Arizona state miner., 1925-03-14
Arnold Treason
House Is Doomed

HOInC. IL was strategic post OA
which the British had long had their
eyes. The correspondence went on.
A personal meeting between Arnold
and Andre became imperative If the
underhand scheme were to go through.
And so one day the British sloop-of-
war VultHre, with all sails set, glided
up the waters of the Hudson and an
chored not far from Stony Point.
Arnold had laid his plans well. When
darkness came a small boat went
alongside the Vulture and Joshua
Smith boarded her. At Arnold's COM
mand he was seeking a man who was
to bring important news" to the West
Point commander A long blue sur
tout covered Andres uniform as he
stepped into the small boat, and Smith
did not know that the silent passen-
ger he was rowing to shore was a
foe of the newly born republic. All
he knew was that Arnold had sent
him out to bring some one back, and
he was doing so. The bow of the boat
grated on the sands of the western
shore in the shadow Of the mountain
known as Long Cove. For a moment
Smith left the boat and disappeared
into the bushes, where a muffled and
cloaked figure met him.
us he here?' demanded the figure.
'Yes," said Smith
A Long Conference.
Bring him to me-" came the order.
Smith went back to the boat and in a
few minutes Andre had made his way
through the thicket to the side of the
other. few words of Identification
were exchanged.
Throughout the parIey two humble
figures waited in the background. One
of them was Smith, miserably uncom-
Portable in the boat at the waters
edge; the other a servant Arnold
had brought down from Smiths house
to hold the horses while he carried on
his plot. The hours wore on and Smith
finally came up to voice a warning.
'It's getting dawn" he told them.
"If the gentleman is going back to
the boat he had better go now."
But all was not finished yer. There
were important points still to be
cleared up. Arnold suggested to Andre
that he stay one more night on shore,
promising that he would be rOwed
safely out to the Vulture the following
night. Andre fell in with the plan.
Through the little village Of Faver-
straw they rode in the dawn, past the
challenge of the Continental sentries
and on to Treason House.
Once within it's doors, they went to
an upper room, where they could re-
sumo their plotting in secrecy. Their
long conference in the night air had
made both of them hungry. AS over
breakfast they went on with their dis
cussiOn, they were interrupted by an
ominous sound. A detachment of Con-
tinental soldiers had seen the Vulture
in the river and had brought cannon
down to the shore. The booming
thunder of it's shots was rolling up and
down the Hudson. Arnold and Andre
looked out of the windows of Treason
House and saw the Vulture haul up
her anchor and move swiftly down
stream and out of range. Andre was
frankly worried.
1T may not be so easy to get back
to the ship" he said.
Benedict Arnold thought for a mo-
ment. II will give you a pass that
will take you safely back to New York
by land If you cannot reach the Vul-
ture," he announced. The pass was
duly written out authorizing the Con-
tinental guards to let John Anderson"
through their lines.
Andres Fatal Journey.
All that day Andre remained In the
upper room Of Treason House looking
out over the river at the far-off Vul-
ture and counting the hours that re-
mained until darkness should fall and