CHAPTER XXIV.
SECRET SERVICE.
Gen. Montgomery summoned Allen to his presence one morning early.
"Ethan Allen, you are the one man wanted in this crisis."
"What crisis? What can I do?" asked Allen, looking somewhat surprised at the general's earnestness.
"We are about to invade Canada, and the people ought not to be hostile."
"I fancy you will find them to be so."
"That's just where you will be of value?"
"I do not understand."