Commodore Barney's Young Spies
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Otis James. Commodore Barney's Young Spies
FROM LOSSING'S "WAR OF 1812."
CHAPTER I. CAPTAIN JOSHUA BARNEY
CHAPTER II. AT BENEDICT
CHAPTER III. ELIAS MACOMBER
CHAPTER IV. A LIVELY TUSSLE
CHAPTER V. WITH THE FLEET
CHAPTER VI. FEEDING THE ENEMY
CHAPTER VII. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER VIII. THE DESERTER
CHAPTER IX. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
CHAPTER X. A CHANGE OF BASE
CHAPTER XI. THE BRITISH FORCES
CHAPTER XII. SUSPENSE
CHAPTER XIII. BURNING THE VESSELS
CHAPTER XIV. AT WASHINGTON
CHAPTER XV. BLADENSBURG
CHAPTER XVI. IN HIDING
CHAPTER XVII. MISSING
CHAPTER XVIII. THE ESCAPE
CHAPTER XIX. THE UNEXPECTED
CHAPTER XX. DODGING THE ENEMY
CHAPTER XXI. IN PORT
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It is two years since what we called the "War of 1812" came to an end, and I, Amos Grout, once owner of the oyster pungy, Avenger, propose to set down here that which happened to my friend, Jeremiah Sackett, and myself, during the year of grace, 1814, when, so others have said, we did good work for our country, although at the time neither of us was more than fifteen years old.
This I do for two reasons, first because I am proud of what we two lads succeeded in doing, and hope that at some day, when, mayhap, both Jerry and I are dead, other boys may read of the part we played, and be encouraged thereby to work out their own plans for the good.
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"Yes, an' be snapped up by some bloomin' Britisher," I said, having no desire to mix in where people were fighting with such playful weapons as cannon and rifles.
"We should be able to keep out of the way of danger," Jerry replied, as if he had thought out the whole scheme, and I then understood that he had been mooning over it the past two months, determined to spring it on us when the price of oysters dropped below what would be decent wages.
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