. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . y in the story, Jack con-fessed. But what of that ? Franklin could have eaten itthat way if any one could. He was smart enough to doanything. And so that s where he was born, is it? s the spot, said Uncle Tom. Some peopledeclare his birthplace was downon Hanover street, but it nowseems pretty certain that the littleMilk street house was the ri^ht o one. But not in that tailors shop,surely, said Christine. Why, itdoes nt look nearly old Of course not, Marian de-cided. Why, Franklin was
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . y in the story, Jack con-fessed. But what of that ? Franklin could have eaten itthat way if any one could. He was smart enough to doanything. And so that s where he was born, is it? s the spot, said Uncle Tom. Some peopledeclare his birthplace was downon Hanover street, but it nowseems pretty certain that the littleMilk street house was the ri^ht o one. But not in that tailors shop,surely, said Christine. Why, itdoes nt look nearly old Of course not, Marian de-cided. Why, Franklin was bornin when was he born, Uncle THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH, birthplace is opposite the farther end. Tom ? Seventeenth of January,1706, promptly replied her uncle,who, as all the boys and girls de-clared, was always great on dates. I m afraid, he continued,your making the birthplace ofFranklin out of that iron buildine O across the way about equals Jacksthree arms, though I must saythat the stories all uphold Jacksthree loaves. Aha ! Miss Smarty ; whatdid I tell you ? cried Jack, trium-. IX BOSTON TOWN I said Franklin could do it. 1 m going to try it some phantly. day. No ; that building over there is, of course, on the site of Franklinsbirthplace, Uncle Tom explained. It simply marks with its memorialtablet the spot on which stood, untilthe year 1810, the queer little top-heavy wooden cottage in which Ben-jamin Franklin was born. That was a good deal likeFranklin himself, was nt it, UncleTom ? Bert commented - - heavyin the upper story, you know. Good enough, Bert! laughedUncle Tom. Yes; you may say itwas typical. I wish we had moresuch tablets as that one over theway. It is one of the best historyteachers for vounor Americans that I know of—and for old ones, too, headded. But come ; lets move s nothing else about that build-ine to remind us of Franklin, and & Faneuil Hall is nt far away. They had arrived in Boston that morning on a sight-seeing tour —Un
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