. Little journeys to the homes of the great . uld never remem-ber my name, so I write it out for you like this. 53In a few minutes the order was given, All ashore whoare going ashore! Girard kept that slip of paper, and a few years after-ward, in a generous mood, sent the girl a present ofa blue shawl. She wrote in acknowledgment, andincidentally said she was soon to sail for France toget an education. Girard was surprised that any woman would want aneducation, and still more amazed at the probabilitythat she could acquire one. In fact, when the girl hadwritten her name for him, he kept the sl
. Little journeys to the homes of the great . uld never remem-ber my name, so I write it out for you like this. 53In a few minutes the order was given, All ashore whoare going ashore! Girard kept that slip of paper, and a few years after-ward, in a generous mood, sent the girl a present ofa blue shawl. She wrote in acknowledgment, andincidentally said she was soon to sail for France toget an education. Girard was surprised that any woman would want aneducation, and still more amazed at the probabilitythat she could acquire one. In fact, when the girl hadwritten her name for him, he kept the slip of papermore as a curiosity than anything else—it was thehandwriting of a woman! Girard never received butthat one letter from the young lady, but from his ship-ping agent in Martinique word came that MarieJosephine Rose had married, when sixteen, the VicomteBeauharnais. Some years after, Girard heard from thesame source that she was a , he learned she had married a Corsican by thename of Napoleon Bonaparte. Ml STEPHEN GIRARD. IRARD used to say that he did not cometo Philadelphia of his own accord, but havingbeen sent there by Providence, he made thebest of it. War was on, and all American ports were long this war would last, no one knew. Girardssympathies were with the Colonies, and the cause ofliberty was strong in his heart. He was glad that France—his La Belle France—had loaned us money wherewithto fight England. Yet all his instincts were opposed toviolence, and the pomps of army life for him had nolure 53 53 He unloaded his ship, put the craft at safe anchorageand settled down, trying to be patient. He could havesold his cargo outright, but he had a head for business—prices were rising, and he had time—he had all thetime there was. He rented a store on Water Street andopened up at retail. It was the best way to kill timeuntil the war closed. The rogue biographer has told us that Girards shipwas loaded with niggers, and that these were
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