The Minute Boys of New York City, Written By Adam Skidmore
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" he screamed, and I could see by the expression on the faces of his friends that they were not well pleased at such an exhibition of cowardice, there- fore thought it well the interview should end then and thefe. " Take him below again," I said to Enoch, and added for the benefit of those in the boats, " Now it is known the prisoners are likely to suffer from musket-fire, and we are powerless to prevent it, we need have no further concern in the matter." Strange though it may seem to him who r...eads, this little trick of allowing the prisoner to warn his friends served to give us considerable of an ad- vantage in the race. The foremost pursuers, con- fused by the peremptory command of one whom they were evidently accustomed to obey, held back until all the boats were in a cluster, that they might decide upon some other course of action, and, as a matter of course, the sloop continued to forge ahead. We were almost out of range when the enemy had come to an understanding, and then, instead of continuing the chase directly in our wake, they 214 THE MINUTE BOYS OF NEW YORK pulled off on a diagonal course, as if counting to get ahead of us.
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