The evening world., 1911-01-09
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BY Albert PaysOn Terhune

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No. ia Farmers Cowardice That Saved America.
~ OWN the white road leading from Cold Spring to e or o n .
epemp a1 NORM ns In n, .mv a. xen.S, wv ,.o ~ hors an air o.,
~ distinction that would have marked him anywhere as a man OF
namsd smtt ~" as tSa w. ns,rsa = t t in tbs road smith feared they
might be held UP" by footpads. And he would go 10 further. His
cowardice saved America and made u country free. If he had ridden
1t was ne of the dark periods of the Revolutionary War. Gen. Gates
had just been overwhelmingly defeated by the British in the South. Two
French armies (slnes of the patrios) had been bottled up" ne at New
port. IN at Brest. The Americans n stronshod-the key tt their whole
strensth-was the fortress at West Point, with its group of lesser forts
and its garrison OF 5000 mel A huge chain stretched across the
Hudson River just below % prevent the passage Of a hostile feet.
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Hudson "oud hav been in tn. sosnS,s hand, COMING a such a er.a0si tint.
A Moment Gen. Benedict Arnold was in nina o, all the we-
o per'L Point foriacatons He "a sanant brilliant a ,pisndts
ron,.and node"ally his country. frssdom-to the British. undsr promise Of
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vo, e sn clinton 1,s The British So% nm, N p%. n New New n York na s"s one Of, Ibis his 'n,,'...
ransemens Andre "a a clever mn and brave but the very worst scr, Of
hi. own Oiundcrs-he failed. Ana he paid with hts life for thu failure.
patriots %9af tS oS 1s opposite opposite T naS ' opened si' nqs ON the os v"'uS S' ' arvi nar's sn h wa atom
New York " water as ," This az the first Of his, missap % Clinton had ID
Sa%p%s h o" could y" ss"%an punishment " s h al s" "a .pyS S'T tut, n" Sns sps, @isoe.y ysi' both iii S opseF o.
He a'sep'ed rom Arnold g a sheat o. pape' which described TIL fortress
Smith, ns s's a fs%,en.fsrn lS W %so o. seems. "a .p tit S az s'S sssaA r 1"s%. S SsSns'n ssss ,S sS.n1 as
Arnold sav him a pass ans ordered smith cwno "a. we'll know to every.
body for niles arourd) to accompany Andre to the British outposts north OF
New York City Andre and smith crossed to the east bar of the Hudson and
began their ride southwark The went through the cor
ru,h. M dons OF American guards in safety, Arnolds pas srv-
Ing hem we'll Then. as they entered a wide strip n.
ap'ur neutral ground" between the W armies smiths courage
began to weaken.
Of ln.ss " . RS Ss George s "%i up as r Ss ss' "s~ SSe7e' s%s IN v .s' a l9.ss
lest they might meet some of these d@pradoes. s % lie turned back, LEAVING
andre to continue thu journey alone.
Andre had almost reached TarrHown when three American mniuamen Nh0
were playing cards in a waystde tlbkt hated nm. This trio knew smith sd
would ave Now Andre to ride or ain peace with him, especially on sight
OF Arroidisp pass But a. the young horseman vas lone the stopped him. One
OF them wore a Hessian military overcoat he had stolen while a prisoner IN
New York Deceived " the sigh OF thisc coat Andre dnstead OF first showing
his pasO hailed the lar as q fellow counrynan and introduced himself a.. n
English omcer.
II 10 was promptly seized and searched. The papers were foun In his stock
ins and were thrned over to he patriot authorities Arnold. warned by Andre
escaped to thu Brhheh. Andre himself was hanged as a spS West Pont-an
American reedom-wee saved
And all because a dmd mar named Smith hd been afraid OF hghyaymeni