The Globe-republican., 1901-07-04

familiar records of his life at the time
when the call to arms was first heard.
In addition to his other gifts and
graces, he was handsome, vigorous and
athletic, all in extraordinary de-
gree. If he had lived in our day he
might have pulled the stroke at
New London or pitched for the college
nine.
The officers were conversing in
group. No one had as yet spoken the
decisive word. Colonel Know1ton ap-
pea1ed to a French sergeant. an old
soldier of former wars, and asked him
to volunteer.
s.No, no." said he. ST am ready to
fight the British at any place and time,
but I do not feel willing to go among
them to be hung up like dog
Captain Hale Joined the group of
ton:
I will undertake it,
Some of his best friends remon-
strated. One of them, afterwards the
famous Gen. William Hull, then a cap
tain in Washington's army. has re-
corded Hale's reply to his own attempt
to dissuade him.
Il think said Hale, CT owe to my
country the accomplishment of OBJ
ject important. 1 am fully sensible
of the consequences of discovery and
capture in such a situation But for a
y,
| and have not rendered any material
| service, while receiving a compensa-
| ton for which 1 make return
| wish to be useful. and every kind of
| service necessary for the public good
| becomes honorable by being neces-
| sary.''
| He spoke. General Hull remem-
| bered with earnestness and decision,
| who had considered the mat
ter well, and had made up his mind
| Having received his instructions, he
| Travelled fifty miles along the Sound as
| far as Norwalk, in Connecticut One
| who saw him there made very wise
| remark upon him, to the effect that he
| was too good looking to go spy
| He could not deceive. Some scrubby
| fellow ought to have gone" At Nor
| walk he assumed the disguise of e
| Dutch schoolmaster, putting on a sui
| of plain brown clothes and round
| broad brimmed hat He had diff
Guilty in crossing the Sound, since he
| bore an order from General Washing
| ton which placed at his disposal al
the vessels belonging to Congress F'ol
several days everything appears tt
| have gone well with him. and there i.
reason to believe that he passed
through the entire British army with
out detection or even exciting suspi
| ciOp-
Finding the British had crossed t,
his way back to Long Island, and near
ly reached the point opposite NOrwa1l
where he hand originally landed Rem
dered, perhaps, too bold by success, h
| went into a well-known and popula-
| tavern. entered into conversation wit!
| the guests and made himself yer.
| agreeable The tradition is that b
| made himself too agreeable A MAJ
present, suspecting or knowing tina
he was not the character he had as
sumed. quietly left the room commun
| icated his suspicious to the captain O
a British ship anchored near who dis
| patched a boats crew 70 capture an
bring on board the agreeable stranger
| His true character was i'm aediately re
| vealed- Drawings of some of the Brit
ISL works, with notes in Latin, wer
found hidden in the soIes of his shoes
| Nor did he attempt to deceive his cap
} tors, and the English captain. lament
| ing, as he said, that so fine a felIo1
: had fallen into his power sent hfI
to New York in one of his boats. an
: with him the fatal proofs that he wa
q spy.
September 21st was the day on whfc
he reached New York-the day OF tn
great IRE which laid one-third OF To