Part 13 (1/2)

The young officers began to stare

Gathering from their looks, that some of the company did not relish this kind of philosophy, he quickly thus resu pardon! I ion', I don't ri of sanctified pal prayers,'

and all the rest of that holy tru people cheerful, tends but to throw theion', that divine effort of the soul, which rises and e with filial ardor, and walks and converses with hientlemen, I would ask, all prejudice apart, what is there can so exalt the h friendshi+p with heaven, and those iion?”

Here one of the co, as palpably convicted by the truth of the general's argueneral, don't you think we can do pretty well here in caion?”

”What!” replied De Kalb, ”would you give it all up to the priests?”

”Yes, to be sure I would,” said the young officer, ”for I aeneral They are priests, and we are soldiers

So let the”

”Why, as to the fighting part,” rejoined De Kalb, ”I have no objection to doing all that for the priests, especially as their profession does not allow the them up all the devotion, I confess I ains at ho with pleasure so easily”

”PLEASURE!” replied the young officer with a sneer

”Yes, sir, PLEASURE,” returned De Kalb ”According to my creed, sir, piety and pleasure are synony physically, without bread, as of living pleasantly, without religion For what is religion, as I said before, but HABITUAL FRIENDshi+P WITH God? And what can the heart conceive so delightful?

Or what can so gratify it in all its best and strongest desires

For exaentlemen, we are all fond of honor I, forof France You glory in the friendshi+p of the great Washi+ngton Then what lory of hientlemen, we are all born to love, to adloomy

If he love a worthless object, he is mortified But if he love a truly worthy object, his face shi+nes, his eyes sparkle, his voice becomes sweet, and his whole air expressive of cheerfulness

And as this happy feeling s, keep pace with the excellence of the object that is beloved, then what reatest, best, and loveliest of all beings, whose eternal perfections and goodness can for ever make hientleh I am a soldier, and soldiers you know are seldom enthusiasts in this way, yet I verily believe, as I said before, that a htened and fervent piety ious eht of this extraordinary conversation, an officer stepped in and announced the arrival of general Gates

And here, as I have in this chapter given the reader what the jockies call a 'pretty long heat', I beg leave to order a halt and allow him a little time to breathe

Chapter 12

Gen Gates -- bon ht not to march -- De Kalb prophecies -- chickens counted before they are hatched, alias, Marion and the author sent by Gen Gates to prevent the escape of Cornwallis, before he had run -- the British and American armies meet -- Gates and his allant behavior, and glorious death

When a poor fellow is going down hill, it is but too coive hiht to bark and bite, For heaven hath ht, I can truly say, that nothing of this vile spirit suggests a syllable of what I norite of the unfortunate general Gates On the contrary, I feel an ardent wish to speak handsomely of hientleman, few cah a perfect Chesterfield at court, in caot his temples stuck round with laurels as thick as a May-day queen with gaudy flowers

And though the greater part of this was certainly the gallant workeneral Gates in the opinion of the nation, that ard, no doubt, to their own dearer selves, had the courage to bring hieneralissih they were not able to prosper hiet him the command of the army of Carolina, where his short and calaood patriot to thank God for continuing to his servant Washi+ngton, the command of the Aeneral Gates passed through Fredericksburg, where he fell in with general Charles Lee, who, in his frank

”Why, to take Cornwallis”

”I alish beef”

”Tough, sir,” replied Gates; ”tough! then begad I'll tender him