. Book of the Royal blue . along through life on a wooden leg,had made him notoriously cross andcrabbed. Being ousted from office by THE SHAIil-S Ol- .\f.\XXAHATTA. death, the final scene in his great oneact comedy-drama as Governor of NewYork might have made him worse. Buthe was not crabbed to-niglit. He invitedhis nearest neighbors to come over andcelebrate an event which his posterity-had brought about. While his guests were sipping thevaporous home brew, which he set beforethem, he busied himself getting out anold parchment map, mildewed with unrolling it on the big oaken table. se
. Book of the Royal blue . along through life on a wooden leg,had made him notoriously cross andcrabbed. Being ousted from office by THE SHAIil-S Ol- .\f.\XXAHATTA. death, the final scene in his great oneact comedy-drama as Governor of NewYork might have made him worse. Buthe was not crabbed to-niglit. He invitedhis nearest neighbors to come over andcelebrate an event which his posterity-had brought about. While his guests were sipping thevaporous home brew, which he set beforethem, he busied himself getting out anold parchment map, mildewed with unrolling it on the big oaken table. sea. It was called the Isle of Manna-hatta. Across from the foot of theisland, to the west and bordering thesea, were rude lines, indicating a village,and its Dutch letters, almost obliterated,spelled the word Communi])aw. Thedate on the map as near as could bemade out was 1607. Peter stimiped around the table withhis hands behind him, bending over hisgui-Sts, examining the map. He stoppedat the foot of the table and tugtjed.
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