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[Illustration: Ben goes over the edge of the bank.]
The author of the Dare Boys is specially equipped through long study and research to write upon the life and adventures of the revolutionary period. Every item of historical reference is absolutely correct. The trials and inherent bravery of the sturdy warriors of this epoch are always subjects worth while, but here the dash and bravery of the two Dare boys adds immeasurably to the interest.
1. The Dare Boys of 1776 2. The Dare Boys on the Hudson 3. The Dare Boys in Trenton 4. The Dare Boys on the Brandywine 5. The Dare Boys in the Red City 6. The Dare Boys After Benedict Arnold 7. The Dare Boys in Virginia 8. The Dare Boys With General Greene 9. The Dare Boys With Lafayette 10. The Dare Boys and the “Swamp Fox” 11. The Dare Boys at Vincennes 12. The Dare Boys in the North West
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I—In Virginia II—Roughly Handled III—Lizzie Santon IV—Warning the Settlers V—The Redcoats Foiled VI—Dick VII—In the Tories VIII—Tim And Fritz At Work IX—Tim and Fritz X—To the Rescue XI—The Tories Again XII—The Pathfinders XIII—In the Swamp XIV—Routed XV—At the Dance XVI—The Bottle of Cider XVII—Arnold XVIII—A Daring Attempt XIX—The Armies Close Together XX—Dick And Hank Sprowl XXI—Tom Reconnoiters XXII—The Battle XXIII—Dick And Arnold XXIV—The Rescue XXV—Beating Arnold
“Well, here we are in Virginia,” said Tom Dare. “It is fine, don’t you fellows think? When we left New York, it was cold, with heavy snow on the ground, while here, instead of snow, there are patches of green grass and the weather is warm and nice.”
“It certainly is lots more pleasant here than in New York at this time of the year,” agreed Ben Foster.
“Yes, camp life is much more agreeable in a warm climate than in a region where there is snow and cold weather,” acquiesced Dick Dare.
It was now the middle of the month of December of the year 1780, and the patriot regiment under the command of Colonel Morris had been sent down from the vicinity of New York, by General Washington, to try to hold in check the army of General Arnold, the traitor, who, having tried to deliver his country into the hands of the British, for gold, and failed, had been sent to Virginia, to have charge of the British campaign in that State.