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The commission and other papers were all right in every respect. Christy handed his envelope to the commander, and he broke it open. It contained nothing but a lot of blank paper.
āđāļ§āđāļ āđāļāļĄ āļŠāļĨāđāļāļ āđāļāļ āļāđāļēāļĒ "I won't do so any more, Captain Passford," protested the steward, showing his ivory, though he was not a very black man, and the contrast was not as great as in many instances. "A drift lead, sir," replied Mr. Flint. "But I can wait, Mr. Pennant," interposed Christy. CHAPTER XVIII A BATTLE ON A SMALL SCALE "George Washington is regarded as one who could not tell a lie from the time the little hatchet story had birth to the end of the Revolution. We read that he strongly impressed Clinton with the belief that he intended to attack New York; and the school history says that this deception was so successfully practised, that Washington was some distance on his way to Virginia before Clinton suspected where he was leading his army.