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In the Days of Poor Richard

CHAPTER II
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In a few minutes the squaw came in with her.

Solomon left money with the good master and promised to send more.
When the travelers went on that afternoon the Little White Birch stood by the door looking down the road at them.
"She has a coat o' red on her skin, but the heart o' the white man," said Solomon.
In a moment Jack heard him muttering, "It's a damn wicked thing to do--which there ain't no mistake." They had come to wagon roads improving as they approached towns and villages, in the first of which they began selling the drove.

When they reached Boston, nearly a week later, they had only the two horses which they rode.
The trial had just begun.

Being ardent Whigs, their testimony made an impression.

Jack's letter to his father says that Mr.Adams complimented them when they left the stand.
There is an old letter of Solomon Binkus which briefly describes the journey.


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