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And, finally, the public learned that it was "that young Franklin, the printer." Keimer learned who his critic was; and, after the lapse of six or eight months from the time the first number was issued, who should appear before Benjamin at his office but him, saying: "I understand that you think of starting a weekly newspaper; and I have come to sell you mine." "How is that? Can't you make it go?"

He resolved to call upon her as soon as possible and confess his wrong-doing, ask her forgiveness, and renew his attentions. "I should have said," Keimer added, "that Deborah has not changed her name. She refuses to be called Mrs. Rogers, and is still called Miss Read by her friends. This is all right, I suppose, because her marriage was illegal." "Very wise for her, I think," responded Benjamin.

It will be anywhere from six to eight months before our outfit arrives from England, so here is a good opportunity for me to improve." "I suppose that is the best way of looking at it; but Keimer has so little manhood about him that I have no respect for him. I dislike to work for a man whom I despise, and can't help it."

"It can't be!" exclaimed Keimer, astonished at this bit of news, and startled at the thought of having made known his plans to a competitor. "It can be," replied Benjamin. "He is certainly Bradford, the New York printer, and father of Andrew Bradford, the printer of this town." "How happened it that he should come here with you?"

In the mean time, Benjamin was considering what to do; and, while canvassing the field, he received the following note from Keimer: "PHILADELPHIA, 10 Dec., 1727. "MR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: "Dear Sir, It is not wise for old friends like you and I to separate for a few words spoken in passion. I was very hasty, and am sorry for it. I want my old foreman back again at the old price.

"He was a good friend to you, a stranger," continued Keimer, "and I would have you appreciate his friendship; but, in the circumstances, I think another boarding-place is best." "And now I can make a more respectable appearance," responded Benjamin; "for my chest of clothes has come."

He met them politely at the door, for it was not every day that he had the privilege of welcoming a governor to his printing office, but was somewhat taken aback when the governor inquired: "Does Benjamin Franklin work here?" "He does; do you wish to see him?" Keimer was almost bewildered when he answered. "What can the governor want of that boy?" he thought. "Can I see him?"

He wore his beard long, because it is somewhere said in the Mosaic Law, "Thou shalt not mar the corners of thy beard." Also, he kept the seventh, instead of the first day of the week, as a Sabbath. Benjamin opposed him on these points, and their discussions were frequent and warm. Keimer often exhorted him to embrace his own peculiar views on these subjects.

It was a hot contest, but the common people, true Americans, rallied to our support, and left the aristocratic officials to toady to the English Government." "A new order of things when a boy edits and publishes a paper in a straight fight with Great Britain," was all that Keimer said, in reply, evidently not believing a word of Benjamin's story about the Courant.

He and his son both appear to be friendly to you; they would not have proposed that I should come here for work, if they had not been." "That looks so, I must confess," said Keimer; "but I have learned one good lesson from it: never to divulge secrets to a stranger. When I do that again I shall not be in my right mind.

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