A venture in 1777 . and the Gemini must havethe frolic. I listened, well pleased. Hepaused on his way to bed, and whilethe officers were studying MajorMontresors elaborate map, hepocketed the rough sketch of attackVerney had crumpled up and castunder the table. The boy was by this time more thanmerely curious. Being intelligentand thoughtful, all this war talk in-terested him, and now for two yearshis fathers letters while in service 54 and the constant discussion he a VENTURE heard had rendered familiar the in 1777 movements of the two armies and the changing fortunes of the war.


A venture in 1777 . and the Gemini must havethe frolic. I listened, well pleased. Hepaused on his way to bed, and whilethe officers were studying MajorMontresors elaborate map, hepocketed the rough sketch of attackVerney had crumpled up and castunder the table. The boy was by this time more thanmerely curious. Being intelligentand thoughtful, all this war talk in-terested him, and now for two yearshis fathers letters while in service 54 and the constant discussion he a VENTURE heard had rendered familiar the in 1777 movements of the two armies and the changing fortunes of the war. The great value of the map of Sir Williams chief engineer had been made plain to him, and his mothers gay suggestion that it would be a nice Christmas gift to Washington set the lad to planning all manner of wild schemes as he lay abed. He finally gave it up in despair. How could a boy manage to steal a map from a man like Vemey and then getto Valley Forge? It was no use to bother about it, and he went to sleep. 55.


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