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Title: Commodore Barney's Young Spies
A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington

Author: James Otis

Illustrator: J. Watson Davis

Release Date: June 4, 2010 [EBook #32678]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Darius cried out in my ear; but I heard him not, I was
insane with the scene of carnage. Page 272.]

COMMODORE BARNEY'S
YOUNG SPIES

A Boy's Story of the Burning of
the City of Washington

By JAMES OTIS

Author of "Across the Delaware," "At the Siege of Havana,"
"Life of John Paul Jones," "With Warren at Bunker Hill,"
etc., etc.

[Illustration]

With six page illustrations
By J. WATSON DAVIS

A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK

Copyright 1907
By A. L. BURT COMPANY

COMMODORE BARNEY'S YOUNG SPIES

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Captain Joshua Barney 1

II. At Benedict 20

III. Elias Macomber 39

IV. A Lively Tussle 58

V. With the Fleet 77

VI. Feeding the Enemy 96

VII. An Old Acquaintance 115

VIII. The Deserter 133

IX. An Unexpected Meeting 151

X. A Change of Base 169

XI. The British Forces 188

XII. Suspense 207

XIII. Burning the Vessels 226

XIV. At Washington 245

XV. Bladensburg