By JAMES OTIS.

With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis.

NEW YORK:
A. L. BURT, PUBLISHER.

Copyright, 1898, by A. L. Burt.


CONTENTS.

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[CHAPTER I.]
Recruiting[1]
[CHAPTER II.]
A Secluded Camp[29]
[CHAPTER III.]
An Unpleasant Surprise[45]
[CHAPTER IV.]
The Letter[64]
[CHAPTER V.]
Nathan Beman[88]
[CHAPTER VI.]
A Squad of Four[112]
[CHAPTER VII.]
Ticonderoga[141]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
An Interruption[169]
[CHAPTER IX.]
A Bold Stroke[204]
[CHAPTER X.]
Crown Point[229]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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[•] The old man marched down the street with such a swagger as he evidently believed befitting a soldier.[27]
[•] “Is it all right, Corporal?” Isaac asked timidly.[57]
[•] “Silence in the ranks!” the Colonel said sternly.[104]
[•] “But the Corporal wouldn’t lie,” Isaac said solemnly.[114]
[•] Before he could speak, Colonel Allen cried: “I order you instantly to surrender, in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress.”[168]
[•] “So the Fort has been taken by our People,” Captain Baker cried, clasping the messenger by the hand.[232]