Jefferson And His Violin
winter u,' tio JJöcliiriiliDU of iiiduimfidenco wan pisson.tfu!y fond f fi lalitigf, and is siiicj t h:iva e$oelled n nl ■iviiisj upotj thnt instrument. In 1770 his fiiiiiüy inun.sioi) vvu!bui'nt. Mr. Ji-ff.-rnon iisim! to teil in ulter yeiir, with {Ti'ent glee, :m ii!.ei:iKta coiiafuled wi:h iriiit tirti IId. a i bsent inxn lutitio wtiun it quourred iukj u wluve nrrivea uut ot breuth i" infcirtn fiim f thu $}$ nier. Alter lo;i rniiiif tho vffiorül Jostrnction, he inqiiil - "I3nt wui'o mina of my books pavoij ?' " N maPSii1 was thu reph', 'Uut we aaved do Öf dlü!'1 IdS The cuptaiii of a vesspl iüst arriviijfr in tlio hnrbor í)f NVw York, direoted one of the crew, nn rishuian, to the buoy overboi.rd. ITe wns thun stopping into the ciibin. Ou reti-rn the captitin iiKfiired i( lus order huil bi-en obeyed. Ttn Irihm in with grvul simplici'y, ieihod, "I uonld pot patpfc the boy, but I tlirew ovurbouríj tho nld oook."
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