The Spy, a Tale of the Neutral Ground: a Tale of the Neutral Ground
The Spy, a Tale of the Neutral Ground: a Tale of the Neutral Ground
James Fenimore Cooper
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That he was a spy of the enemy, Ivawton knew ; for the fact of his conveying intelligence to the Eng- lish commander-in-chief, of a party of Americans that were exposed to the enemy, was proved most clearly against him on the trial for his life. The consequences of his treason had been avoided, it is true, by a lucky order from Wash- ington, which withdrew the regiment a short time before the British appeared to cut it off, but still the crime was the same. "Perhaps," thought the partisan, "he ...wishes to make a friend of me against the event of another capture ; but, at all events, he spared my life on one occasion, and saved it on another. I will endeavor to be as generous as himself, and pray that my duty may never interfere with my feelings." Whether the danger, intimated in the present note, threat- ened the cottage or his own party, the captain was uncer- tain, but he inclined to the latter opinion, and determined to beware how he rode abroad in the dark. To a man in a peaceable country, and in times of quiet and order, the in- difference with which the partisan regarded the impending danger would be inconceivable.
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