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It was a cold, bleak and freezing day, was that second day of the year 1764, in the good town of Bennington. The first day of the year had been celebrated in a devout fashion by nearly all the inhabitants of the district. Truly, some stayed away from the meeting-house, and especially was the absence of one family noticed. "It seems to me kind of strange and creepy-like that those Allen boys will never come to meeting," good old Elder Baker had said, and the people shook their heads, and were quite ready to believe that the Allen boys were uncanny. But after meeting, when the. | 1 CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. CHAPTER XXIII. CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPTER XXV. CHAPTER XXVI. CHAPTER XXVII. CHAPTER XXVIII. CHAPTER XXIX. CHAPTER XXX. The Hero of Ticonderoga by John de Morgan 2 CHAPTER XXXI. CHAPTER XXXII. CHAPTER XXXIII. The Hero of Ticonderoga by John de Morgan The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Hero of Ticonderoga by John de Morgan This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys Author John de Morgan Release Date June 6 2008 EBook 25708 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HERO OF TICONDEROGA Produced by Al Haines Frontispiece Almost silently with his stick drew the wallet toward him. THE HERO OF TICONDEROGA OR ETHAN ALLEN AND HIS GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS BY JOHN DE MORGAN AUTHOR OF Paul Revere The Young Ambassador The First Shot for Liberty. The Young Guardsman etc. PHILADELPHIA DAVID McKAY PUBLISHER 610 SOUTH WASHINGTON SQUARE Copyright 1896 By NORMAN L. MUNRO 3 The Hero of Ticonderoga by John de Morgan The Hero of Ticonderoga Table of Contents I. At the Courthouse II. The Green Mountain Boys III. A Child of Nature IV. The Rising of the Moon V. Defiance VI. Before the Governor VII. An Ambuscade VIII. The Convention IX. Treachery X. Zeb s Double Dealing XI. The Tables Turned XII. The Opening of the War XIII. Benedict Arnold XIV. Arnold s Powers of Fascination XV. The Hero of Ticonderoga XVI. The Temptation XVII. Crown Point XVIII. Who is Commander XIX. News from Boston XX. A Roadside .