Chapter I: Front Matter

THE MINUTE BOYS OF YORK TOWN

AMERICAN HISTORY STORIES FOR BOYS

_THE MINUTE BOY SERIES_

By Edward Stratemeyer and James Otis

The Minute Boys of Lexington
The Minute Boys of Bunker Hill
The Minute Boys of the Green Mountains
The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley
The Minute Boys of the Wyoming Valley

_THE MEXICAN WAR SERIES_

By Capt. Ralph Bonehill

For the Liberty of Texas
With Taylor on the Rio Grande
Under Scott in Mexico

DANA ESTES & COMPANY Publishers Estes Press, Summer St., Boston

THE MINUTE BOYS OF YORK TOWN

JAMES OTIS

Author of "The Minute Boys of Long Island," The "Minute Boys
of Wyoming Valley," "Boys of '98," "Teddy and Carrots," "Boys
of Fort Schuyler," "Under the Liberty Tree," etc., etc.

_Illustrated by_

L. J. BRIDGMAN

BOSTON DANA ESTES & COMPANY PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1912_ BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

THE MINUTE BOYS OF YORK TOWN

PRESS OF THE VAIL-BALLOU CO. BINGHAMTON, N. Y.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. TWO YOUNG VIRGINIANS 11

II. SILVER HEELS 30

III. UNCLE 'RASMUS'S ADVICE 49

IV. THE TOWN OF YORK 70

V. OUR PRISONER 89

VI. A DISAGREEABLE SURPRISE 109

VII. MORGAN, THE SPY 128

VIII. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SAUL 147

IX. SUSPENSE 166

X. NEWS OF SAUL 185

XI. A DESPERATE VENTURE 205

XII. SAUL'S OPPORTUNITY 223

XIII. THE SIEGE 240

XIV. AN UGLY SITUATION 258

XV. FORAGING 276

XVI. PREPARATIONS FOR FLIGHT 294

XVII. OUR BLUNDER 310

XVIII. TRAPPED 329

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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"IT WAS A SIGHT WELL CALCULATED TO STIR THE BLOOD OF A
BOY FROM VIRGINIA" (_Page 227_) _Frontispiece_

"THAT WE MIGHT PEER BETWEEN THE LEAVES" 26

"HE ... TOUCHED HIS HAT IN REGULAR MILITARY SALUTE" 76

"I SPRANG FORWARD" 90

"WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST WARNING I FOUND MYSELF IN THE
CLUTCHES OF A MAN" 119

"HALT, OR I'LL FIRE!" 138

THE RELEASE OF SAUL OGDEN 233

"A GENERAL DISCHARGE ... WAS COMMENCED BY THE AMERICANS" 289

THE MINUTE BOYS OF YORK TOWN