White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-27

belly" the good doctor answered.
"Often troubled with intellectual collie.
He is like the holes in that curious
duel of yours-loaded with black sand.
Nothing to do here but wear out the
seat of his trousers. He and others
have been caught specializing on the
necessities Of the army"
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, de-
flying the gallows and the firing
squads, and lifting it's voice in a
courageous declaration Of human
rights. 1t was quiet scene ending
in deep solemn silence. Yet Colin
knew that the right hand Of God was
shaking the world. The Colonies had
broken their mornings. A new nation
was born. A sense Of the greatness
Of that moment spread through the
hall. Then, suddenly, mighty tumult
of voices! The bell in the tower was
ringing. Other bells were shouting
the news. For more than a hundred
years Of peace and prayer and plenty
the soul Of people had been meditat-
ing. In this deep had been the throb-
bling fetus Of an aspiration.
These thoughts were in the mind Of
Colin Cabot as he witnessed the wild
enthusiasm in the hall.
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 u.s.
Immediately Colin set out for New
York to take the good news to the
Chief. He 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 listened to
Collins account Of the proceeding in
congress. He said with smile: "My
boy, this news is welcome and I am
much pleased that Mr.. and Mrs.
Adams have good opinion of you.
We have now to resolve to conquer or
die relying on the goodness Of our
cause and the Supreme Being
At one time and another Colin had
observed like note Of faith In the
talk and conduct of the General. He
was always at sermon and prayers
and once in an anxious time at Cam
bridge when Colin went to find the
Commander in Chief with an i'm
portant dispatch he discovered the
General kneeling in prayer at his bed
side. Once the young man had heard
him say that If the cause was not
worthy of the help of Providence it
ought not to succeed.
Colin thought of the great downpour
Of rain in Boston which had pre-
vented the charge Of Howe's formid-
able force until the defenses of Wash
ington were finished. Here was an
evidence of intervention but to the
young man it was not convincing.
Mr.. Langdon had taught him that
the earth and it's fullness was only an
adjunct-a setting of the unseen, In
ner world whose main currents were
watched by the great eye of God and
directed by His mighty hand. Could
it be true? Alone at night in the
secret sessions of his thought he had
felt faint conviction of this in the
devotion of the mistreated army. Still
the posture Of his mind may be de-
scribed as skeptical but open.
Mrs. Washington gave him hearty
welcome and invited him to her apart
ment. Like mother she fondly en-
braced and kissed him saying: Dear
boy. am proud of you. Nancy came
to see me. She is very humble.
think better of her. Poor child She
made me her mother confessor. If I
had been Abigail Adams, I can i'm
agine what would have been said to
her" -
Here she took up her knitting and
laughed as she adjusted her needles.
II am not such strait-laced Puri-
tan pitied the girl. Men and wom-
en- are as they are and none Of us are
any too perfect. Have you had no
word from PATTI"
"None."
"Well, she is very far away and l
suppose it's impossible for letters to
come through" The Lady went on
with a sigh. 1--WE don't know what
may happen"
There was a moment of solemn
silence in which it occurred to Colin
that Nancy was, indeed, on better
footing with her Ladyship. She pulled
her yarn and started on a new layer
of stitches.
"Tell me about Mrs. Adams par
ties"
He gave her vivid account of the
guests, the servants, the silver and the
tablecloths and shortly went to his
tasks.
He was at work in the office at
headquarters until the ninth of July
when the army assembled for review
and cannon were fired and Colin read
the Declaration of Independence to
the troops and told of the day of its
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