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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