tate to a life of happiness and usefulness. If anyone had told them that they should help to be responsible, in any way, for the independence of the United States of America, they would probably have opened their eyes very wide, and accused the speaker of flattery.
Seven children came to this pair, two of whom died before they had an opportunity to win renown, one at the age of seven months and the other at the end of three days. Of those who grew up, the eldest was a boy named William. Then came three girls, Elizabeth, Janet, and Mary Ann. And then came John. When John grew up he had an illustrious child of his own, of whom any parent might be proud, a child that has grown to strong and splendid power. For John became, as you know, the father of the American navy.
When years had passed, and this gardener’s son had achieved greatness, some well-meaning people tried to show that after all there was no-
