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And so we stood in earnest conference, while nearer and nearer loomed the hills, with the Dutch town atop, brick houses, tiled roofs, steep streets, beco plainer and plainer to the eye

There see at the Albany wharves as we glided in, and a great nu about In fact, I had never before observed such a bustle in Albany streets, but thought nothing of it at the an As the schooner dropped anchor at the wharf ere still arguing; as, arm in arm, we followed our two horses and our sea-chests which the men bore shoreward and up the steep hill to the Half-Moon Tavern, we argued every step; at the tavern we argued, she in her chaued, finally rising in our earnestness andon the common threshold to continue a discussion in which tears, lips, and aric and reason

Had she reh that fortress could not have been taken except by a regular siege, still she ht have been subjected to all the horrors of blockade and bombardment, for since his Excellency had abandoned the Hudson with his ar now stood between West Point and the heavy British garrison of New York

It wasthat reconciled me to leave her in Albany

But I was soon to learn that she was by no means secure in the choice I had made for her; for presently she retired to her own chamber and lay down on her bed to rest for an hour or so before supper, in order to recover froe; and I went out into the town to inquire where Colonel Willett hers of Albany appeared to be active enough that lovely Septeh the streets, and not one aiveColonel Willett At first I could ons, loaded with household furniture, clattered through the streets or toiled up and down the hills, discharging bedding, pots and pans, chairs, tables, the family clock, and Heaven knohat, on to the wharves, where a greatthe before fine residences and shops; servants and black slaves piled thereen parrot in a cage, perched atop of a pile of corded bedding, and the bird cocked his head and called out continually: "Gad-a-mercy! Gad-a-mercy! Gad-a-mercy!"