Some weeks afterward Allen learned that the officers had been severely reprimanded for allowing the "rebel spy" to escape.
CHAPTER XXVI.
AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
Two days later Allen was not so fortunate.
He had been talking to the people and urging them to remain neutral, allowing the soldiers on each side to fight out the issue, when one of the people of the little town, near which was a small fort, left the house and ran to the fort.
"Ethan Allen, the rebel, is at my house," he cried, almost breathlessly, as he reached the outworks. Instantly there was commotion among the garrison. It was true Allen was dreaded by the British more than the men who were besieging Boston.
He was a freelance, and it was never known where he might strike.
His daring at Ticonderoga was not forgotten, and although no money reward was offered for his arrest, it was known that promotion would be the reward of those who captured him.
A small force was sent at once to the farmhouse and Allen called on to surrender.