BOSTON, APRIL 1866
“We are agreed.” Sweeny spoke quietly. “Colonel John O"Byrne will lead the raid. He will have a battalion of some 700 men across from Maine to seize Campobello Island in New Brunswick. Some of the men you trained will be among them, Windrush.”
Jack slowly lit a cheroot and blew smoke into the air. “Once he has control of Campobello, sir, what will he do with it? There"s not much there to scare the British.”
“Do with it, sir? Why he won"t have to do anything with it.” Sweeny"s smile had all the charm of a sleeping tiger. “That"s the beauty of the scheme, you see. Even if we lose, we win. This border between the United States and Canada is hundreds of miles long and as porous as a sieve. I believe you know India"s North-West Frontier, Captain?”
“I"ve served there,” Jac
