trols nations was quietly working with him. Well,
also, that in his army were men ready for any enterprise
of danger, for any sacrifice that duty
might demand.

Washington proceeded to New York, to ultimate
victory, to final and permanent fame. Nathan
Hale went also, simply as a captain of a Connecticut
company,--he not to victory, not to immediate
fame, but to something higher in one sense
than either victory or fame, and to a service well
worth a man's doing.

Nathan Hale belonged to the first brigade dispatched
to New York--that of General Heath.
After rapid marching, considering the state of the
roads, "Hale found himself" (March 26th) "for
the third time" among his New London friends.
The next day they "embarked in high spirits on
fifteen transports and sailed for New York." On
March 30th the troops "disembarked at Turtle
Bay, a convenient landing place" near what is
now East 45th Street. Not far from that spot,
within six months, Nathan Hale was to win a
victory that time can never dim, even if, for a time,
it appeared to have covered his memory with a pall.
But in that landing-day no shadows were apparent,
--only hope, and the zest inevitable in a soldier's
life.

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