Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . Orleans to Canada, when he was lost in afog. His signal of distress brought an American vesselalongside, and Girard asked where he was. InDelaware Bay. The next question was how was heto get out ? This, the American told him, was easyenough, but just outside the bay the sea swarmed withBritish cruisers, and his advice to the young Frenchmanwas, that having come safely in he should risk no more,but sail direct to Philadelphia and there dispose of hiscargo. To this Girard objected; he did not know theriver, and had
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . Orleans to Canada, when he was lost in afog. His signal of distress brought an American vesselalongside, and Girard asked where he was. InDelaware Bay. The next question was how was heto get out ? This, the American told him, was easyenough, but just outside the bay the sea swarmed withBritish cruisers, and his advice to the young Frenchmanwas, that having come safely in he should risk no more,but sail direct to Philadelphia and there dispose of hiscargo. To this Girard objected; he did not know theriver, and had no money to pay a pilot. The captainthen backed his advice by action, and lent Girard fivedollars ; a pilot came on board, and so Girard ignorantiyand by chance, it seemed, went to his future home inthe Quaker City. In July, the ports were all block-aded by Lord Howe, and Girard sailed no more. Herented a little house on Water Street, and went intoanother venture of assorted goods. He lx)ught every-thing that he thought would sell again, but the l)usiness STEPHEN GIRARD. 48-;. STEPHEN GIRARD, HIS GIG. he found most profitable during all these early j-earswas bottling wine and brandy, which were consigned tohim in casks from Bordeaux. In front of his little shop there stood a pump, andamong the girls who came for water was Polly was young, and she was prett}; her eyes wereblack, and her dark hair curled about her neck. Girardwas not so aljsorbod that he could not see all this,nor was she indifterent to the conquest she made of theyoung Frenchman. He visited her, he asked her to 488 A SYLVAN CITY. marry liim, and Polly laughed and said she would, andso, on the sixth of July, 1777, they went to St. J^iulVchurch and were married by the Rev. Dr. Samuel ]Ma-gaw. Then they went back to Water Street, and li\cdthere until Septend)er, when Lord Howe, fancying hehad business in riiiladelphia, occupied the city, and sodrove many of the inhabitants away, and among themthe young Gir
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