The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-05-22

Franklin, set out with the two grea'
men for the conference on Staten Is
land. He went in high hope that III
was to witness the last scene of thu
war.
In Amboy he sent a letter to hi
father, which said:
"Mr. Adams is a blunt, outspoker
man. If things do not go to his Xix
ing, he is quick to tell you. Doctor
Franklin is humorous and polite, but
firm as y God-placed mountain. You
may put your shoulder against the
mountain and push and think 1t is
moving, but it isn't. He Is established
He has found his proper bearings and
is done with moving. These two great
men differ in little matters. They had
a curious quarrel the other evening.
We had reached New Brunswick on
our way north. The taverns were
crowded. I ran from one to another
trying to find entertainment for my
distinguished friends. At last | found
a small chamber with n bed in II
and a single window. The bed nearly
filed the room. No better accommo-
dation was to be had. | had left them
sitting ON a bench in a little grove near
the large hotel, with the luggage near
them. When I returned they were hav-
ing a hot argument over the origin OF
northeast storms, the doctor asserting
that he had learned by experiment that
they began in the southwest and pro-
ceeded in a n~ortheasterly direction. /
had to wait ten minutes for a chance
to speak to them. Mr.. Adams was hot
faced, the doctor calm and smiling. /
impaired the news.
"'God of Israeli Mr.. Adams ex-
claimed. SIS 1t not enough that l have
to agree with your Must l also sleep
with your
"'Sir, l hope that you must not, but
If you must, I beg that you will sleep
more gently than you talk said Frank
lin.
81 went with them to their quarters
carrying the luggage. On the way Mr..
Adams complained that he had picked
up a flea somewhere.
"'The flea, sir, is a small animal,
but a big fact said Franklin. You
alarm me. Two large men and a flea
will be apt to crowd our quarters
"In the room they argued with a
depth of feeling which astonished me,
as to whether the one window should
be open or closed. Mr.. Adams had
closed it.
"'Please do not close the window
said Franklin. We shall ~suffocate.'
"'Sir, I am an invalid and afraid Of
the night air. said Adams rather
testify.
"@The air of this DON will be much
worse for you than that out-of-doors,
Franklin retorted. He was then be-
tween the covers. I beg of you to
open the window and get into bed and
If I do not prove my case to your sat
isfaction, I will consent to its being
closed
81 lay down on a straw-flled mat
tress outside their door. I heard Mr..
Adams open the window and get into
bed. Then Doctor Franklin began to
expound his theory Of colds. He de-
clared that cold air ave gave any
one a cold; that respiration destroyed
a gallon of air q minute and that al
the air in the room would be con-
sumed in an hour. He went N and on
and long before he had finished his
argument, Mr.. Adams was snoring,
convinced rather by the length than
the cogency of the reasoning. Soon
the two great men, whose fame may be
said to fill the earth. were asleep in
the same bed in that little box of a
room and snoring in a way that sug-
loud contention. / had to laugh
as | listened. Mr.. Adams would seem
to have been defeated, for, by and by,
heard him muttering as he walked the
Howe's barge met the party at Am
boy and conveyed them to the landing
near his headquarters. 1t was, how
ever, a fruitless journey. Howe wished
to negotiate on the old ground now
abandoned forever. The people of
America had spoken for independence
new, i%rreyocable fact not to be put
aside by ambassadors. The colonies
lost. The concessions which the
wise Franklin had so urgently recon-
mended to the government of England,
Howe seemed now inclined to offer,
but they could not be entertained.
'Then my government can only
maintain its dignity by fighting" said
Howe.
"That is a mistaken notion" Frank
lin answered. 'It will be much more
dignifed for your government to ac-
knowledgs its error thar to persist in
it."
"We shall fight" Howe declared.
"And you will have more fighting to
do than you anticipate" said Franklin.
Mature is our friend and ally. The
Lord has prepared our defenses. They
are the sea, the mountains, the forest
and the character of our DeoDle. Con-