Having forgot in their hurry the basket of provisions, Captain Romer was dispatched after it. During the absence of Romer, Andre was asked by the lady of the house, if he would take any thing to eat, his reply was truly descriptive of his bitter feelings, '' No, I thank you, I have no appetite to take anything." Upon the arrival of the basket, the party again resumed their march, and within a short time arrived at Northcastle. Here they delivered np their prisoner to Jameson, with all the papers that had been taken from his stockings. '^ The prisoner w^as confined here in a small cottage, at present attached to the barn of Mr. Sands. Further details concerning the spy will be found in the respective towns,c ' "

* Paulding, says Jacob Romer, came up in advance of the party and observed to me, " Be careful how you talk, I believe we have got an English officer."

b It is a curious fact mentioned by Sparks in his Biography of Arnold, that the last canto of Andre's humorous satire, called the " Cow-chase," was first printed on the very day of his capture. It will be found in Rivington's Royal Gazette fof Sept. 23, 1780. It ends with the following stanza.

'* And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this same warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet."

[Sparks' Biog. Arnold, 228. « See North Castle. S. Salem.

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