"'Fit to set before kings,'" he repeated. "That was a great compliment."
Little Jane, the baby, seeing the people all pleased, held out her hands to Ben.
"Jenny shall see it," said Ben. He took the copy book and held it up before her eyes. She laughed with the rest.
That signature was to remap the world. It was to be set to four documents that changed the history of mankind. Reader, would you like to see how a copy of it looked? We may fancy that the curious flourish first saw the light in Mr. Brownell's school.
CHAPTER IX.
UNCLE BENJAMIN'S SECRET.
Little Ben was fond of making toy boats and ships and sailing them. He sometimes took them to the pond on the Common, and sometimes to wharves at low tide.