The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-01-18

and dehauch. and nothing could have been
more apt or prophetic than the remark made
l'y Franklin whea il became known 10 him
that the Delaware had been opened by
Howe; Philadelphia has succumbed 70 the
British, but they In tHrn viii suerurr.a 20
rhiladelphia."
Ii had been even 90, but the etfec. had be.
come apparent in New York. The civil law
bad long been prustrsts; the military au-
thority lax. Nov the British were waking
IN the condition Of man after a nights dis.
sipation. battling with a niuddlcd brain, and
feeling the Internal economy fairly out Of
gear. Fraud, fear and incompetence reisned
in every branch OF the service, and betWixt
fire, vandalism and the necessities Of war,
New York, which had never known and was
nercr TO know the dignity o. battle, suffered
a. no besieacd city could suffer more.
All lbia suited my purpose, as well as d.
rectly favored my interest. The influx Of =
host Of newcomers saved me from being
Prominent az a stranger, and the extra prep.
sratious for the defense Of the town, To-
gethcr with the knowledge tha, the French
we're at last upon the sea. diverted atten.
tion from small naval ventures.
! had feared the Phantom would be i'm.
mediately rcitted aud armed for pound
or river cruising. and was nightly pleased
TO have the days go By aud see her, aA the
saying goes, taking roof to the bottom"
Never did She sun set without my having
q tcok at her swinging at her anchor She
lay on the hali-dsrertcd shipyArd. which be
came a favoriis hauHt of mine when tired
q the mask wore and wished 10 ease into
my true aalf.
And there | would walk up and down,
aad each day watch the growth Of the inuck
that had fouled her cable on tbs ehs and
iiow Of the tide, She had not even been
dismantled, and, Tor susht could ser. wns
without guard save ct night; bat 90 have
gone out TO her and worked upon the cabin
huikhrad would have been impossible. Tie
boat from her iarloaFd davits had been
taken away, but The dingey stu hung over
the stern, az tsntaliEiHg a. @ cup Of Saier
Just beyond the reach ol q thiraling man.
A hwees sight lhut melancholy naej the
schooner made TO me rs she swung on the
broad river well from land, the fair light Of
IN evening over her, mcilowing her lines and
diminishing the frHtincsi az her sides. be
5ond her was the bald work Of Fort sterling
built and deserted unharmed b. the pa.
trio,s two years beforel, SHADING clear and
yellow above the height 81 BFeakIspd tnow
hFooklyul
OF Wan street lar many of Iiowc's flcci,
though the largest number was posted south
Of Nuttens island tCovernoTs idandi. in
readiness 10 oppose tbs French, who werc
daily expected.
But in the fair harmony OF sky and land
and water there was one discnrdRnt cote.
The horrible bulk Of the JcFsey. within easy
scape of the eye, was directly opposite, and
more than once did ! acc her UNLOAD her
dead, and could almost hrar the cry Of
Down, " reiseip, downi" an the patriot
prisoners WEIR driven below at muEs~t.
Excepting in The shipysrd and through
the sgarssiy built district lying bcssixs The
lima q Notifications and tho city proper on
the westward side 81 The leland, there was
hsafrrly rood Of land to which could Gee
and not euzDe In contact with the evidence
q Tssr. The quiet detelation or hafTennazs
cf the former and the broad. green mead
css the san9 III birds, she hsrsaonicnx hush
Al nature and eaimness % ti.a evening skies
at the latter point were In markell contrast
uish the haii lying Gloss at hand. Had the
devil come on raetA Ia his proper pcsssn, "a
sosae paet hax made him out to have done.
and landed ia New York, he w0a!d have
rnhixd HE hands and switrhea his lnfi,c<i
tsii ia esx< Il the vork ii his zsnssxnfisz who
-.e9e ssrxiRR him ~ hus few sa-sAije6 Chris
iisss sssve the Almighty.
4 H4r<fnea4 inAumxnitY st4lked hefa5e 90
s1ieif and rsnsed = isuet. Cru<lty hxd ~
eunk Isn2liua. Dnme1ticjty Nnx dead.
llebhery s>rn1d III % Ia nsnusc 81 { rar.
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