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Perhaps the highest tribute paid to Putnam's prowess was the offer of his old-time friend and comrade, General Gage, the British commander-in-chief, to pay him a large sum of money, and secure him a major-generalcy in the British army, if he would desert the "rebel" cause and come over to that of the King.
A luncheon was served to the visitors by Captain Putnam's order and after that the cadets and their newly-made friends were allowed to go walking, boating, or driving, as they saw fit. Swings had been erected in the grove close to the encampment and these were constantly patronized. "It must be lots of fun to be a cadet," said Alice Staton, when ready to depart.
Contrary to general expectations, Larry Colby, as major, proved a strict disciplinarian when on parade. In the playground he was as "chummy" as ever, but this was cast aside when he buckled on his sword and took command. "This is as it should be," was Captain Putnam's comment. "And it is the same throughout life: play is play and business is business."
The commander-in-chief complimented Dick on his success in securing the information, and next morning he sent three thousand troops over to reinforce General Putnam's force on Brooklyn Heights. To the delight of Dick, Tom and Ben, Colonel Morgan's regiment was among those sent, and the youths would thus be able to take part in the battle.
She smiled at him in her large and loving way. "Of course I don't," she said, and added almost archly: "And if I did I'm not sure it would make much difference." He found himself laughing. She moved about the room, ordering it. Then she returned to Putnam's to seek her daughter. After the National Boy had emerged from the cloud which had long covered her.
A worse specimen of stupidity or rascality I never saw. Captain Israel Putnam of the Connecticut troops was sent out on a scout a week ago. Before he went Haviland said publicly that on his return he should send me out against the French with four hundred men. One of Putnam's men deserted to the enemy and one of the Rangers was captured, so that the enemy knew all about it.
During the whole engagement, which is said to have lasted through the greater part of the night, only two of the Provincials were wounded, none being killed outright. There were but sixty men in Putnam's party, while the Indians were estimated at not less than five hundred, half of which number were either killed or wounded, it was thought, before daylight came.
In 1869, when I was about twenty-three years old, I sent a couple of sonnets to the revived Putnam's Magazine. At that period I had no intention of becoming a professional writer: I was studying civil engineering at the Polytechnic School in Dresden, Saxony. Years before, I had received parental warnings unnecessary, as I thought against writing for a living.
You are all Captain Putnam's pets, and he won't make you do a thing you don't like, or make you study either, if your father shells out to him." "We study a great deal more than you ever studied, Baxter," said Dick. "Let them go," cried Jasper Grinder, in deep irritation. "I want nothing to do with them," and he turned his back on the Rovers. "We're willing to go," said Dick.
It was Major Small, a former companion of the Indian wars, who owed his life to Putnam's intervention, and who afterward tried to requite the favor though vainly when brave Warren fell, by entreating him to surrender.
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