Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreaders at http://www.fadedpage.com TRUE STORIES OF GREAT AMERICANS NATHAN HALE BY JEAN CHRISTIE ROOT "O Beautiful! my Country! ..., What were our lives without thee? What all our lives to save thee? We reck not what we gave thee; We will not dare to doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare!" _Commemoration Ode_, JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE WORLD SYNDICATE PUBLISHING CO. Cleveland, O. New York, N. Y. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1915. Reprinted August, 1925; March, 1929. CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I NATHAN HALE'S EARLY YEARS 1 CHAPTER II COLLEGE DAYS 12 CHAPTER III A CALL TO TEACH 29 CHAPTER IV A CALL TO ARMS 44 CHAPTER V HALE'S ZEAL AS A SOLDIER 60 CHAPTER VI A PERILOUS SERVICE 71 CHAPTER VII GRIEF FOR THE YOUNG PATRIOT 91 CHAPTER VIII TRIBUTES TO NATHAN HALE 103 CHAPTER IX NATHAN HALE'S FRIENDS 114 THE REV. JOSEPH HUNTINGTON, D.D. 114 ALICE ADAMS 118 BENJAMIN TALLMADGE 125 WILLIAM HULL 129 STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD 133 ASHER WRIGHT 136 ELISHA BOSTWICK 137 EDWARD EVERETT HALE 140 CHAPTER X ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF NATHAN HALE'S PARENTS 143 CHAPTER XI ASSERTED BETRAYAL OF NATHAN HALE 147 CHAPTER XII CONTRASTS BETWEEN HALE AND ANDRÉ 152 CHAPTER I NATHAN HALE'S EARLY YEARS