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statement. vi tut NaAuc II bui9f -
all other statements connected with the subject,
the reader will probably have his own opinion
vet. under the circumstances, | may remark
fkat il would have been perfectly natural Tor
nr Ia Place TO have made some mention OF
Alien. demand if it had been really made IN
the terms claimed. This brings US once more /
s-,,areI,. 10 the question, did Allen demand the .
s1i~renjer " In the name Of the Great Jehov h .
and the Continental Congress- Allen says that .
he lid. but he is the only man, kho'cn 10 mare .
bseD on he around, who bears this testimony
The profape blusterer speaks Of " the authority
of Congress being little known AT that 'lnis
This certainly sounds well, IN view oil the iac,
,bat the first Continental Congress was dead ami .
10 ,.e.~rI VS. still unborn. It is therefore too
much 10 tell US that he, man who desplseu III .
authority. except that conferred by his riiie-1c-
tnaIIv demanded the surrender IN the name oi
a holy hat hal Is little life rs authority.
Nevertheless 6. G. ". - endeavors to sup
port the untimcly and unreasonable declaration
Of Ethan Allen by calling in an Old ke'oiutloh-
,rv soldier. who told Losing that his brother
tod him. that he heard .fiien use the alleged
words, only adding piece Of extra profanity AZ
the end But who is the g old soldier VINO 4
comes in with this testimony seventy-three 4
years after the capture Of ficonderosa took .
place Losing speaks Of him as g venera- .
tles NuA.t-NtAitA AAAAls 0NltNAtN"A -
staff, and bearing the insignia Of the " Order Of /
Poverty ?" lie says that he g performed garri- .
son duty at Ticonderoga under st. Clair, was IN .
the field az Saratoga in l771," which, as he was .
born in 1853, makes him soldier at tcfire I
ucars Of age. lie told Loss ng that by a - lack I
Of documents he lost his pension. His name /
was Isaac Rice, and he belonged 20 a class Of
men who IN their j y were accustomed 20 spend I.
their time in lingering around the battle fields Of
+ t,l ff.a uia
itors in exchange for such small talk about the
events Of the past as their scanty Information
could suggest The upper and lower end Of
Lake George aft ,rlei their fivorte resorts. The
p ruins Of Iiconderora and the remains Of Fort
George aud Fort William Henry gave them
enough Go DO 10 showing visitors around a. the
season when they throng this lovely Lake. Some
Of them were uayes, and delighted IN bury
ing ol bite Of military wares IN the autumn, 10
order 20 have q plenty Of rusty relics to dig up
in the spring Others were honest enough iu
their way but hal So far Quill el their memo
rics rs 20 be quite unfttel for the work Of max
inc history. Still IN their efforts 90 e lily tour
isis. they Manufactured great deal invarit-
bly, proving also that, whatever may h4pp n % .
the memory. q mans hatred anil love, his oil F.
time pred lactiol- and partisan auimositics, al F.
ways remIiu The stories that have been told +.
from ..Me 90 time by qaGsi oil soldiers at Ii T.
couiglu-. vou'l, ii collected. form quite neat .
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wise gathered gu much information The Sc Old .
Tier '' .u question, 90 whom alluie, was Ma .
than Bemau. who slt down in the evening Of life .
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L.. .rn1id. who was the first person that en-
tersi the Fort. and Col Allen about five yards
behind him. This was an cye-wi-He-4 u being
only few yards distant SC So. b. calls
this dishonest letter ana says that B. F. D,
wouli have killed bis own article outright .i be
had Quoted 70 Bur the proof Of retlcr Of these
statements is given Now eau il be shown that
the letter Is unworthy Of credit, ltbreatle- no
hostility towards Allen. Il simil y indicates
that they went together through the entrance
when Arnold. who was the more impetuCus and
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