The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Minute Boys of York Town, by James Otis

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 www.gutenberg.net

Title: The Minute Boys of York Town

Author: James Otis

Illustrator: L. J. Bridgeman

Release Date: June 1, 2010 [EBook #32648]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MINUTE BOYS OF YORK TOWN ***

Produced by David Edwards, Josephine Paolucci and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net.
(This file was produced from images generously made
available by The Internet Archive.)

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

[Illustration: "IT WAS A SIGHT WELL CALCULATED TO STIR THE BLOOD OF A
BOY FROM VIRGINIA."]

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

[Illustration]

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 SA