Chapter I: Front Matter

EDWARD STRATEMEYER’S BOOKS

Old Glory Series

_Six Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.85._

UNDER DEWEY AT MANILA.
A YOUNG VOLUNTEER IN CUBA.
FIGHTING IN CUBAN WATERS.
UNDER OTIS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THE CAMPAIGN OF THE JUNGLE.
UNDER MacARTHUR IN LUZON.

Stratemeyer Popular Series

_Ten Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.00._

THE LAST CRUISE OF THE SPITFIRE.
REUBEN STONE’S DISCOVERY.
TRUE TO HIMSELF.
RICHARD DARE’S VENTURE.
OLIVER BRIGHT’S SEARCH.
TO ALASKA FOR GOLD.
THE YOUNG AUCTIONEER.
BOUND TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN.
SHORTHAND TOM, THE REPORTER
FIGHTING FOR HIS OWN.

War and Adventure Stories

_Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._

ON TO PEKIN.
BETWEEN BOER AND BRITON.

American Boys’ Biographical Series

_Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._

AMERICAN BOYS’ LIFE OF WILLIAM McKINLEY.
AMERICAN BOYS’ LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Colonial Series

_Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._

WITH WASHINGTON IN THE WEST.
MARCHING ON NIAGARA.
AT THE FALL OF MONTREAL.
ON THE TRAIL OF PONTIAC.

Pan-American Series

_Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._

LOST ON THE ORINOCO.
THE YOUNG VOLCANO EXPLORERS.
YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE ISTHMUS.
YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE AMAZON.

Great American Industries Series

_Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.00, net._

TWO YOUNG LUMBERMEN.

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JOE, THE SURVEYOR. _Price_, $1.00.
LARRY, THE WANDERER. _Price_, $1.00.

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AT THE FALL OF MONTREAL

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As the weapon rang out the red man leaped upward and fell in a
heap.—_Page 53._
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Colonial Series

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AT THE FALL OF MONTREAL

OR

A SOLDIER BOY’S FINAL VICTORY

BY

EDWARD STRATEMEYER

Author of “With Washington in the West,” “Lost on the
Orinoco,” “American Boys’ Life of William McKinley,”
“On to Pekin,” “Old Glory Series,” “Ship
and Shore Series,” etc.

_ILLUSTRATED BY A. B. SHUTE_

BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD
1904

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Published August, 1903

COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY LEE AND SHEPARD

Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London

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_All rights reserved_

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_AT THE FALL OF MONTREAL_

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CONTENTS

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CHAPTER PAGE
I. INTERESTING SPORT, 1
II. THE INDIANS IN THE CANOE, 8
III. ON A DANGEROUS MISSION, 18
IV. A SQUALL ON LAKE ONTARIO, 28
V. PERILS OF THE FOREST, 38
VI. AN UNEXPECTED SEPARATION, 48
VII. A BEAR AND HER CUBS, 58
VIII. IN THE HANDS OF FRIENDS, 68
IX. WHAT BEFELL HENRY, 78
X. IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY, 88
XI. ABOARD THE FIRE-BOAT, 97
XII. GENERAL WOLFE’S CAMP, 107
XIII. SCALING THE HEIGHTS OF QUEBEC, 116
XIV. WOLFE’S VICTORY AND DEATH, 126
XV. NEWS FROM HOME, 135
XVI. A FIRE AND AN ESCAPE, 144
XVII. THE HOLE IN THE ICE, 154
XVIII. WINTER QUARTERS, 164
XIX. LOST IN THE SNOW, 173
XX. THE SITUATION AT QUEBEC, 183
XXI. UNDER ARREST, 193
XXII. IN PRISON AND OUT, 203
XXIII. FACE TO FACE WITH THE UNEXPECTED, 213
XXIV. A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK, 223
XXV. TAKEN AS A SPY, 233
XXVI. DAVE’S JOURNEY TO QUEBEC, 242
XXVII. THE ATTACK OF THE FRENCH, 250
XXVIII. IN THE RANKS ONCE MORE, 260
XXIX. DARK DAYS, 270
XXX. THE RAPIDS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE, 279
XXXI. THE FALL OF MONTREAL, 288
XXXII. FROM WAR TO PEACE—CONCLUSION, 300

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