The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-09

f~sS-. Sarily deferred. The packet
49, upon which he had engaged
passage and which had actually re-
ceived his .ggage sailed without him.
1t would be some days before he would
grace the court of st. James with his
handsome person, and a long time
would elapse before he would once
more rejoice in the sight of his be-
loved hills. When he next returned it
would not be with the laurels of a
conqueror either! He was to try con-
illusions once and again with the gen.
tleman he nad so a~ssiduouSly pursued
through the Jerseys, and this time
aye, and in the end, too-the honors
were to be with his antagonist. The
star and order of the Bath, which his
gracious and generous Britannia ma
jesty had sent over to the new Caesar.
General Howe, with so much lauda-
ton and SO many words Of congratula-
ton, was to have a little of its luster
diminished, and was destined to APP
pear not quite so glorious as it had
after Long Island; in fact, is was soon
to be seen that ii was only a pyro-
technic star after all, and not in the
order of heavenl Both of these gent e.
men Were to learn that an army-al-
most any kind of an army-is always
dangerous until it is wiped out, and it
is not to be considered as wiped out as
long as it has any coherent existence
at all, wen if the coherent existence
only depends upon the iron will of one
man-which is another way of saying
the game Is never won until it is ended.
There was mounting in hot haste in
New York. and couriers and orders
streamed over the frozen roads, and
Lord CORVALLIS himself galloped at
full speed for Princeton. The calcu-
lations of a certain number of his maj
esty's faithful troops were to be rude
ly disturbed, and the comfortable quar-
tiers in which they had ensconced them
selves were to be vacated forthwith.
Concentration, aggregation. synthesis,
were the words, and this time the reas-
sembled army was not to disintegrate
into winter quarters until this pestilent
Mr.. Washington was attended to, and
attended to so effectually that they
could enjoy the enforced hospitality
of the surly but substantial ~Jerseynlen
through the long winter nights undis-
turbed.
For his part, Mr.. Washington, having
tasted success, the first real brilliant
offensive success of the campaign, was
quite willing to be attended to. In
fact, in a manner which in another sex
might be called coquettish, he seemed
to court attention. Having successful
ly attacked with his frostbitten. ragged
regiments a detachment, he was now
TO demonstrate to the world that not
eve the presence of an army could
estop him.
Things were not quiet on the Penn
sylvania side of the river either; there
were such comings and goings IN New.
town as that staid and conservative
village had never before seen. Our
two friends. the sad hearted, were both
busily employed. Talbot had galloped
over the familiar road and had electri-
fed the good people of Philadelphia
with his news and then had FASTENED on
TO Baltimore to reassure the spirits of
the frightened congress. Honest Robert
Morris was twrotting around from door
TO door upon New Years morning, hat
In hand, begging for dollars TO assist
his friend George Washington and the
cause of liberty and the suffering
army; and Seymour, become as it We're
n soldier. and with Philip for esquire.
was waiting TO take what he could
get, be the amount ever so little. back
to General Washington. The sailor
had been granted a further leave of alb
sence by the naval committee at the
generals urgent request, and was glad
to learn that he should soon have
command of the promised ship of war
which was even then making ready in
the Delaware. Honest Bentley-be-
loved of the soldiery in spite of his
genuinely expressed contempt for land
warriors-was lending what aid he
could in keeping up the spirits of the
men and in other material ways in
the camp. Some of the clothing, some
of the guns from the Mellish. some of
the material captured from the Hes
slams had gone into the hands and over
the backs and upon the feet of the
men. But the clothed and the naked
We're equally happy. for had they not
done something at last? Aye! They had
given assurance that they were men
to be reckoned with.
Fired by the example set them by
the Continentals, the Pennsylvania
militia, under Cadwalader and Ewing
ana Mitiiin. had at last crossed the
Delaware and Joined Grifin's men.
Washington had followed them, and
the Doth ef December found him estab-
lished in new headquarters at Tren-
ton. A number of mounds In the fields
covered with snow. some bitter recol-