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Identifier: corporalligesrec00otis (find matches)
Title: Corporal 'Lige's recruit. A story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Otis, James, 1848-1912
Subjects: United States -- History Revolution, 1775-1783 Fiction
Publisher: New York, A. L. Burt
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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et told that thebullet had sped true to its mark. The two men who were as yet unarmeddropped the rope they were holding andsprang toward their weapons, which hadbeen left on the ground nearby; but beforethey could reach them, Isaac had emptied a 56 CORPORAL LIGES RECRUIT. second musket, and another cry of pain rangout. *Throw down your weapons and surrender,or you are dead men! he shouted again, andat this the third Tory, who must have be-lieved there was more than one man in thethicket, took to his heels in alarm, whileCorporal Lige, who had received no worseinjury than a severe choking, seized uponthe three muskets which were lying closebeside him. Even now, when two of the intruders werewounded and the third running for dear life,Isaac was doubtful as to whether he shouldshow himself. He remained in concealment, while thecorporal gazed around him in surprise for adozen seconds or more, and gave no token ofhis whereabouts until the old man shouted: **Hello, friends! Show yourselves!
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IS IT ALL RIGHT, CORPORAL? ISAAC ASKED TIMIDLY. Coi^oral Liges Recruit, p. 57. THI KIT TOF.rPUBLIC LIBRART TiLDcy rony >? vrioMf I CORPORAL LIGES RECRUIT. 57 *Is it all right? Isaac asked timidly, andin a tone which was little better than asqueak. *Is it all right, corporal? **Come in here, Isaac Kice. Can it be itwas you who fired those shots? The raw recruit came forward almosttimidly, and Corporal Lige, shifting thethree muskets he had taken possession ofover on to his left arm, seized the boy by thehand. *rve done a good bit of soldierin in myday, lad; seen surprises, an ambushes, anattacks of a similar kind without number;but never did I know of anything that wasdone with more neatness an dispatch thanthis same job of yours, which has saved myneck from bein stretched. Im proud ofyou, lad! Isaac was overwhelmed by this praise, yetnot to such an extent but that there was a 58 CORPORAL LIGES RECRUIT. great fear in his mind lest he had taken ahuman life, and he asked anxiously: *D

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