Produced by David Edwards, Odessa Paige Turner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's Notes: Obvious errors have been corrected. Italic text in the original has been enclosed by '_' and bold text by '='. [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 263 XVI. In Hiding 282 XVII. Missing 300 XVIII. The Escape 318 XIX. The Unexpected 336 XX. Dodging the Enemy 354 XXI. In Port 372 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Darius cried out in my ear; but I heard him not, I was insane with the scene of carnage Frontispiece PAGE "Pass up your painter, or I'll shoot!" Cried Darius 56 With the lantern in my left hand I thrust forward the barrel of my musket full in the face of the miller 72 "I remember your face, my man;" said the Commodore. "Come aboard at once." 153 As we pulled away I glanced back at our fleet and saw that the vessels were well on fire 233 As soon as the line was made fast, a man slipped down, quickly followed by another 335 FROM LOSSING'S "WAR OF 1812."