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+Project Gutenberg's The Story of Nathan Hale, by Henry Fisk Carlton
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+Title: The Story of Nathan Hale
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+Author: Henry Fisk Carlton
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+Editor: Claire T. Zyve
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+Release Date: April 7, 2009 [EBook #28527]
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+_DRAMATIC HOURS IN REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY_
+
+
+The
+Story of Nathan Hale
+
+BY
+HENRY FISK CARLTON
+
+
+_Edited by_ CLAIRE T. ZYVE, Ph.D.
+Fox Meadow School, Scarsdale, New York
+
+
+BUREAU OF PUBLICATIONS
+TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
+NEW YORK CITY
+
+
+
+
+_HOW TO BE A GOOD RADIO ACTOR_
+
+The play in this book has actually been produced on the radio. Possibly
+you have listened to this one when you tuned in at home. The persons
+whose voices you heard as you listened, looked just as they did when
+they left their homes to go to the studio, although they were taking
+the parts of men and women who lived long ago and who wore costumes
+very different from the ones we wear today.
+
+The persons whose voices you heard stood close together around the
+microphone, each one reading from a copy of the play in his hand. Since
+they could not be seen, they did not act parts as in other plays, but
+tried to make their voices show how they felt.
+
+When you give these plays you will not need costumes and you will not
+need scenery, although you can easily arrange a broadcasting studio if
+you wish. You will not need to memorize your parts; in fact, it will
+not be like a real radio broadcast if you do so, and, furthermore, you
+will not want to, since you each have a copy of the book in your hands.
+All you will need to do is to remember that you are taking the part of
+a radio actor, that you are to read your speeches very distinctly, and
+that by your voice you will make your audience understand how you feel.
+In this way you will have the fun of living through some of the great
+moments of history.
+
+
+_HOW TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS IN THE PLAY_
+
+There are some directions in this play which may be new to you, but
+these are necessary, for you are now in a radio broadcasting studio,
+talking in front of a microphone. The word (_in_) means that the
+character is standing close to the microphone, while (_off_) indicates
+that he is farther away, so that his voice sounds faint. When the
+directions (_off, coming in_) are given, the person speaking is away
+from the microphone at first but gradually comes closer. The words
+(_mob_) or (_crowd noise_) you will understand mean the sound of many
+people talking in the distance.
+
+Both the English and the dialect used help make the characters live, so
+the speeches have been written in the way in which these men and women
+would talk. This means that sometimes the character may use what seems
+to you unusual English. The punctuation helps, too, to make the
+speeches sound like real conversation; for example, you will find that
+a dash is often used to show that a character is talking very
+excitedly.
+
+
+
+
+THE STORY OF NATHAN HALE
+
+_CAST_
+
+CAPTAIN NATHAN HALE
+CAPTAIN WILLIAM HULL
+GENERAL WASHINGTON
+BOS'N
+LIEUTENANT POND
+SIMON CARTER
+LIEUTENANT DREW [BRITISH]
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+CAPTAIN MONTRESSOR
+PROVOST MARSHAL CUNNINGHAM
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+We present here the story of the famous Revolutionary hero and martyr,
+Nathan Hale. For the first scene of our sketch, let us go to General
+Washington's headquarters in New York City. It is early September of
+the year 1776. In the Orderly room, outside of General Washington's
+private office, sits Captain William Hull, a member of the General's
+staff. Another officer comes through the door, Captain Hull glances
+toward the newcomer, jumps up, and exclaims--
+
+HULL
+
+Nathan Hale! As sure as I'm alive!
+
+HALE
+
+William Hull! Well, well, this is a surprise!
+
+HULL
+
+And you're a Captain! My congratulations, Nathan.
+
+HALE
+
+I might say the same to you, William!
+
+HULL
+
+What regiment are you in?
+
+HALE
+
+Knowlton's Rangers. And you?
+
+HULL
+
+Well, as you see, I'm on the General's staff. I envy you! Knowlton's
+Rangers, eh? Ah! There you have some chance for adventure! Some chance
+to distinguish yourself, while I--
+
+HALE
+
+Why, what's wrong with a staff appointment? I'd be honored if it were
+offered to me.
+
+HULL
+
+Yes, so was I. That's why I'm here. I was a lieutenant of artillery
+when General Washington asked me to join his staff. I jumped at the
+chance--
+
+HALE
+
+Who wouldn't?
+
+HULL
+
+I wouldn't, again! Why, all I've done for two months is write letters,
+sit at a desk, answer questions, and run errands! It's no duty for a
+man who craves action!
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, William, you have always been a fire eater.
+
+HULL
+
+Well, I eat no fire here, I can tell you. Now will you trade jobs with
+me?
+
+HALE
+
+If General Washington asks me to--I'll do it--though you haven't made
+it sound like a very attractive job, William.
+
+HULL
+
+Perhaps I've overdone it, Nathan--
+
+HALE [_laughing_]
+
+No use trying to crawl out of it now, William.
+
+HULL
+
+But you--you're more used to this sort of thing than I am. You're a
+schoolmaster--used to books and quills and letter writing.
+
+HALE
+
+That's true enough. You never had much love for books--as I remember it
+you were rather a trial to the dominie back home--by the way, what do
+you hear from South Coventry?
+
+HULL
+
+Not much--almost every man in the town enlisted.
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, I keep running across South Coventry men everywhere I go. It's a
+little town, but it has certainly done its duty well in this war.
+
+HULL
+
+If others had done as well, we wouldn't be in such dire straits now!
+
+HALE
+
+Things do look pretty black for us.
+
+HULL
+
+Black! They couldn't be blacker!
+
+HALE
+
+Have you any idea what the General's next move will be?
+
+HULL
+
+No!--and what's more, I don't think he knows. It all depends on General
+Howe's movements, and what those will be nobody knows.
+
+HALE
+
+Is General Washington in his office now?
+
+HULL
+
+Yes. Did you come to see him?
+
+HALE
+
+I was ordered to report to him.
+
+HULL
+
+And here I've been keeping you out here--that shows what a good staff
+officer I am! I'll announce you at once. [_knock_]
+
+WASHINGTON [_off_]
+
+Yes, come in.
+
+HULL
+
+Sir, Captain Hale of Knowlton's Rangers awaits your pleasure.
+
+WASHINGTON [_off_]
+
+Ask him to come in at once, Captain.
+
+HULL
+
+Yes, sir. [_closer_] General Washington will see you now, Captain Hale.
+
+HALE
+
+Thank you.
+
+HULL [_low_]
+
+I'll wait out here for you. Come right in here! [_door closes_]
+
+HALE
+
+Captain Hale reports as ordered, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Come in, Captain--come in!
+
+HALE
+
+Thank you, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Will you sit here?
+
+HALE
+
+Thank you, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Colonel Knowlton informs me that you and your company have been
+assigned to cover the North Shore line of Long Island Sound.
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, sir!
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Well, Captain Hale, I am seriously in need of exact information which
+you may be able to secure.
+
+HALE
+
+What is that, sir?
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Lord Howe's plans!
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, sir!
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Can you get them?
+
+HALE
+
+I can try, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+You don't seem daunted by the magnitude of the undertaking.
+
+HALE
+
+It is an order, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Well, my boy, no man knows better than I the impossibility of some
+orders.
+
+HALE
+
+But, sir--
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+I hope, though, that this is not impossible. I have to have the
+information. The safety of my whole army depends upon it. I must know
+particularly where General Howe intends to strike next.
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+If he comes across the East River, we can protect ourselves and keep
+out of his way. But if he comes across Long Island Sound--do you
+realize what that may mean to us?
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, sir. He can cut off our retreat.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Exactly! So that's what I must know.
+
+HALE
+
+I'll find out for you, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Good! Now, Captain, you may go about your task in any way you see fit.
+I suggest two or three alternatives. First, you may tempt one of the
+enemy or a Tory who has access to the British lines, with a sum of
+money. You may draw on me for whatever is necessary.
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Or you might make a sally across the Sound, capture a prisoner or two,
+and secure bits of information.
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Or, though I hate to suggest it, you might go yourself in disguise to
+the British lines, but that should be only in a last desperate effort.
+
+HALE
+
+I understand, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Or if you could get in touch with certain persons on Long Island who
+have been of service to us before--let's see--there is a shoemaker in
+Jamaica--what is his name--oh, here it is--Simon Carter.
+
+HALE
+
+Simon Carter. Yes, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+If you can find any way to get in touch with him--
+
+HALE
+
+I'll find a way, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+The password is "Liberty" used twice in your first sentence to him.
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+I don't know what he can do for you, but he is trustworthy and he may
+have some information.
+
+HALE
+
+I'll see him, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Now, Captain, I don't want you to go yourself unless it is absolutely
+necessary. But I must have General Howe's plans as soon as possible.
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, sir. I understand. I'll see that you get them, sir.
+
+WASHINGTON
+
+Good! I believe you will, Captain. Good day.
+
+HALE
+
+Good day, sir. [_door closes_]
+
+HULL [_coming in_]
+
+Well, Nathan, what news?
+
+HALE
+
+I've got a job.
+
+HULL
+
+On the staff?
+
+HALE
+
+No. I'm afraid it's more hazardous than that.
+
+HULL
+
+You're lucky! A hazardous job! Say, what I wouldn't give to be in your
+shoes! What is it? Are you at liberty to tell?
+
+HALE
+
+Of course I'll tell you, William. I'm to discover General Howe's plan
+of action.
+
+HULL [_whistles_]
+
+I should say you had drawn a hazardous assignment! I'd call it a labor
+of Hercules!
+
+HALE
+
+Perhaps.
+
+HULL
+
+How are you going about it?
+
+HALE
+
+There's only one sure way of doing it.
+
+HULL
+
+Yes--and what's that?
+
+HALE
+
+I'll go myself into the enemy lines.
+
+HULL
+
+In disguise?
+
+HALE
+
+Of course.
+
+HULL
+
+That may involve serious consequences, Nathan.
+
+HALE
+
+I know it, but I think it's my duty.
+
+HULL
+
+Listen, Nathan. Let me go instead. It's more in my line.
+
+HALE
+
+No, William. The General has assigned me to the duty.
+
+HULL
+
+But he didn't order you to act the spy, did he?
+
+HALE
+
+No.
+
+HULL
+
+And he doesn't expect you to.
+
+HALE
+
+He expects me to get Howe's plans.
+
+HULL
+
+Look here--if I get permission to leave here, won't you let me go in
+your place?
+
+HALE
+
+I'm afraid not, William.
+
+HULL
+
+Listen to reason! You have a father and mother; you're engaged to be
+married. If by chance you were captured--well, I hate to think of it.
+But I'm alone in the world, it wouldn't make any difference what
+happened to me. Let me go!
+
+HALE
+
+It's no use, William. I appreciate your sentiment; but General
+Washington has given me a duty to perform, and I'd be a poor kind of
+soldier if I turned it over to anyone else simply because it involved
+danger.
+
+HULL
+
+Let me go with you, at least!
+
+HALE
+
+Well, if you can get permission, I'd be glad to have you go part of the
+way with me--though I must go into the enemy lines alone!
+
+HULL
+
+But--
+
+HALE
+
+I insist on that! There is added risk in two of us trying to work under
+disguise.
+
+HULL
+
+Oh, very well. Have it your way. When do we start?
+
+HALE
+
+Early tomorrow morning.
+
+HULL
+
+I'll get permission to accompany you at once.
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+So early the next morning Hull and Hale started out together. They went
+into Connecticut and began looking for some means of crossing the Sound
+to the North Shore of Long Island. When they arrived near Norwalk they
+heard that an American gunboat was lying offshore. They determined to
+row out to it as soon as night came.
+
+Our next scene is just after dark. Nathan Hale has put on his disguise,
+while William Hull has found a rowboat, and now draws up to the shore
+where Nathan is waiting for him.
+
+HALE
+
+Hello, William, that you?
+
+HULL
+
+It's me, right enough. Come on, climb in.
+
+HALE
+
+All right. Hold her there while I get aboard.
+
+HULL
+
+Easy, you'll have to jump for it! This is as close as I can come with
+this old tub.
+
+HALE
+
+Steady now! Here I come--all right! I didn't even get my feet wet!
+
+HULL
+
+Let me take a good look at your disguise. Hm--brown homespun
+suit--yes--that's a poor enough fit even for a penniless schoolmaster.
+And that hat! Yes, it'll disguise you all right.
+
+HALE
+
+I hope so. Give me an oar, I'll help you pull to the gunboat.
+
+HULL
+
+Here you are. [_rattle of oar in oarlock_] All ready?
+
+HALE
+
+Pull away, [_noise of regular rattle of oars in the lock and the swish
+of water continuing_]
+
+HULL
+
+Where are you going first, Nathan?
+
+HALE
+
+I don't know. I'll have to let circumstances direct me.
+
+HULL
+
+Are you going directly to that shoemaker the General referred you to?
+
+HALE
+
+No, not directly. I'll see what I can do without any help at first.
+
+HULL
+
+You better change your mind and let me go with you.
+
+HALE
+
+It's no use, William. I won't change my mind.
+
+HULL
+
+You always were stubborn, Nathan.
+
+HALE
+
+Perhaps. There's the gunboat, William!
+
+HULL
+
+Sure that's it?
+
+HALE
+
+No doubt of it.
+
+HULL
+
+Shall I hail them?
+
+HALE
+
+Let's pull in a little closer.
+
+HULL
+
+All right, pull away. There's no light aboard.
+
+HALE
+
+No--there wouldn't be. These waters are alive with British boats.
+
+HULL
+
+There! That's close enough! Give 'em a call now!
+
+HALE
+
+Ahoy, there!
+
+BOS'N [_distance_]
+
+Ahoy! Look sharp there! Don't come any closer! Who are you, and what do
+you want?
+
+HALE
+
+I want to speak to your Captain.
+
+BOS'N
+
+Who are you?
+
+HALE
+
+An officer of the Continental army!
+
+BOS'N
+
+Stand by--I'll report you.
+
+HALE [_low_]
+
+All right, William, as soon as I go aboard, row back to shore, and wait
+ten days for me. If I've not returned by then, go back and report me as
+lost.
+
+HULL
+
+Now, listen, Nathan! I've come this far with you, let me go--
+
+HALE
+
+We've settled all that, William, not once but several times.
+
+HULL
+
+Oh, all right.
+
+POND [_distance_]
+
+Ahoy, there! What's wanted?
+
+HALE
+
+I wish to come aboard, sir, with your permission.
+
+POND
+
+Hello, there, your voice sounds familiar. You don't by any chance
+happen to be Captain Hale?
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, indeed. I'm Captain Hale. But you have the advantage of me, sir--
+
+POND
+
+Come aboard, come aboard, Captain. Don't you remember Lieutenant Pond?
+I was in your regiment at the siege of Boston.
+
+HALE
+
+Of course, I do, Pond. I'm glad to hear your voice.
+
+POND
+
+Come aboard, Captain, I'll lower a ladder for you.
+
+HALE
+
+Thank you.
+
+POND
+
+Bos'n!
+
+BOS'N
+
+Aye, aye, sir!
+
+POND
+
+Lower the ladder for Captain Hale!
+
+BOS'N
+
+Aye, aye, sir! [_gives orders for lowering ladder_]
+
+HALE [_during the confusion_]
+
+Good-by, William. I'll try to be back in a week.
+
+HULL
+
+Good luck to you, Nathan.
+
+HALE
+
+If by any chance I fail to return, will you see that my uniform and
+other effects are sent to my family?
+
+HULL
+
+Of course I will, Nathan.
+
+POND
+
+Come aboard, Captain Hale!
+
+POND [_coming in_]
+
+Here you are, careful now! Give me your hand and watch yourself--there!
+
+HALE
+
+Thank you.
+
+POND
+
+What kind of an outfit do you call that you've got on! I'd never have
+known you if I hadn't heard your voice.
+
+HALE
+
+That's good, Pond!
+
+POND
+
+Good, why?
+
+HALE
+
+Because I'm bound for the enemy lines.
+
+POND
+
+What? Not on spy duty, I hope?
+
+HALE
+
+Exactly. Will you give me passage to Long Island, and land me in some
+secluded spot?
+
+POND
+
+Why--yes--if you wish it.
+
+HALE
+
+You can do it without endangering yourself or your boat?
+
+POND
+
+There'll be no difficulty about landing you. There is, however, a
+British man-of-war, the _Halifax_, in these waters. We have to watch
+out for her. But it's dark enough tonight to be perfectly safe.
+
+HALE
+
+Good! Can we go at once?
+
+POND
+
+Yes, sir. [_calling_] Bos'n!
+
+BOS'N
+
+Aye, aye, sir!
+
+POND
+
+Get the ship under way for Long Island! Bring her into that secluded
+cove near Huntington! You know the place.
+
+BOS'N
+
+Aye, aye, sir! [_calling_] All hands on deck! Man the windlass! Weigh
+anchor! [_etc._] [_mob, setting sails, etc._]
+
+POND
+
+Well, Captain Hale. This is new business for you, isn't it?
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, I've been transferred to Knowlton's Rangers. Our business is to
+get information. And I am under orders to secure some information that
+I can get in no other way.
+
+POND
+
+Hm. It's not a sweet business.
+
+HALE
+
+It's in my country's service! It seems that you, too, Lieutenant Pond,
+are in a new business. How long have you been in the navy?
+
+POND
+
+Two weeks.
+
+HALE
+
+I'm glad I found you here--I might have had some difficulty in
+convincing a stranger that I was really an officer in the Continental
+army.
+
+POND
+
+That's true enough. You look--well--more like a country schoolmaster
+than anything else.
+
+HALE
+
+That's what I hope to pass for.
+
+POND
+
+How long will you be on Long Island?
+
+HALE
+
+I shall try to be through my business in a week. I wonder if you would
+meet me at the same place you are going to leave me--say, a week from
+tonight?
+
+POND
+
+I'll send a small boat ashore for you, soon after dark a week from
+tonight.
+
+HALE
+
+Good! I'll be there--unless--
+
+POND
+
+Yes?
+
+HALE
+
+Unless I am unexpectedly detained.
+
+POND
+
+Oh, sir--we won't even think of that!
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+Our next scene is several days later, at the little shop of the
+shoemaker, Simon Carter, in Jamaica. Simon is sitting on his stool,
+hammering away at a half-finished boot, when he hears a knock at his
+door. [_knock_]
+
+SIMON
+
+Come in, come in, the door ain't locked! Come on in!
+
+HALE
+
+Is this the shop of Simon Carter, the shoemaker?
+
+SIMON
+
+It is, no less!
+
+HALE
+
+Are you at liberty today--at liberty to do a little work for me?
+
+SIMON
+
+Close the door!
+
+HALE
+
+There. [_door closes_]
+
+SIMON [_low_]
+
+Now--sir--I'll do what I can fer ye--in the cause of liberty. What is
+it?
+
+HALE [_low_]
+
+Have you any information for the General?
+
+SIMON
+
+Aye--a plenty!
+
+HALE
+
+Can you give it to me?
+
+SIMON
+
+It's all written out--careful.
+
+HALE
+
+Good! Give it to me.
+
+SIMON
+
+Jest a minute. Don't them boots of yours need new soles?
+
+HALE
+
+Why, I don't know. I think they'll do.
+
+SIMON
+
+Never! Ye must have new soles!
+
+HALE
+
+Why?
+
+SIMON
+
+See here? This here sole?
+
+HALE
+
+Yes?
+
+SIMON
+
+Well, listen--come close--
+
+HALE
+
+Yes?
+
+SIMON
+
+The sole is split--the notes are inside it!
+
+HALE
+
+Good! That's an excellent idea!
+
+SIMON
+
+Slickest thing ye ever see. And it's my own idea!
+
+HALE
+
+I wonder if you could hide some notes I've gathered in the same way?
+
+SIMON
+
+O' course I could. I'll resole both boots. Give me yer notes.
+
+HALE
+
+Here they are. [_rattle of paper_]
+
+SIMON
+
+Pshaw, now--what kind o' writin' is this?
+
+HALE
+
+It's Latin. I thought if they were discovered on me--
+
+SIMON
+
+O' course--no soldier--that is, no redcoat could read that furrin
+writin'. Well, I'll put it where they'll never find it. Here--right in
+this sole. Now sit down there and pull yer boots off an' I'll fix 'em
+up fer ye.
+
+HALE
+
+Good! It's an excellent hiding place. Here you are.
+
+SIMON
+
+Yer a schoolmaster, I take it from the looks o' ye?
+
+HALE
+
+That's what I've been passing for.
+
+SIMON
+
+Now, where's that awl? Oh, here it is. And what name be ye usin'
+hereabouts?
+
+HALE
+
+Call me Master Nathan. [_knock_]
+
+SIMON
+
+Oh, someone at the door.
+
+HALE
+
+Had I better hide?
+
+SIMON
+
+No, no! 'tis better that ye sit right over there in the dark corner. Ye
+look innocent enough. Come in!
+
+DREW [_coming in_]
+
+Good morning, Simon.
+
+SIMON
+
+Good morrow to ye, Lieutenant Drew! I've got yer boots all finished fer
+ye.
+
+DREW
+
+Right! You're hard at work, I see.
+
+SIMON
+
+Always hard at work, Lieutenant. Here are yer boots. I'll wrap them up
+fer ye.
+
+DREW [_low_]
+
+Who's that gentleman over there?
+
+SIMON [_low_]
+
+A customer--I'm fixin' his boots.
+
+DREW
+
+Know him?
+
+SIMON
+
+Never set eyes on him before.
+
+DREW
+
+Unless I'm much mistaken, I've seen him before--but I can't place him.
+
+SIMON
+
+Eh? Here's yer boots, Lieutenant. An' come around again when ye have
+need of a good shoemaker.
+
+DREW
+
+Thank you. I'm going to speak to him. [_louder_] Good morning, sir.
+
+HALE
+
+Good morning, sir.
+
+DREW
+
+Haven't we met somewhere?
+
+HALE
+
+I think you're mistaken, Mr.--
+
+DREW
+
+Drew--Drew--Lieutenant on His Majesty's gunboat, the _Halifax_. Are you
+a stranger hereabouts?
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, sir.
+
+DREW
+
+Do you live on the Island?
+
+HALE
+
+Why--ah--yes, sir.
+
+DREW
+
+Where?
+
+HALE
+
+Ah--er--near--Huntington.
+
+DREW
+
+Ah yes--well, no doubt I've seen you over there. I'm often at
+Huntington.
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, sir, no doubt.
+
+DREW [_jovially_]
+
+Perhaps you know that delightfully charming lady who keeps the
+tavern--Mrs. Chichester?
+
+HALE
+
+Slightly--only slightly.
+
+DREW
+
+Hm! You should know her--a delightful soul. Well, good day--good day,
+Simon.
+
+SIMON
+
+Good day, Lieutenant. [_door closes_]
+
+HALE
+
+Now, where have I met that man?
+
+SIMON
+
+Then ye _have_ met him? He wasn't mistaken?
+
+HALE
+
+I've seen him somewhere--but I can't place him.
+
+SIMON
+
+Well--as long as he can't place you, yer safe, but git out o' this town
+as soon as ye can.
+
+HALE
+
+I will.
+
+SIMON
+
+Are ye from Huntington?
+
+HALE
+
+Never there in my life, except late at night when I landed on the
+Island.
+
+SIMON
+
+Well, I'll git the boots fixed for ye--then git out fast! No use
+runnin' any risks.
+
+HALE
+
+You're right, Simon. I shall take every care not to run into that man
+again.
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+Our next scene is a few days later. It is evening. Darkness is just
+falling. Mrs. Chichester, the keeper of the Huntington Tavern, is
+bustling about her kitchen, when Lieutenant Drew enters the back door.
+
+DREW
+
+Good evening, Mrs. Chichester.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+Good evenin' to ye, Lieutenant Drew. And what are ye doin' comin' into
+my kitchen, I'd like to know?
+
+DREW
+
+Your tavern room's crowded, and I thought perhaps you'd serve me here.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+Indeed, I'll do nothing of the kind. There's room enough in the tavern
+room.
+
+DREW
+
+But I'll have no chance to talk to you out there. And I'd as soon not
+eat as be deprived of your company.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+Go along with ye! Come on out here into the tavern room or ye'll not
+git a bite to eat.
+
+DREW
+
+Your word is law--I can only obey.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+Through this door--here.
+
+DREW
+
+Oh, very well--wait--
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+Now what's the matter?
+
+DREW
+
+Close the door, Mrs. Chichester! Did you take particular notice of the
+man sitting alone in the corner?
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+The nice-lookin' young feller in the brown suit?
+
+DREW
+
+That's the one. Do you know him?
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+Never set eyes on him before.
+
+DREW
+
+Then he's not from Huntington.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+He is not! I know every young blood hereabouts. An' he's not a native
+here, I kin warrant ye that.
+
+DREW
+
+I have it!
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+What--don't scare a body to death! What have ye got?
+
+DREW
+
+I know where I've seen him! He's a rebel.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+A rebel! Indeed! In my tavern? I'll go throw him out!
+
+DREW
+
+No! No! We must make certain first. But I think he's an officer in the
+rebel army. Some months ago I was captured near Boston. I escaped
+later. But while I was a prisoner, I saw this fellow--unless I'm much
+mistaken. I saw him again the other day in Jamaica, at the shoemaker's;
+and now--look at him--here through the crack in the door!
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+He's lookin' fer somethin'--out the winder.
+
+DREW
+
+He's watching the shore of the cove!
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+Lookin' fer a boat to fetch him away, I'll warrant ye!
+
+DREW
+
+Exactly! Now, Mrs. Chichester, let's set a trap for him. Will you help
+me?
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+I will that! A rebel--and like as not a spy--in my tavern!
+
+DREW
+
+Go in to him, engage him in conversation, then look out the window and
+remark that you see a small boat landing.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+Aye, I'll do it.
+
+DREW
+
+If he starts up, I'll know he's my man.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+And then?
+
+DREW
+
+Tell him you're mistaken. The darkness deluded you.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+Yes?
+
+DREW
+
+A small boat from my ship, the _Halifax_, is waiting for me round the
+point. I'll bring it around with my crew and we'll apprehend him.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+Good. Wait here--I'll go in now. [_door opens, laughter and talk swell
+up_]
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+I hope, sir, ye found the roast beef to yer liking.
+
+HALE
+
+Yes, thank you, madam.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+Can I help ye to anything else, sir?
+
+HALE
+
+I think not, thank you.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+I'm sorry we have such poor fare, sir, but the times are hard, what
+with the comin' and goin' of the troops; and the rebels cleaned out the
+place when they were here.
+
+HALE
+
+I've fared very well, Madam.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+Oh look--there in the cove! D'ye see a small boat comin' into shore? I
+wonder what it can be doin' here?
+
+HALE
+
+Oh, indeed! I'm afraid I'll have to go, Madam! Let me pay my
+reckoning.
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+There--I guess my eyes deceived me. It's not a boat at all.
+
+HALE
+
+Ah!
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+What was that you said? Your reckoning? But sir, you've had no
+sweetmeat. Come, sit down, I'll bring ye a bit o' pastry.
+
+HALE
+
+But--
+
+MRS. CHICHESTER
+
+I'll take it much amiss if ye refuse me.
+
+HALE
+
+Thank you, Madam--I'll wait--bring your sweetmeat.
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+As soon as Hale finished his meal at the tavern, he went to the shore
+of the cove to await the boat that he expected. After some time he
+heard the splash of oars. So sure was he that this was his boat that he
+stood up and called.
+
+HALE
+
+Hello, Pond, here I am! Right here!
+
+DREW
+
+Stand fast, put your hands up!
+
+HALE
+
+What--what's the meaning of this? Sir, I am a peaceable schoolmaster,
+you have no cause to apprehend me!
+
+DREW
+
+We'll soon see. Strike a light! Search him!
+
+VOICE
+
+Aye, aye, sir--here's your light.
+
+DREW
+
+Well, sir, I thought I'd seen you before. Now I know I have! I've
+placed you at last! You are an officer in the rebel army!
+
+HALE
+
+I tell you, sir, I am a poor schoolmaster!
+
+DREW
+
+We'll soon see. Find anything in his pockets?
+
+VOICE
+
+Not a thing, sir.
+
+DREW
+
+Rip his jacket to pieces, look in the lining and the seams!
+
+VOICE
+
+Yes, sir. [_sound of tearing cloth_]
+
+HALE
+
+Why am I suffering this indignity?
+
+DREW
+
+Anything there?
+
+VOICE
+
+Not a thing, sir.
+
+DREW
+
+Strip him--tear every piece of clothing to pieces!
+
+VOICE
+
+Aye, aye, sir.
+
+HALE
+
+I trust this is giving you some pleasure.
+
+DREW
+
+We're enjoying ourselves, aren't we, boys?
+
+ALL
+
+Aye, aye, sir.
+
+VOICE
+
+Here, sir--a piece o' paper.
+
+DREW
+
+Let's see it--ha--receipt for lodgings. Is that the best you can do?
+
+VOICE
+
+That's all there is, sir.
+
+HALE
+
+Perhaps, sir, now that you have ruined my clothes, you'll let me go.
+
+DREW
+
+I will not! I'll find where you've hidden your notes if I have to rip
+your skin off!
+
+HALE
+
+I am helpless, sir. But you must be satisfied that I have nothing on
+me. Can't you conclude your sport and let me go?
+
+DREW
+
+Look here, men--what about his boots?
+
+VOICE
+
+Nothing in them, sir.
+
+DREW
+
+He was having them resoled the other day! Ho, I'll wager that's where
+they are! Give me your knife, Bos'n!
+
+VOICE
+
+Here you are, sir.
+
+DREW
+
+Hm! There--ah, ha! I thought so! Papers--papers--I thought as
+much--bring the light nearer! Hm--what's this? Some foreign tongue--Ah!
+Latin. Who would have expected a rebel to know Latin?
+
+HALE
+
+I am a schoolmaster, sir.
+
+DREW
+
+Aye, and a spy as well--as these notes prove.
+
+HALE
+
+Can you read them?
+
+DREW
+
+My Latin is a little rusty, but I can make out the tenor of them.
+Hm--disposition of troops--probable movements of army--yes, that will
+do! What have you to say to that, my fine rebel?
+
+HALE
+
+Nothing.
+
+DREW
+
+You don't need to. We've evidence enough to hang you as it is. Bring
+him along, men! [_mob noise_]
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+So Hale was taken aboard the _Halifax_ and delivered late the same
+night to General Howe, who, without the formality of a trial, turned
+him over to the Provost Marshal, William Cunningham, for execution the
+next day.
+
+Our next scene is in the apple orchard of the Beekman estate on
+Manhattan. Hale has been marched out for his execution. He is standing
+under guard, near the tent of Captain John Montressor, who, as our
+scene opens, comes out of his tent, sees Hale, and speaks to him.
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+Sir, I regret to see such a fine appearing young man in this situation.
+
+HALE
+
+You are kind to say so, sir.
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+May I ask your name and rank?
+
+HALE
+
+I am Captain Nathan Hale, of the Colonial army.
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+May I introduce myself? I am Captain John Montressor. Can I be of any
+assistance to you?
+
+HALE
+
+I should be deeply grateful, sir, if I could write a few lines to
+friends and relatives before I meet my fate.
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+Will you come into my tent?
+
+HALE
+
+If my guard--
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+I'll tend to the guard.
+
+HALE
+
+Thank you.
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+You'll find quills, ink, and paper on my field desk.
+
+HALE [_going_]
+
+Thank you, sir.
+
+VOICE
+
+I say, halt there--where are you going?
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+Never mind, Corporal! I'll be responsible for the prisoner.
+
+VOICE
+
+Very good, Captain, but the Provost Marshal won't like it! I can tell
+you that.
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+I'll take all the blame. The Provost Marshal never likes anything, so
+that's no matter. Here, put this crown in your pocket.
+
+VOICE
+
+Right enough, sir. Thank you.
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+Do you know anything about the prisoner?
+
+VOICE
+
+No, sir. Ah, sir! Here comes the Provost Marshal!
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+Let me talk to him.
+
+CUNNINGHAM [_coming up_]
+
+Where's the prisoner? Guard! Where's the prisoner?
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+Just at this moment, sir, he is writing a few notes in my tent.
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+Bring him out here!
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+I'll get him, sir, if I may be allowed.
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+Go ahead, get him.
+
+MONTRESSOR [_off_]
+
+I'm sorry, Captain Hale, but the Marshal is waiting for you--have you
+finished your letters?
+
+HALE [_off_]
+
+Not quite, sir.
+
+MONTRESSOR [_calling_]
+
+He hasn't finished his letters, sir.
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+Fetch him along--he's written enough.
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+I'm sorry, Captain.
+
+HALE
+
+Of course I'll come. May I ask you to deliver these letters at your
+first opportunity?
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+Surely.
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+Guard, fall in around the prisoner.
+
+VOICE
+
+Guard, fall in--'ten--_shun_! Quick step--march! [_marching_]
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+Halt under the tree!
+
+VOICE
+
+Guard, halt!
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+Put the prisoner on the ladder!
+
+HALE
+
+It isn't necessary, sir--I can climb the ladder.
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+All right then, get up there. Put the halter around his neck, and
+blindfold him.
+
+HALE
+
+I can do that, too, sir.
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+All right, then, do it! And if you have any further statement or
+confession to make, now is the time to do it.
+
+HALE
+
+I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+Humph! Now, guard, when I give the word, kick the ladder and let the
+rebel swing. Are you ready?
+
+VOICE
+
+Ready.
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+Steady--now! [_noise of ladder, gasp, etc._] [_pause_] So let all
+spies, rebels, and traitors swing! March the guard off!
+
+VOICE
+
+Guard--fall in! Quick step--[_etc._]
+
+MONTRESSOR [_to himself_]
+
+Poor fellow--and he's hardly more than a boy.
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+And now, Captain Montressor, I'll trouble you for those letters.
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+Here they are, Marshal.
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+Ah--[_sound of tearing paper_]
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+What are you doing, sir? Stop it! Don't tear those letters up!
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+I've already done it, Captain.
+
+MONTRESSOR
+
+What did you do that for? They were intrusted to me for delivery.
+
+CUNNINGHAM
+
+Well--they won't be delivered! The rebels shall never know they had a
+man who could die with such firmness!
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+The next day, however, Captain Montressor carried the news to the
+American lines under a white flag and repeated to Hale's companions
+those words--which have come down to us: "I only regret that I have but
+one life to lose for my country!"
+
+
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+Transcriber's Note:
+
+Page 28: Corrected both occurrences of CHICHERTER to CHICHESTER.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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