou.h. -ttl O lt-i"i."ii'V.l' ..c'yuuUT'f.ir pnui. l'VxlW iffa-P 'fH I X "ii'jiro.i "wiTo,1rbtrhi"nv'"u4 1 illivjiti 'V lti fr ll na. Ilia IMn (!!, V' j ! 'A ,( iv7V 'lllniin' i(h' Wv il'lruiu'.,r" "' tjln Wwii I Hj llajl.all hall. J) h.rfnlil, I I j BMwt'ur4hnd Itir'n!. 'right jV llrlithl b. lliy cours. our IMnf Ha, t ' '' 1 '' l lki AJ llclly msrchli, nr. rV ' LJ H; LY', 'Js )J UIumuiu Hi of pases. VfM f ty.Zldf uc wi"i"'h," h"?. Bl'la,'il'lrn' f&r I TUg Declaration I 1 ol IndcpGncienGc 1; 1' 1 You hai all read tha Deolaratlun of lailcpciiiliisc, I auiipoee. II la printed print-ed nn Una lp lu tha bmrlt of 111 Child ! History, and at tlia top of tha aaniea alanrd at tbo and to show how they wrote thcin la John Hancock bl and bold, ths way a person would writ U ha were ilolua; It wllh a burnt mi'h. I'm i .a ua. tt to nattier u to-(ether to-(ether In tha parlor aller breakfast Ti'ry Kourih of July and road ua iwrla of It aud explain tlia long wonln. ao that we would untleratatul what tha Kuurtb of July wa really for that It wasn't Just to hum hole In your cloihaa, and frighten horai-a, and li'ava lulia of flru crarki'ra on ihn nldwalk that don't aat awi-pt off for ilaya. Whan a rhlldrfii rainn to hava our own ravolutlon aaalliat tha inviirnraa that tlma niamiiw aud papa went away to b aona two daya, wa knew Juat bow to a about It; and we wrote a Declaration Declara-tion of lndrpudtm'e, copying It af lor tha roal true one, and thn we all alanad our nninaa at tha bottom with kin flotirlKliea, tha way John Hancock and the uthara did. Wa thuurht wlib all our prcpuratlon aucrnaa waa aurn, iiinl a Ihn iiatrliiia f '74 wore ucc-rn aa the rewnrd f Ihflr darlnit. but alaa! v Oiir nnvariii' uniiie waa llromlaua IlKlaiia rlaunilcra - which made It all the morn appropriate, tttrauui Ihn aauie of tha KIiik about whom the oil- ' aTttiul Dei -laratloii waa written waa George, ua you luntmtily know. When wa ir.it the M.vUi ailon done, It mu ixinii'llilPit like thin -mime of th 1r:;:-imit we took from the ImmK imd "rr:? tf maOw up ourwlvea: ! When n the coume ol human eventa It ciinl necce iiry for aollli t lilli In be dune about It. anil we lait't aund It any lone r. The hleinry of our promt Ceverne' la a M--ttiry of n-peiiti-d I h- Jnrlea aid nam pntlona To prove ilila ' jlet fi:ta be milMiiltled to a candid , NroaJd. I. riha trakea ua brnah our teeth twice a day. whlia la uuiMH-eaxary a well aa waMfut. j t. She won't let tia lay Imoka tace ' downaarda, and no you lone tha plai a i and are a lc lime nudltm It wbm t you coma back. , 3. Mia nliccta If you make a fork Ia your nmelu-d poiutoea. 4. Hha won't let ua hreadia on tha ,i window aud write wllh our flnitera i dava when It ralua. 't 6. Wa can't have butler and ut;iir an our rire, only utllk and nukui-. t S. Bka notlcca, and liuikea ua ao j back to lock where we ve made (Inner ianarka on the while pnliit. 7. Wa bare to niaka our own te-da, and then. If there la a wrinkle, or It Ira t done rlKUt. we have to do It all t orar aaaln. I t. Hae'a uat awful, c. ry wny yuu an think of. We, therefore, do aolrmiily pnlilub nd daclnra that we are and by right utbt to be free and Indcieii4eut, and tal aur mother and eur futher want way tnia morning and will not ba ! I i back until tomorrow evening, and that ah la not our ni other and our father, oarer baa baeu and never will be, aad that wa mean tu do aa w pi cane, and that wa have full right to levy war and aleo to do all other acta and Uilnga. And to thl a wa pledge our tlvte, aur fortunaa aud our aacrad honor, (rilgned) Arthur L. Ilalnhrldga (that'a ma), Marjorl llnlnhrldga. Heater B. Ilnlnbrldge, t'harlea W. Halnbrldita, Uregory llalnhrldga, hia i mark. And w brought In Hex ha'a a mixture mix-ture of an Kugllah m.tatirr and a HI. berlan liloiiilliound -and wo Inked hla puw, and nimle hltn atep on tha paper Ju.t below (IrcKory e mime. And then wo drew a circle around II ami wrote "Ilex, hla nmrk." Thi n Mnlda, the aol-llo aol-llo dog, had lo coma lu. too. and pretty aiHin there waa a mark about the atae of a hot bnuae violet, jimt elnw where Ilex had printed a big lila. k carnation-ehaped carnation-ehaped thing with hla lordly paw. Spotty, tha cut. waa the best of all; elia upaet tha Ink bottle on the ntir-aery ntir-aery carpet, and got all her four pawl In the Ink, and then ran right acroaa the paper, ao her name waa In aeveral plaiea. Charley (who wrote II) waa aort of mad at firm- auld It apolled tha look of Ilia wier. and It would have to lie written all over, but wa told him It allowed bow Interested and enthiinl-natle enthiinl-natle Himtiy hu. Then Murjorie got her ecallng wax. and took a piece of red ellk ribbon and made a kind of Ihiw out uf It wllh long alreamllig endi: and we put a aeal down lu the lower left blind comer. And wlwe. It wan all nulidicd It waa a work uf art Tni-n the ipicMlon waa. j Wllllt Nhnuld w do with It? "I.et'a put It al her phito at break-fun.'' break-fun.'' euuKi-atcd H. .icr. "Hitter eend it through the mall," enlil Maijorle. ' She min i iluie tu nay , ulivtliliig to tin- P I..IIH.II "I'ln II on her dooi,' mid Charley. "N.V" I huld. "thai mil do The orlKlnul Jim 'iii.itliui waa read aut loud - I know, 'caiii-i I a-kcd pupa. Tbey r-al It out loud, iiml then I hey rang a big bell till It cm, -ked. "Well, ahu'a lining to lie the one la read It?' ke. i'luiile. t "We ll draw Iota." 1 eal.l. And ne did with little plrcea of atllllg: Mid the lot fell to ill.-. It al-u,iva al-u,iva haiipena that way the one wha iiIhiim u thing not only hue to do all the thinking, hut he bus to go and carry out hla nivu lib-a white the olfter people fclund and look on, or ma he even make fun of him "You II mi have to h with uie. anyway." any-way." I Knld. "I'll rend It outside her diKir al 7 in lock lu-iniirrow nmrnlng, and when 1 get iIiioukIi you must all raise a inluhly shout, like the people did outside 111.. pu!an ol the Klllg at the time of the l-'n-lli'll devolution, and you must yell, 'Down with the tyrtiut--' (IIT with her loud:' and thliiKa like that, and liregorv la la liutc the Herants' dinner bell and rlui; like mini, and then all the rest of the day we're going to do Jw;t a we please, nnd If she culla we won't come, no tnnt-tcr tnnt-tcr bow loud she poller." The ist nil Ihoilitht It wua a bully ldiM. but Charley allld : "lladn'l we Isiiter do It alter break-fust? break-fust? lie. ii in,. H i gi MilV-cakoa to morrow morning, and wa mlghta! get any." Ho wa decided to atart In halni-avo-lutlonlat after break fast Instead before. be-fore. After hreakfaat. while va'r uppoaed to be upstalra making out beda, Mis. Haunder alti In lb lllrwry for about half an hour, reading the morning pa per a. and that weald be a goml chance to rvd the derlaraUva to her. All through breakfast the licit morning morn-ing we were awfully glum and nary-oils. nary-oils. llefure We got to tha griddle cakes. I fni gut and left my ipoon In my chocolate, and my arm went atnlnst It quite accidentally, and tha whole cap got apllled on Heater, Jliat aa she Waa stooping to pick up a piece of ingot, and went all over the hack of tke giiimpe i,r her dies. And Mlaa Saunders Hwallowcd whatever ah put lit her mouth In a great hurry, and took oft her ayeitluraea and puilieil her chair bark from the tntile a llttl and Just looked at ua. And then ahe aald, lu that awlnlly quint vole that I Iw Ice a mud aa when a person InU out a yell- "Arthur, how often have I told you never to leave your eoon In your cup? This la tha aerond time within a weak that thl haa occurred; you may go up III your room and remain then mill I rome." I didn't know what to do, bacauae If I went npaulra then It would kaock our plan of reading the Declaration In Ihe head And while I waa rolling up my napkin aa slowly aa I could, trying lo think what I should do. her vole broke In; "Coiiie. Arthur, I am waiting.' Thou I put my napkin down and aloud up In my chair. Her ysa nearly near-ly bulged out of her head at that, because be-cause of ull the ftirblddeu thing) In tha house, standing- on any of the chalte hul the otic lu the kltchi-o and the pluyriHam Is alien! Ilia forhhlilMirat. "Why, you vim bad little boy, yai!" she guspsil. "Arthur, I don't tuider-sland." tuider-sland." Hut I Just pulled the lie. 'ar.lUa of liuli-peiiili-iice out or. my isnkel and lieiuti to rend. I road all Ihn thing htutl she would not h i us do. and wo Just ao'tlug to the plate where It said we meant lo do na wa pleiisi-o till ninmina and papa came home. I hadn't been lurking al her, beiwuse It wa as ninth aa 1 could do to make out Chillies' writing. And. helihii, ,tie of the IIiIiiks. when you enme in road them nt Iwid to Hie person they re Intended far, aouilded pretty dregful particularly where It nanl. "She Jiisi awful every way yon can think of," my cbeeki fell kind of hot when I goi to those place, aud I let niy vce down and hurried over llit-m us rait a I could. She must hille couie hertnd while I was Irving to make out ,i.M of Ihe bind words, which I iIhu i li:nk - and the others all agreed with me afterward--was unite a lair advantage advan-tage to Hike And she used lu Ih, Ihe basket ball Iciim wln-it she waan ! college, and she was aw fully strung It I la no dlHurare to Im oerpowereil ,y auib a strong person, aud curded ip-atiilr. ip-atiilr. and lock.-d In our nsim and ; then lo 1h told Ihi-ouh the kclne i that you are to a;uy there until y.ui arr aorry. I a.ippose tkut k ihe .y llwnge the Third would have treats, ; John lluni'ock If he could i i.wnw...i.ri.,iw,.i 1 |