BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1912
By Dana Estes & Company
All rights reserved
THE MINUTE BOYS OF YORK TOWN
PRESS OF
THE VAIL-BALLOU CO.
Binghamton, N. Y.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Two Young Virginians [11]
II. Silver Heels [30]
III. Uncle 'Rasmus's Advice [49]
IV. The Town of York [70]
V. Our Prisoner [89]
VI. A Disagreeable Surprise [109]
VII. Morgan, the Spy [128]
VIII. The Disappearance of Saul [147]
IX. Suspense [166]
X. News of Saul [185]
XI. A Desperate Venture [205]
XII. Saul's Opportunity [223]
XIII. The Siege [240]
XIV. An Ugly Situation [258]
XV. Foraging [276]
XVI. Preparations for Flight [294]
XVII. Our Blunder [310]
XVIII. Trapped [329]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
"It was a sight well calculated to stir the blood of a boy from Virginia" (Page [227]) [Frontispiece]
"That we might peer between the leaves" [26]
"He ... touched his hat in regular military salute" [76]
"I sprang forward" [90]
"Without the slightest warning I found myself in the clutches of a man" [119]
"Halt, or I'll fire!" [138]
The Release of Saul Ogden [233]
"A general discharge ... was commenced by the Americans" [289]