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SO all that Benedict Arnold ever did for the 

 freedom of his country has been blotted out 

 by his futile attempt to accomplish its ruin. 



I sat for hours that evening in his library 

 with the editor, who is an encyclopaedia of 

 historical knowledge, collating what I have 

 written from his store of facts and anecdotes. 

 As I was about to leave, he observed, " I am 

 afraid you will have a cold ride to-morrow, but 

 it is not as cold as it was Sunday morning. 

 See that water-color painting? Looks dam- 

 aged, don't it? Well, that happened Saturday 

 night because there was no fire in the furnace. 

 The water in the color froze." When 1 came 

 to know Danbury better on the next day, I 

 wondered why the paintings there were not 

 done in whiskey : but my suspicions were now 

 aroused by this remark of the jocular news- 

 paper chief, and I asked, '' Mr. Bailey, is this 

 all true that you have been telling me ? " 



''True as Gospel," he replied, solemnly. 

 "Do you believe the Gospel?" I inquired. 

 " In the main," responded the editor. ''Well, 

 then," I answered, " I'll believe this in the 

 main, for I know there was a Revolutionary 

 war and I think it quite likely there was a fire 

 in Danbury, possibly about that time. Good 



