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TWO STORIES OF WASHINGTON.
Told by Dr. Edward Everett Hale in His
"Memories. "
Dr. Edward Everett Halo iu his
"Memories of a Hundred Years" now
publishing in The Outlook ndds to his
own memories those of his father and of
others. Some of these anecdotes go
beyond the limits of the century ; in the
instalment for January , for instance ,
are collected several reminiscences of
Washington. In relating these Dr. Hale
says :
"An old parishioner of mine once told
me that the day when Washington en
tered Boston in triumph , that is , on the
17th of March , 1776 , he took up his
headquarters at the best public house in
Boston , whioh was at the head of State
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& street" , until then called King street.
According to my old friend's account ,
General Howe had occupied the same
inn. The mother of my informant was
the daughter of the keeper of the inn ,
and was a little girl playing about the
house , and , of course , interested in all
that passed. Washington , with his
usual kindness to children , called the
child to him and said , 'You have seen
the soldiers on both sides ; which do you
like best ? ' The little girl could not
tell a lie any more than he could , and
with a childish frankness , she said she
liked the red coats best. Washington ,
laughed , according to my friend's story ,
and said to her , 'Yes , my dear , the red
coats do look the best , but it takes the
ragged boys to do the fighting. " This
is one of many well authenticated anec
dotes which disproves the old demigod
theoiy that Washington never smiled.
When I was in college , Jared Sparks ,
always a near friend , was lecturing on
American history. I stopped after .the
lecture to ask him some question , and
he told me this story of the Battle of
Princeton. I dare not call it my per
sonal touch with the Revolution , but it
removes me from it by only one gap.
Sparks told me of the Massachusetts
officer , whose name he did not give me ,
who was at Princeton on the day of the
battle. There is a certain bridge , which
the well-informed reader will remem
ber , which it was important to destroy.
Washington instructed this Massachu
setts captain to take a file of men and
destroy the bridge. The captain
touched his hat and said , 'Are there
enough men ? ' and Washington said ,
Enough to be cut to pieces. ' This
man told Dr. Sparks afterward that as
he went back to his men he pinched his
cheeks for fear that they should see that
he was pole ; and they destroyed the
bridge. "
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