. St. Nicholas [serial]. talways; he was master of his fate, and gaveyou the feeling, Mr. Osbourne says, that he wasmade on a big scale, though he walked with botha crutch and a cane. And a big man he was,with a big voice and big hands. He used to pullhimself up the stairs, talking all the time towhoever was holding the door open at the could always tell if Henley had been at thehouse, for days afterward the marks of his bighands showed on the railing and the wall. Of course, he was nt like Silver in anythingelse; it was his maimed strength and masterful-ness, as Stevenson wrote to him,
. St. Nicholas [serial]. talways; he was master of his fate, and gaveyou the feeling, Mr. Osbourne says, that he wasmade on a big scale, though he walked with botha crutch and a cane. And a big man he was,with a big voice and big hands. He used to pullhimself up the stairs, talking all the time towhoever was holding the door open at the could always tell if Henley had been at thehouse, for days afterward the marks of his bighands showed on the railing and the wall. Of course, he was nt like Silver in anythingelse; it was his maimed strength and masterful-ness, as Stevenson wrote to him, that were bor-rowed for Long John. And how Henley didenjoy Treasure Island and its success! Hepresented the author with an old flint-lock he dbought, assuring us that it was Silvers pistol! A blind man, a lame one with his leg held highin a sling, another with a maimed hand —it is noeasy thing to be a pirate. But sacrifices must bemade, and who would nt make them cheerfullyfor such a treasure of a play? wenf tfaveling. When our Presidents now visit the various forty-eight States of the Union, or, as we say, swingaround the circle, it is in great contrast toWashingtons day. He found it a vastly moretedious undertaking to travel over the originalthirteen States that then constituted the he went traveling, and many of the eventsthat occurred on the way, he recorded in thejournal which he kept from the days when, a boyof sixteen, he rnade surveying trips through thewoods and over the mountains of his native State,down to the closing hours of his eventful life —alife of immense activity which, as has been said,condensed a score of lifetimes into his fifty-seven well-rounded years. The surveying trips of his young manhoodlasted for about three years. The dangers andhardships he was exposed to, the life in the openair, as well as the knowledge of the Indians whichhe gained, proved of the greatest use in the yearswhich followed. No better model could be foundfor the Boy
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