Show M 1 by irving bachell copyright 1032 by irving baumiler Boc Bac boller miler service CHAPTER IX continued 13 yes tes I 1 coughl that I 1 would put your superstition to the test and see what came of it well I 1 hope it may you so boon 0 n or late keep it rind find see what happens I 1 shall nener neer cease to be grateful to it did it lend you to the one nian man he asked to the man I 1 love as I 1 can love no other when I 1 think of him I 1 forget father and mother and friend I 1 she looked down lit at her pretty foot and there nas a note of sadness in her cr tone as she asked have you not seen rat no and I 1 fear that I 1 may never tee se her again too bad I 1 war Is cruel the chances now tire are all in faor ot of harry 11 arry gage he Is terribly good looking 1 I agree to that 1 I am even more deeply in love than you and I 1 am frightfully jealous 11 she said as she aroe and surveyed her herself self in a mirrored mir rowed panel lightly touching her hair 1 I cannot not believe that you are really in love she turned upon him with a pretty indignation in her eyes saying Is it not love when I 1 RM am thinking of him and laying plans for his happi ness day and night my lly husband can be a british peer if h he e will my aunt has promised her influence and the she Is a friend frien dof of the king and you are an american he exclaimed that would not stop my t thinking of his welfare this stupid war cannot last for ever I 1 hope that before you go tonight I 1 can introduce you to him Is he expected here yes and I 1 want you to know him 1 11 I suppose that he will be like all other men he answered with a laugh IN no he Is not like any other man he stands alone I 1 must win him or my life has failed no doubt he has taken you across the kissing bridge lie he referred to a famous bridge that crossed a creek on the bowery much frequented by young people for in crossing it boys and girls had long loll 1011 had the habit of saluting each other no but he has smacked me more than once said nancy with a smile she arose and brought a beautifully bound and illustrated volume of boccaccio and opened it as she sat close beside him what a play girl you are he be laughed there could be no DO picture like you do you prefer to look at me she asked her face lighted with joy 1 I do still its like looking at red wine and one may drink too freely with ones eyes the scene was interrupted by a rap at the door colin arose and opened it the butler stood before them saying A messenger is in the hall sir to see colonel cabot he says that his business Is urgent sir colin went out to the front door where he found colonel tilghman an aide of the commander in chief who said ald general washington wishes you to report immediately at his office the young man returned to nancy saying baying 1 I am summoned to headquarters please give my thanks and compliments to your charming aunt must blust you go at once it Is urgent oh that little old woman the girl exclaimed as she a stamped her foot impatiently does she know that I 1 am here 1 I am sure that no one at general headquarters knows of your being here she followed him to the door saying B 9 dont tell them please let it be one of our secrets you will come back to me soon will you vou not dot they may send me away he answered illy iran not wishing to t lum self brhen T hen I 1 XA again she p ered aps nc he kissed her alad redl even the darl darens ns Is red he exclaimed in lf a whisper na he wal walked kedal arf rad a I 1 44 oft eva of 0 things he had bad heard in the gossip of the lie t camp served in I 1 A 3 ard it europe h had a saad that ha hiie W primal ri I 1 urge was wag alwa always s wo worst in wartime rys ne ile h bad ad ti sa samuel I 1 langdon tf f iha t ran nf gnp of i war ar ID dikes and barriers of restraint into melancholy wreckage alie brooks the r ra had the seas dig ledger fer linew I 1 1 ii 11 k 01 e 1 aquai the 1 timely me 1 in i I 1 0 o of f uhe 4 k lugs legs all udd ruxi alar the sw tot lot nt J ill bad been beeh athe oura me benawa avo from her A mans purpose must not be like the dew and the morning cloud in ahls ills time me lt it was wasU thought hought that it echeto A of philosophy was not tor for him loi teja afir i X h 1 it al fiffis nevor lw baue there was some truth in nhat hat latar lat sr bad said of jear ana an 1 3 oa g jot adt luct luc f os 1 I 1 til milles fines it ie tile the lady washington sat with her knitting in a corner of the great hall in the company of two staff aves sacs she was looking for the young man in whom she felt a deep motherly interest her shrewd intuitions had bad told her that something was amiss familiar with all the gossip of the ladles indies in cambridge she had learned that nancy was a niece of the baroness she wont went to the young man and led him aside dear boy I 1 1 I 1 was uneasy she said you know that we women norden have a nose for danger I 1 took it on myself to send for you I 1 am too superstitious ious my dear second mother you are always right and I 1 thank you pardon yu me e if I 1 say no more 1 it I t is now halt half after ten go you directly to bed tomorrow will be a busy day As soon as colin had finished ills his break breakfast last in the morning billy came into the office and said that mrs bowlby hall had called to see him lie ile found her in a parlor they sat down together she and her hus husband brind had come with general schuyler by boat from albany she said to him the ride down 9 gae aae me a chance to be with my husband dut but that Is not my only reason for coming I 1 have something to tell you well if you liae hae something to tell in me e I 1 am sure that it will be worth hearing she told him of the letter signed N I 1 nancy alney which came on the horse and of her reason for reading it she had a memory of its contents and quoted it almost word tor for word 1 I saw or thought that I 1 could see the motive behind the letter and it worried me I 1 haap been sorry that I 1 did not burn it she had seen the frown gathering on ills his brow and the changing color of his face so it went on he whispered yes it went on the next nett day she may have read it by now could you get a letter into canada for me if necessary I 1 will take it myself when do you go north the ship sails tomorrow morning at seven good I 1 I 1 will give you the letter and some money tonight at eight in his letter he told the whole truth of his meeting with nancy of the dinner the wine and the diversions that followed them in the celebration at cambridge lie he spoke of nancys letter and of how his know ledge of its contents had come to him through sirs mrs bowlby 1 1 I am human he wr wrote ote and the g girl ra Is a most bewitching creature I 1 cannot claim to be a saint I 1 am of the common clay and you will have to take me on that level if at all but I 1 am no comrade of Anac anacreon always I 1 have thought myself unworthy of you but I 1 swear that I 1 love you my soul and body are for no other in this world As to nancys motive we can only guess and your guess may be as wrong as mine even extreme provocation cannot make me forgot forget the restraint with noth which a gentleman should speak of a lady let us credit her with intentions looking to your welfare it Is a world of change and perhaps your heart has changed it if not wait tor for me and be sure that I 1 am waiting tor for you I 1 love you I 1 have made a sacred promise and I 1 will not lay my honor in the dust general en eral washington out of his own pocket had lately paid colon his salary three months overdue that tha t night he put the letter in mrs Bowlby Bowl bys ls hand with a ten pound note 1 I shall go with it myself said mrs bits bowlby 1 I want to see that girl I 1 may find her in montreal or quebec within a week on a may day the wona woman an set out from her inn for the near lake with a pack on her amazonian shoulders A man barred her light canoe CHAPTER X the birth of a giant hillige at nf C ertain of nf the events a alewe e eco cde e yo young 9 colonelli Colon 0 one elfi cabo t aa ech it t hills delphia with es to congress andri and a letter to from mrs arst washington there be was the guest or mr anil and mr air jolla ad adams st t in a aj r rare discretion chow w edge and and elo elor r quena 7 i bar eme the com coln I 1 awni tion of the army with the I 1 line ine which mr adams that the y toung ou ng ma man on id render jt in phila philae e t i tae congress 1 advised the chief by post or of his pur f and the colonel i coun athe atthe lady washington balk j j t have e at table with the jolly boaty IC iVand drunk out or of his famous rolling punch keg that L I 1 files s around his board the keg is his ahls jokes that have stimulating punch teem the admirable mra richard henry lee of virginia re marked that he hc 0 juav 17 tB tAW H al 11 dwar it ls to lo recommend conomy on biomy than st t ie e doctor ficat oil Is n not ot as ti rt t mad budr waa dituri dr raise the virtue of generosity anva r faff OlIt filY aab ladd i dij uj ian al td of ba tiel I 1 I 1 I 1 1 si W i gg alt ka lie yardis 3 LAW lla sets mill tv side eda bod od eidl yitta iad cli ably but always decently drunk at these philadelphia dinner parties of nil all the grent great men I 1 have mot met I 1 think that franklin Is the wisest I 1 would like to sit humbly at his feet for a year and listen I 1 get the feeling t that hat he Is somehow connected with the great t inexhaustible source of wisdom 0 one n e evening I 1 S sat at alone with him on the porch while mrs lees guests were dancing looking up at the stars our talk had become serious I 1 asked him if ile he believed in angels why not he asked from an elephant down to an oyster one sees a gradual diminution of faculties and powers so small in each step as to be scarcely perceptible there Is 19 no DO gap but the gradation Is complete in as cedarn from a roan max to the infinite one there must be also a long grada tion of beings of whom we can have no comprehension late one afternoon mr air adams and I 1 went to call on an elderly prom anent citizen we found him on his front porch with friends he wore a white lined kinod purple coat with wide 1 1 fW I 1 IJ aw w uy V 41 C I 1 colin read the declaration of independence cuffs and gold buttons and cambric wrist ruffles there was a great silver tankard on a table surrounded by glasses the dear old gentleman was much engaged with the pouring often he would say oh my friend what Is the top of the glass for the servants are mostly dutch re and africans dressed in homespun stuff when their terms expire the ladles ladies have to do their own work until other servants can be engaged in many streets there are wells in every dooryard the best people ride in coaches with heraldic designs em blazoned on their sides in one of them I 1 was taken for a drive through the near country where there are many large an and d beautiful houses on well tilled farms we saw cliveden stenton belmont mansion buck nill As an american I 1 feel a certain pride in this handsome city of thirty thousand people it Is a big city yet every man seems to know every other man and his bis dog its library its hospital its workhouse its fire house and wagon tank and volunteer company are monuments to the wisdom and public spirit of doctor franklin and other good citizens christ church Is an imposing structure all the pious folk despise the southward South wark theater where we went to see a performance of romeo and juliet by admirable local talent it gave me melancholy thoughts of my own romance may hay it have a better ending so thinking of pat and of you my dear lady who have a tender interest in our welfare and lastly of my belo era I 1 sign this hurried letter rail rma aoi IVI 0 n km cabot in a day of the debate on t the e resolution for Ind epen ae faa sat beside doctor fran franklin tin clr r r ta atrick trick henry soon to go 0 as its governor was was dressed in a peach E t curled over his edal eibl 1 0 nn 0 nose supported a he sat silent and square looking gart dally to quite a prom q ft 6 fd t a bof rear I 1 bov 10 c will you kindly elfo me wat is I 1 1 P his background frankiln mu t I 1 j many kinds of failure the lin an idler in his rr agh f md tudy study A ba bif I 1 woj av or mr tin eighteen Ight een i a in d 0 ap ff aitor to r rf will e eAVe vearn itri A apte vin took took to aska I 1 bankrupt he b S M t s ad T binin 1 in S J practice re at ahlm ill delf I 1 A k R e can 0 elorge rge ani m g pt th a kt like ike 01 L 14 WO AN hak ilk f I 1 lan la nega tam molded re gavares agures ures erect farrea fir rea ass i p cepe 11 0 elpel to EO make a nav nation a he ata de e y e ej W aird e r ad t 0 jr ahr T mas jefferson fastidious in I 1 dieca if amla p os feo loll 1011 outa usa lj s I 1 all hit opinions jefferson was a tall bony lb oad reface fig of cf 0 80 an ar I 1 io large la r and hands tie he was I 1 alie V years old there was a little spark ot I 1 f white in led ji deih s head bf f john adams 4 always an honest man sometimes a krat t P d dl RI OM I 1 N itu t l i li bilat ri mye tah yok rk 1 I ti W 7 coll it as abed red re ii sachi ami H 4 3 n M M K ii S ht 4 t III ills mind reminds me of a horses horse belly the rood good doctor answered often troubled with intellectual colic ne ile Is like the holes in that curious duel due of yours loaded with black sand nothing to do here but wear out the seat of ills his trousers lie ile and others have been caught speculating on the necessities of the army tile the young man sat through much of the noisy contention that followed the resolution of richard henry lee at last he saw the spirit of america defying the gallows anil and the firing squads and lifting its voice in a courageous declaration of human rights it was it a quiet scene ending in a deep solemn silence yet coun coln knew that the right hand of god was shaking the world the colonies had bad broken brohen their moorings A new nation was born A sense of the greatness of that moment spread through the hall then suddenly a mighty tumult of voices I 1 the bell in the tower was ringing other bells were shouting the news for more than thad a hundred years of peace and prayer and plenty the soul of a people had bat been meditating in this deep had been the throbbing fetus of an aspiration these thoughts were in the mind of colin cabot as he witnessed the wild enthusiasm in the hall ue he came out of the hall with mr adams who said to him now we are committed and the gates of hell cannot prevail against us immediately colln colin set out for new york fork to take the good news to the chief lie ile rode as rapidly as his mare could carry him and was less than two days on the road general washington read the report from mr adams with deep interest solemnly but calmly he be listened to colins account of the proceeding la in congress ile he said with al a smile my boy this news Is welcome and I 1 am much pleased that mr and mrs adams have a good opinion of you we have now to resolve to conquer or die relying oh the goodness of our cause and the supreme being at one time and another colln colin had observed a like note of faith in the talk and conduct of the general he was always at serm sermon on and prayers and once in an anxious time at cambridge when colin went to find the commander in chief with an important dispatch he discovered the general kneeling in prayer at his bedside once the young man had bad heard him say that if the cause was not worthy of the help of providence it ought not to succeed colln colin thought of the great downpour of rain in boston which had prevented the charge of howes flowes formidable force until the defenses of washington were finished mere here was wag an evidence of intervention but to the young man it was not convincing mr langdon had bad taught him that i th the e earth and its fullness was only an adjunct a setting of the unseen inner ner world whose main currents were watched 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