king," and, strange to say, this treasonable conduct has been allowed to
go unpunished.

* * * * *

The stone house at Tappan on the Hudson River, in which Major John André
was imprisoned before he was hanged as a spy, is about to be opened to
the public.

For forty years it has been owned by a gentleman who absolutely refused
to allow any one to enter it.

A few weeks ago a heavy storm of wind and rain threw down the whole
front of the house, and immediately scores of relic-hunters descended
upon the house, and, delighted that they no longer need be deterred from
satisfying their curiosity, roamed at will over the ruin, carrying away
scraps of wood and stone as mementos of their visit.

Disgusted that he could no longer keep his property to himself, the
owner sold the old house. The present proprietor intends to rebuild the
front wall and preserve the rest of the building as it is, using it as a
picnic resort.

This old house has a very interesting record.

During the Revolutionary times it was known as the Mabie Tavern, and the
old tap-room, with its ancient bar, is still as it was in those
troublous times.

Major André was the officer who, as the representative of the British