Produced by David Edwards 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 NOTE Although page numbers have been removed in this text version (but they are retained in the HTML version), there are still page references in the Contents and List of Illustrations. The illustrations can be found in the HTML version as well. In this text version, italic type is marked with _underscores_ and bold type with *asterisks*. In the present edition some typographic errors or inconsistencies have been corrected. The changes applied are marked at the end. At the end of the book there are several pages of advertisement for other books of the publisher, these pages start after "THE END". CORPORAL 'LIGE'S RECRUIT BY JAMES OTIS YOUNG PATRIOT SERIES CORPORAL 'LIGE'S RECRUIT. A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga. By JAMES OTIS. With Six Page Illustrations by J. Watson Davis. NEW YORK: A. L. BURT, PUBLISHER. Copyright, 1898, by A. L. Burt. CORPORAL 'LIGE'S RECRUIT. By James Otis. CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. Recruiting 1 CHAPTER II. A Secluded Camp 29 CHAPTER III. An Unpleasant Surprise 45 CHAPTER IV. The Letter 64 CHAPTER V. Nathan Beman 88 CHAPTER VI. A Squad of Four 112 CHAPTER VII. Ticonderoga 141 CHAPTER VIII. An Interruption 169 CHAPTER IX. A Bold Stroke 204 CHAPTER X. Crown Point 229 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE The old man marched down the street with such a swagger as he evidently believed befitting a soldier. 27 "Is it all right, Corporal?" Isaac asked timidly. 57 "Silence in the ranks!" the Colonel said sternly. 104 "But the Corporal wouldn't lie," Isaac said solemnly. 114 Before he could speak, Colonel Allen cried: "I order you instantly to surrender, in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress." 168 "So the Fort has been taken by our People," Captain Baker cried, clasping the messenger by the hand. 232 CORPORAL 'LIGE'S RECRUIT. CHAPTER I. RECRUITING. There was great excitement among the citizens of the town of Pittsfield in the province of Massachusetts on the first day of May in the year 1775.