Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . boyhood been neglected he might, byhis native force of character and daring bravery, have risen to a high com-mand in the army. He will always be remembered, however, for hiscourageous act in rescuing the lost flag and planting it again in the faceof the foe, despite the hot hail of battle that raged around him andthreatened him every moment with death. One cannot read the history of the Revolution without coming uponthe valiant deeds of such brave spirits as Sergeant Jasper, yet it is safeto say that a multitude of heroes have never
Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . boyhood been neglected he might, byhis native force of character and daring bravery, have risen to a high com-mand in the army. He will always be remembered, however, for hiscourageous act in rescuing the lost flag and planting it again in the faceof the foe, despite the hot hail of battle that raged around him andthreatened him every moment with death. One cannot read the history of the Revolution without coming uponthe valiant deeds of such brave spirits as Sergeant Jasper, yet it is safeto say that a multitude of heroes have never been commemorated, andthe story of their heroism has never been told. The best part of his-tory may be buried in obscurity. Without any thought of future fame,those old-time patriots stood nobly at the post of duty, and many of themdied unhonored and unsung. If we delve in the obscurity that shrouds the achievements of theiieroic souls who won our liberties, we should find names, all unknown,that are as shining as any now blazoned on the pages of I CHAPTER XXII. ii CAPTAIN NATHAN HALE. SENT BY WASHINGTON TO THE BRITISHCAMP FOR INFORMATION—CAPTURED AM)•lRH:n AS A SPY—HIS HEROIC-CONDUCT—REGRET THAT HE HAD ONLY ONE LIFETO LOSE FOR HIS COUNTRY—HIS NAMEAND MEMORY HELD IN HIGHEST HONOR. The greenest of laurels should be placed on the head of the patriotwho suffers for his country, and no one whom history has eulogized ismore worthy of such honor than the young and noble hero, NathanHale. He was born of fine old Puritan stock in Coventry, Connecticut,June 6th, 1755. When the first guns of the Revolution sounded over the hills andvales of New England, Hale gave up his position as school teacher andwas made captain in the patriot army under Washington. He imme-diately became noted for his manliness, covirage, obedience to duty, andbraver}- in the face of danger. The battle of Long Island had been fought, and Washingtons dis-pirited army was scattered up and down Man
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