They were overtaken by the maiden's father, who made a violent attempt to seize his daughter. The young Polo was compelled either to slay the father or abandon the daughter. He chose the latter, and obtaining the permission of his sovereign, he went to France, and there became a student in drawing and military science. In Paris he was introduced to Dr. Franklin, and, fired with a desire to aid a people fighting for independence, he sailed for America, bearing letters from that minister. He applied to "Washington

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for employment. "What do you seek here?" asked the leader of the armies of the revolted colonies. " I come to fight as a volunteer for American independence," the young Pole replied. "What can you do?" Washington asked. " Try me," was Kosciuszko's prompt reply. Pleased with the young man, Washington took him into his military family. The Congress soon afterwards appointed him engineer, with the rank of colonel. He returned to Poland at the close of the Eevolution, and was made a major-general under Poniatowski. He was at the head of the military movements of the Eevolution in Poland, in 1794, and was made

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a prisoner, and carried to St. Petersburg. This event caused Campbell to write --

' Hope for a season bade the earth farewell, And freedom sluieked when Kosciuszko fell.'

After the Empress Catherine died, the Emperor Paul liberated him, offered him command in the Russian service, and presented him with his

own sword. He declined it, saying, " T no longer need a sword, since I have no longer a country to defend." He revisited the United States in 1797, when the Congress granted him land in consideration of his services. He afterwards lived in Switzerland, and there he died in 1817. A public funeral was made for him at Warsaw.