Smith eat breakfast (which mother prepared for them) but Andre appeared very agitated, walked back and forward before the front door and eat nothing; he had on a blue tight bodied coat, made plain, after the fashion of the New England farmers of the day. Smith v\-ent back north from our house, and Andre went on toward New York alone -- going south by the way of Pines Bridge, and Taniytown ; near the latter place he was taken prisoner.

" In the time of the Revolution the British Light Horse came through this part of the countr)-, taking the route from Crompond to our house. On this occasion they burned many houses, killed several men and wounded every one they met, carrying them off prisoners to New York. Every house was robbed by them, and all the cattle they could possibly find, driven off. A few weeks previous to this a violent hurricane had taken off the back portion of the roof of our house. The British rode up very furiously, with their swords, drawn and demanded which party had removed the roof; I replied "Tlie upper party," which they understood to mean the Whigs -- the British being the lower party. They then placed a sentinel at tlie door who prevented any of the party from going into tlie house or takisig an3lhing from us, which we considered a remarkable I'rovidential preseiwation.

700 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

" In the Revolution robberies and murders were very frequent in tlils part of the country. One niglU tlierc were two strangers putting up at our house, from New England ; in the dead of night a man knocked at the door -- father asked who was there ? the reply was "a friend." l-'atii^r mistook the voice for that of a particular friend of his, but mother thought they were robljers beyond any doubt ; father got up and opcncl the upper half of the door, and soon found they were come to pilb.ge the house.