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Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington
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COMMODORE BARNEY'S YOUNG SPIES
A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington
By JAMES OTIS
Author of "Across the Delaware," "At the Siege of Havana,"
"Life of John Paul Jones," "With Warren at Bunker Hill,"
etc., etc.
With six page illustrations
By J. WATSON DAVIS
A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK
Copyright 1907
By A. L. BURT COMPANY
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I. Captain Joshua Barney | 1 |
| II. At Benedict | 20 |
| III. Elias Macomber | 39 |
| IV. A Lively Tussle | 58 |
| V. With the Fleet | 77 |
| VI. Feeding the Enemy | 96 |
| VII. An Old Acquaintance | 115 |
| VIII. The Deserter | 133 |
| IX. An Unexpected Meeting | 151 |
| X. A Change of Base | 169 |
| XI. The British Forces | 188 |
| XII. Suspense | 207 |
| XIII. Burning the Vessels | 226 |
| XIV. At Washington | 245 |
| XV. Bladensburg | 263 |
| XVI. In Hiding | 282 |
| XVII. Missing | 300 |
| XVIII. The Escape | 318 |
| XIX. The Unexpected | 336 |
| XX. Dodging the Enemy | 354 |
| XXI. In Port | 372 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Darius cried out in my ear; but I heard him not, I was insane with the scene of carnage | Frontispiece |
| PAGE | |
| "Pass up your painter, or I'll shoot!" Cried Darius | 56 |
| With the lantern in my left hand I thrust forward the barrel of my musket full in the face of the miller | 72 |
| "I remember your face, my man;" said the Commodore. "Come aboard at once." | 153 |
| As we pulled away I glanced back at our fleet and saw that the vessels were well on fire | 233 |
| As soon as the line was made fast, a man slipped down, quickly followed by another |