There was nothing done that day but talk over Ethan Allen's strange and daring conduct.
For days the people spoke of it in bated breath, for they had never heard of such opposition to authority in the district, and they were afraid of the consequences.
Gov. Wentworth, of New Hampshire, issued a counter proclamation, in which he said that King Charles had never given the land to New York.
The governor of New York appealed to King George, and he decided in favor of New York, and so, at the end of six years, the battle of titles stood just where it did when Ethan Allen tore up the proclamation.
CHAPTER II.
THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS.
"What news?"
"Welcome back, Ethan. Is it good news?"
"Ay, man, tell us; what say the men in Albany?"