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unpretending residence of a country far-
mer in moderate circumstances. His name
was Geiger. He was a true friend of the
American cause, and, but for ill health, that
rendered him unable to endure the fatigues
of the camp, would have been under arms
in defence of his country. The deep in-
terest felt in the cause of liberty by Geiger,
made him ever on the alert for information
touching the progress of affairs in his State, |
and the freedom with which he expressed
his opinions created him hosts of ene-
mies among the evil-minded tories with
whom he was surrounded. Geiger had an
only daughter, eighteen years of age, who
was imbued with her father’s spirit. -

“Tf I were only a man!” she would
often say, when intelligence came of Bri-
tis or tory outrages, or when news was
brought of some reverse to the American
arms: “If I were only a man! that I could
fight for my country.”

On the third day of General Greene’s en-