. St. Nicholas [serial]. sin submission. Richard asked their wish, and whenthey replied, Freedom, granted it, and they dis-persed in peace. Poor Richard! His later life was sad enough!But whenever I think of that deed I forget the manand see only the young king turning away the wrathof his people with a gentle hand and ruling themwith love. MY FAVORITE EPISODE IN HISTORY. BY WILLIAM A. R. RUSSUM (AGE 13). There are many daring incidents recorded in theannals of our native land at the time when the thir-teen colonies, planted along the Atlantic, were strug-gling with might and main for liberty
. St. Nicholas [serial]. sin submission. Richard asked their wish, and whenthey replied, Freedom, granted it, and they dis-persed in peace. Poor Richard! His later life was sad enough!But whenever I think of that deed I forget the manand see only the young king turning away the wrathof his people with a gentle hand and ruling themwith love. MY FAVORITE EPISODE IN HISTORY. BY WILLIAM A. R. RUSSUM (AGE 13). There are many daring incidents recorded in theannals of our native land at the time when the thir-teen colonies, planted along the Atlantic, were strug-gling with might and main for liberty and indepen-dence. One that I es-pecially admire, andwhich remains a fineexample of Americancourage, is Israel Put-nams bold plungedown the rocky steepat Horse Neck. Hismen had been forcedto retreat, the enemywere hard on his heels,and there seemed tobe no hope of he was racing alongon his noble steed hesaw on one side of the road a steep and rocky «STILL LI BY E -,EL MESS-slope. Ten to one it erw, age [July, was instant death ; yet, ratherthan yield to his pursuers,he turned his horses headtoward the slope. Withouta moments delay the daringanimal left the road, boundedon to the rocks, and, as chancewould have it, escaped withhimself and his brave riderwholly uninjured, while theBritish soldiers, dumfounded,halted at the roadside anddared not follow. STUDY FROM STILL LIFE. BY JESSIE CANDEEARCHER, AGE 16. LETTERS. Winsted, St. Nicholas : Wehave had our chapter, whichis No. 622, one year now, andhave taken in two new mem-bers, Mabel Girard of Winsted
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