Washington, the man of action . ave directions to havehim conducted to the West Pointheadquarters. Had these orders re-mained in force, the plot mightnot have been discovered in fortunately Major Tallmadge, 256 WASHINGTON who, strangely enough, had been aclassmate of Nathan Hales at Yale,interposed, and Andre was held whileword of his capture was sent to bothWashington and Arnold. The mes-senger despatched to Washingtonpassed him while he was returningby a different road, and by the timethis mischance was corrected, Arnoldhad learned of the spys arrest andhad taken refuge on a British
Washington, the man of action . ave directions to havehim conducted to the West Pointheadquarters. Had these orders re-mained in force, the plot mightnot have been discovered in fortunately Major Tallmadge, 256 WASHINGTON who, strangely enough, had been aclassmate of Nathan Hales at Yale,interposed, and Andre was held whileword of his capture was sent to bothWashington and Arnold. The mes-senger despatched to Washingtonpassed him while he was returningby a different road, and by the timethis mischance was corrected, Arnoldhad learned of the spys arrest andhad taken refuge on a British man-of-war. CHAPTER XVII YORKTOWN ARNOLDS treacherous deser-tion was a terrible blow toWashington. He was a man whodid not give his friendship lightly,but when once he trusted any onehe did so unreservedly, and of all hisofficers Arnold was perhaps the oneupon whose skill and devotion hehad most confidently relied. Itwould not have been surprising,therefore, if the base betrayal of his 258 Washington and His Principal Generals.
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