A venture in 1777 . sausage and slapjacks and friedchicken! The boys had their fill forthe first time since they left they lay on the floor beforethe fire. The twins looked expect-ant. You promised us a story, saidBill, when you came shall be as good as my dont want it to begin with Onceon a time, said Harry, now quiteat home. They always begin thatway. The Count told us a story on 90 Christmas Eve about an angel andit turned out that it wasnt a realone after all. That was terrible, said the Cap-tain. My story is true. Now andthen I go into Philadelphia to
A venture in 1777 . sausage and slapjacks and friedchicken! The boys had their fill forthe first time since they left they lay on the floor beforethe fire. The twins looked expect-ant. You promised us a story, saidBill, when you came shall be as good as my dont want it to begin with Onceon a time, said Harry, now quiteat home. They always begin thatway. The Count told us a story on 90 Christmas Eve about an angel andit turned out that it wasnt a realone after all. That was terrible, said the Cap-tain. My story is true. Now andthen I go into Philadelphia to seethe troops and where they isnt that dangerous? askedTom, who knew well what was th^fate of a spy. Well, rather. I should be hangedif I were caught, but you see theydont catch me. Two days ago Irode with a trooper to a desertedbam, and there I put on a Quakerbonnet and old womans clothesand shoes and horn spectacles andwith a crutch and a basket of eggsI got of a farmer, I walked down 91 A VENTURE IN 1777. A VENTURE. IN 1777
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