The Year of the Hangman (post #3)

"The streets of the city were not lighted by lamps as the streets of Bristol were, but the candlelight that shone from the windows of the houses seemed familiar and inviting" (72).

Soon our protagonists arrived in New Orleans and Creighton was very surprised to find that it wasn’t as bad as he thought it would be. But as Creighton described it, it wasn't as good as the Bristol lighted streets. Unlike the other places, New Orleans was filled with not only Patriots but the French, Spanish and even some local indian tribes. Even though Creighton was suprised by how homely New Orleans was, it was less of a city than the city he first stopped off in the Carolinas.Once the Patriots escorted the prisoners to New Orleans, Arnold decided to place Creighton up with Ben Franklin. But Ben wasn’t at all what Creighton was expecting because Ben was a bit off. Later in the book Creighton walks in on Mr. Franklin naked, just sitting in his study at his desk. To stay with Mr. Franklin Creighton had to agree to work in his printing press full time. Creighton only agreed to stay because his uncle was still being held captive and needed Creighton to find out information that would help the British cause. So one night Creighton snuck out of Ben’s house to see why the printing shop was still lighted. Once Ben left for bed Creighton snuck in the shop and read the secret message fresh off the press. The message was entitled to those who belonged to the Sons of Liberty and told them to meet at a café next week. At the bottom there was a set of numbers and Creighton figured that it must be a secret code. So Creighton used a book to crack the code and reported to his uncle.