succeeded, save the consciousness of having done
his duty. But fail he did, and we have seen how
simply and bravely he accepted his doom. His
grave is unknown to this day, and his country,
as a country, has made no recognition whatever
of his supreme sacrifice.

In regard to Andr6, we know that he was of
foreign parentage, his father a Genevan Swiss, and
his mother French. He had not inherited a drop
of English blood. Born, however, after his parents
removed to London, he was, in ordinary acceptance,
English.

His parents were able to educate him thoroughly,
and to fit him for what they supposed would be a
successful commercial career. A disappointment
in love, however, led him to seek a change of scene,
and he entered the English army.

Personally he was most attractive, charming in
his manners beyond the average man, a fine linguist,
and a brave man. He soon attracted attention
among the English officers engaged in the
war against America, and was eventually made
adjutant general of the English army. So far as
can now be judged, his life as a soldier had been
most agreeable, and he had made friends with all
his associates. While Arnold was perfecting his
designs to betray West Point into the hands of the

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