The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-09-28
CHAPTER XVI.

E1s9S1 sarily deferred. The packet
(&s&&s2I upon which he had engaged
passage and which had actually re-
ceived his baggage sailed without him.
1t would be some days before he would
grace the court of st. James with his
handsome person, and long time
would elapse before he would once
more rejoice In the Sigh Of his be-
loved hills. When he neN 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 had so assiduoasly 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 little of it's luster
/ diminished, and was destined to ap-
pear not quite so glorious as it had
after Long Island; in fact, is was soon
to be seen that it was only a pyro-
technic star after all, and not in the
order Of heaven! Both Of these gentle
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, even 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-
latjons Of certain number of his mai
esty's faithful troops were to be rude
~ 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
could enjoy the enforced hospitality
of the surly but substantial Jerseymen
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 manner which in another sex
might be called coquett1sh, 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
even the presence Of an army could
estop him.
Things were not quiet on the Penn
syTan1a 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 rotting 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 were
q soldier, and with Philip for esquire,