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So I am here to do what I can to help you. I can not forget that you two men saved my life. Are there any papers on his person which are likely to make him trouble?" "No," said Jack, thinking of the letter lying safely in his own pocket. "That's the important thing," Preston resumed. "Binkus is a famous scout who is known to be anti-British.
Margaret put her lips close to Solomon's ear and said: "General Washington has come to see you." Solomon opened his eyes and smiled. Then there was a beauty not of this world in his homely face. And that moment, holding the hand he had loved and served and trusted, the heroic soul of Solomon Binkus went out upon "the lonesome trail."
In our present circumstances it's about the most important, dangerous and difficult work there is to be done here, especially the work which Solomon Binkus undertook to do. There is no other in whom I should have so much confidence." "You do me great honor," said Jack.
"What a glow was in the faces of my mother and father and Solomon Binkus the man who was so liked in London! What cries of joy came from the children! They clung to me and my little brother, Josiah, sat on my knee while I ate my sausage and flapjacks and maple molasses. I shall never forget that supper hour for, belike, I was hungry enough to eat an ox.
He maintained a dignified silence while Solomon made his little speech and then arose and offered his hand saying in a kindly tone: "Colonel Binkus, I must bid you good night." Jack Irons used to say that no man he had known had such an uncommon amount of common sense as George Washington. He wrote to his father: "It would seem that he must be in communication with the all-seeing mind.
Binkus resumes his narrative, which, one might know by the tilt of his head and the look of his wide open, right eye, would soon happen, the historian seizes the opportunity of finishing his introduction. He had been the best scout in the army of Sir Jeffrey Amherst. As a small boy he had been captured by the Senecas and held in the tribe a year and two months.
Jack wrote that he was in uniform, blue coat and red waistcoat and breeches; that he was a big man standing very erect and about six feet, two inches in height; that his eyes were blue, his complexion light and rather florid, his face slightly pock-marked, his brown hair tinged with gray; that he had the largest hands, save those of Solomon Binkus, that he had ever seen.
The next morning, Weatherly was ordered to report to Major Binkus for training in scout duty, and the morning after that he was taken out through the lines, mounted, with Colonel Irons and carefully lost in the pine bush. He was seen no more in the American camp. The spy delivered his report to the British and the little remnant of an army at Morristown was safe for the winter.
The General was self-contained. It would seem that his bad opinion of Yankees was not quite so comprehensive as it had been. The whole proceeding went forward with the utmost politeness. "General, Mr. Binkus and John Irons, Jr., are my friends," said Captain Preston. "Indeed!" the General answered. "Yes, and they are friends of England. They saved my neck in America.
Before the day begins it will be well to review, briefly, the hours that preceded it. André would have reached New York that night if The Vulture had not changed her position on account of a shot from the battery below Stony Point. For that, credit must be given to the good scout Solomon Binkus.
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