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Show IN AMERICAN TRAP Clever Scheme Which Enabled Patriot Soldiers to Defeat the British General. THE Korrla property co eroj vast tracts of land In WYstrhesttT County. New York. Tho grandfather grand-father of tho first James Kerrls was ono of tho ten promoters of Throes Neck. Ho was descended from tho house of Keriers. whoso first member mem-ber In KnclanJ obtained hirito grants of Kr.Klish land from tho t'omiueror. ; Vitiy branches of tho family spread through tho Westchester region, and I another old houso oneo belonging to them can bo seen today. I'pon leaving the houso onco occu-; occu-; Tied by Lord Howe, go out through tho ma:n entrance of tho Country club I grounds. 1. -a-ling into Country Club ' avenue This routo will take you I through son-.o of the loveliest land ar.ywher to bo found. Delightful: tor.: es are scattered over tho (lawless-I (lawless-I !y pro.:::e I land. Naturo hero Is , Jrosse 1 in her best Pun lay go to-' to-' r.-.e. -:r.g garb tho wi.oio week through. I You arrlvo at Mtddletown road, j Follow this towarj tho villago, and ; c'.o?o to It. on Mayf!o.-r aem;e. you i will f.:-.d tho ether Ferris houo with i largo pillars. It Is unocoup I. J nnd j j us- I only t y a nmvir.g picture firm I a fir.o background for o'.d-timo ro-I ro-I raanc-'S. i And now to tho villnito center and j the causeway. Toward It marched LcrJ Howe, while tho picked Amert-j Amert-j cans awaited him and another group. 2- rl Old Causeway at Westchester, Whera Americans Stopped British Advance. too, at the head of the creek. At a given signal tho planks of tho bridge were taken up, and Howe arrived to find hlmfielf upon an Island. He raged furiously and moved toward the head of the creek, there to be abruptly checked again. Th Americans Amer-icans opened fire upon his troops at tho causeway. They were sheltered by tho tldo-mlll. and from this point (hey poured forth, their heavy rifle lire upon the British. Nowhere could the enemy force a way past the determined de-termined patriots. Howe retreated and the day was won. So enraged was the British general gen-eral that ho summoned his guides bo-fore bo-fore a board of officers and charged them with having deceived him, for he believed that they had landed him apon an island. How dared they? he demanded, striking tho table a resounding re-sounding blow with his sword. Although Al-though the situation was explained to him, ho still raged, and he vowed he would hang every man of them unless they conducted him safely from the trap he was in. At last the British ' retreat carried tho forces on to Pell's Point. |