A venture in 1777 . gtheir fur overcoats in the sleigh, asthe air was now warmer and theyhad to tramp some distance throughthe heavy drifts of Colonel put Montresors mapin the pocket of his fur coat, whichhe folded and laid in the also left the Counts richsable at the feet of the shall be gone half an hour,boys, said Verney. Had we notbetter call a corporal from the fireyonder to stand by the horses? ao Lord, man, said Grimstone, theywould stand till night. They aredead tired. Wont you want themap? No, said Verney; I know it byheart. About a hundred yards distan
A venture in 1777 . gtheir fur overcoats in the sleigh, asthe air was now warmer and theyhad to tramp some distance throughthe heavy drifts of Colonel put Montresors mapin the pocket of his fur coat, whichhe folded and laid in the also left the Counts richsable at the feet of the shall be gone half an hour,boys, said Verney. Had we notbetter call a corporal from the fireyonder to stand by the horses? ao Lord, man, said Grimstone, theywould stand till night. They aredead tired. Wont you want themap? No, said Verney; I know it byheart. About a hundred yards distant wasa great camp fire and just ahead ofthem an outlying picket of two sol-diers, one on each side above theroad. Tom sat on the front seat,the reins in his hand. Of a suddena mad idea came into his map was in the sleigh. Thetwo officers were far away, tramp-ing through the drifts. Before himlay the lonely highway. He wouldtake the map to Washington. Heforgot the peril of the mad venture 61 A VENTUREIN 1777. A VENTURE now tempting him, or gave it but aIN 1777 boys passing thought. His sum-mers had been spent at a farm nearWhite Marsh. He knew the coun-try well. The temptation was toomuch for him. A man would have realized the diffi-culties and the danger for thesmaller boys. He did not. A boysmind is more simple. The risks forhimself were merely additionaltemptations. He stood up, the reins in his hand,and gazed anxiously after the re-treating forms of the two he turned to his over in front. Bill; quick, anddont make a was mischief in the air as Bill 62
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