A Gallant Gesture

At ten o’clock of the battle day, when the shells were rolling down every street, and the bridge under heavy cannonade, a courier dashed over and, rushing up the steps of the house where I was, placed in my hand a crumpled piece of paper, a request from the lion-hearted old surgeon on the opposite……

A Born Commander

The French were openly united with America now. There had been battles and a victory for Washington at Monmouth. The advance guard was coming. The music was quiet now, but the drums were thumping to mark time for the marching feet. There was Timothy Allen, riding at the head of his men, the wind blowing……

The Noble Nature

BY BEN JONSON It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make Man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, – It was……