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

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Darius cried out in my ear; but I heard him not, I was
insane with the scene of carnage Frontispiece

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"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."

"Evidently ashamed of the barbarism committed by British hands,
Vice-Admiral Cochrane attempted to palliate it by a pitiful trick.
After the destruction of the capital, and the invaders were safely
back on their vessels in the Patuxent, Cochrane wrote a letter to
Secretary Monroe, in which he said to him, 'Having been called upon
by the Governor-General of the Canadas to aid him in carrying into
effect measures of retaliation against the inhabitants of the United
States for the wanton destruction committed by their army in Upper
Canada, it has become imperiously my duty, conformably with the
Governor-General's application, to issue to the naval force under my
command an order to destroy and lay waste such towns and districts
upon the coast as may be found assailable.' Cochrane then expressed a
hope that the 'conduct of the executive of the United States would
authorize him in staying such proceedings, by making reparation to the
suffering inhabitants of Upper Canada,' etc. This letter was antedated
August 18, or six days before the battle of Bladensburg, so as to
appear like a humane suggestion, in the noncompliance with which might
be found an excuse for the destruction of the national capital. It did
not reach Mr. Monroe until the