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him every service in his power. Some time after this, 

 Franklin, who knew nothing of what had taken place, was 

 one day at work along with his master near the window, when 

 * we saw,' says he, * the Governor and another gentleman 

 (who proved to be Colonel French, of Newcastle, in the 

 province of Delaware), finely dressed, come directly across 

 the street to our house, and heard them at the door. Keimer 

 ran down immediately, thinking it a visit to him ; but the 

 Governor inquired for me, came up, and with a condescen- 

 sion and politeness I had been quite unused to, made me 

 many compliments, desired to be acquainted with me, 

 blamed me kindly for not having made myself known to 

 him when I first came to the place, and would have me away 

 with him to the tavern, where he was going with Colonel 

 French, to taste, as he said, some excellent Madeira. I was 

 not a little surprised, and Keimer stared with astonish- 

 ment.' 



The reader already perceives that Sir William must have 

 been rather an odd sort of person ; and this becomes still 

 more apparent in the sequel of the story. Having got his 

 young protege to the tavern, he proposed to him, over their 

 wine, that he should as soon as possible set up in Phila- 

 delphia as a master printer, only continuing to work with 

 Keimer till an opportunity should offer of a passage to 

 Boston, when he would return home, to arrange the matter 

 with his father, who, the Governor had no doubt, would, 

 upon a letter from him, at once advance his son the necessary 

 funds for commencing business. Accordingly, Franklin set 

 out for Boston by the first vessel that sailed ; and, upon his 

 arrival, was very kindly received by all his family, except 

 his brother, and surprised his father not a little by presenting 



