The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22


fore the Beekman House and
marking the fifth mile from
Whitehall as the correct spot.
The inhumanity exhibited by
the British officers to Captain
Hale stands out in striking con-
trast with the forbearance and gen
crosby shown by the Americans
in the case of Major John Andre.
1t was not until ten days after
his capture that the British spy
was hanged, and in the meantime
he had been supplied with every
possible comfort and treated
with all possible considera-
ton. The tears of those who had
been his enemies in arms believed
! his grave, and their sympathies
found expression in kindly letters
to his mother and sisters. His
king also testified to his memory
by erecting a handsome monu-
ment in Westminster Abbey.
When will America do like honor
to the gallant young officer whose
ashes were thrust into an I'M
known grave?
THE DEVOTION OF HIS FIANCEE
A BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE.
But a sadder romance yet
cllngs to the death ofyoung Hale.
The young, beautiful, accom-
plished and courageous Sarah
EastOn, the betrOthed of Captain
Hale, visited the camp of General
Howe under the protection of
flag of truce, for the purpose of
procuring the dead body of young
Hale, who had been dead for
three days.
Womanly, and with woman's
true tOrtitude did she meet the
gibes and sneers of the British
officers, and requested of General
Howe in person, "the body of
Nathan Hale for Christian burial. !"
Howe rejected her petition,
and informed her that her request
could not b. granted. A young
but magnanimous British officer
who had been ordered by Howe to
conduct her back to the boat in
which she came Ito his eternal
praise be it spOken) whispered to
her at the moment of parting
at the shore, and at the same
time pointing to cove, babe her
come there at the hour of mid
night, promising to deliver to
her the body. She did so, &C
companied by the aged, gray
haired father of Captain Hale,
procured the body and conveyed
it to the home of that father for
proper interment. Admira b lie
daughter! A daughter who since
has had a parallel of fidelity and
faithfulness of affection, in the
person of Sarah Curran, the be-
trothed of the illustrious and pa
triotic Robert Emmert, who was
hanged for treason at Dublin,
Ireland, in September, 1903.
The young maiden to whom his
last thoughts of love went out
was worthy of all the affection he
had bestowed upon her, and she
never forgot him. For three
quarters Of century we are told
she tOiled on, wrinkled and bent
aud failing, but ever before her
unfading memory always stood
the gallant, handsome Nathan
Hale, with the healthy bloom
upon his cheek that was there
when he spoke his last farewell
at the little garden gate of her
mothers cottage. She could still
see him before her as on that
beautiful but fateful September
afternoon he stood before her
with the fire of patriotism kind
ling his youthful figure into gloAl
ious manhood.
Years after her beloved had
met a hero's death she yielded to
the pleadings of one who had
long loved her silently, and by
the advice of her friends she
gave him her hand in marriage.
But she never forgot.
Seventy-five years after Cap
tain Hale had given his life to
his country, she who had been
betrOthed to him was summoned
by the angel of death. The mes
senger found her ready and glad
to go, for she had waited patient
Iy for manly long year.
Waiting, and for whom7 Dur
ing the delirium of her last ill
ness she repeatedly called for
Nathan" and talked to him of
the days when they had been to-
gether, and with his name upon
her lips she passed into eternity
to meet him.
THE Personal APPEARANCE OF
HALE-oNE OF HIS LETTERS.
In describing the personal ap.
pearance of Captain Hale, the
late DR.. Euas Munson, of New
Haven, who was a surgeon in the
Continental army, says: "He was
about six feet in height, per-