Frank Leslie's popular monthly Volume 51 - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...from a wounded Continental prisoner to his wife in Albany. One of the half-breeds passed it to young Georg-e as soon as they came near home, begging him to send it through the lines by the first sure hand, and adding, with a knowing smile, he did not doubt George would soon have a chance of doing it. That meant of course that George would see his sweetheart. Sure enough the lovers met. out in the neutral strip, not a hundred yards from the foot of the brushy hill. Although they had not much to say, perhaps because of the joy of saying it, George did not forget the prisoner's letter; he was just passing it over to Aileen as he stood with his arm around her waist, when there came a squad of red-coated regulars, with Cfoss riding at their captain's elbow, to seize poor George and accuse him of treasonable correspondence with the enemy. George stood his ground bravely, and Aileen flashed a look that would have murdered Cross if only eyebeams were mortal. The red-coat captain laughed, tore open the letter, held it to the flame of a ready lantern and brought out all over the plain black writing other writing of pale blurred brown. Somebody had written with milk and a blunt-pointed stick enough treasonable matter to hang a whole squad, much less one poor country lad. The captain read a few words, then thrust the epistle in his pocket, and looked significantly at Cross, who turned away his head, and said as though deeply moved: "He is one of my best men, sir; but I am loyal before everything else," then whipped away without another word. "Your case is so flagrant, my man, you may well serve as an example of how the king rewards--and punishes--traitors," the captain said. He was young, not much older than George. He let his eyes fall to Aileen. a...
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- PublisherRarebooksclub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1130107116
- ISBN 13 9781130107111
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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