. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. ade her fathers face—bywhich, of course, he meant his own—as wellknown as that of the moon. In fact, he became the rage. We all wantedto see Chinas great statesman and viceroy, LiHung Chang, when he visited us; his reputationfor ability and suavity, his odd ways and noveldress, all interested us. In a similar way, Frank-lin was a curiosity to the people of the OldWorld. He always dressed plainly; and his hair,which was gray and quite thin, was not con-cealed by a wig, though he often wore a fur cap,pulled down nearly to
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. ade her fathers face—bywhich, of course, he meant his own—as wellknown as that of the moon. In fact, he became the rage. We all wantedto see Chinas great statesman and viceroy, LiHung Chang, when he visited us; his reputationfor ability and suavity, his odd ways and noveldress, all interested us. In a similar way, Frank-lin was a curiosity to the people of the OldWorld. He always dressed plainly; and his hair,which was gray and quite thin, was not con-cealed by a wig, though he often wore a fur cap,pulled down nearly to his spectacle-rims. Ignorant people whispered that he was awizard, engaged in separating the colonies fromEngland by means of his magic spells. Allshowed their admiration of his attainments; butamid all of the compliments paid him and theextravagant attentions he received, he re-mained the simple-minded, plain republican, everkeeping in mind his countrys trials and herneed The court of France, while friendly and willingto aid us as it could, was not as yet ready to. IT IS NOT THAT THE WIG IS TOO SMALL;YOUR HEAD IS TOO LARGE! IT IS THAT acknowledge our independence, and by so doingto provoke a conflict with Great Britain. Thewar, thus far, had gone against us; news of theone bright ray in the gloom —Washingtons vic-tory at Trenton—had taken five months to reachFrance, so difficult was it to escape from theBritish cruisers watching our coasts. Some muskets and a private loan of $400,000were secured, and single volunteers were fight for America became with the youngFrench nobles what nowadays we should call afad. Franklin was besieged by requests to beofficers in our army, or for letters of recom-mendation to Congress, and he was at his witsend to refuse with kindness, so that he should notmake promises of rank that he could not fulfil. In contrast to many of these requests at thistime stands Lafayettes generous ofYer of money,arms, and his life, if need be, wit
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