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truce to communicate with her. It was rather 

 odd that a boat carrying such a flag should 

 have approached the ship with muffled oars by 

 night, and it is not surprising that the bearer 

 met with a rough reception from the officer of 

 the deck. It was with difficulty that he gained 

 admittance to Capt. Southerland's cabin, and 

 presented his credentials. Maj. Andre, under 

 the name of John Anderson, then accompanied 

 him to the shore, where they landed just below 

 Haverstraw, and found Arnold concealed in 

 the bushes, while a servant was in charge of 

 two horses. Here was the first conference, in 

 which Smith complains that he was not al- 

 lowed to participate. It was prolonged till 

 daylight when, the tide not serving for An- 

 dre's return to the ship, he and Arnold mount- 

 ed the horses and rode through the town to 

 Smith's house, while the latter pulled around 

 with the boat's crew to an upper landing, with 

 the intention of rowing Andre down to the 

 Vulture on the turn of the tide. 



In the meantime important events were oc- 

 curring on the opposite shore, small in their 

 beginning, but of infinite importance in results. 

 But for them Andre would have effected his 

 escape safely, Arnold's plans would have ma- 



