t was not 'ignominious' in Dalrymple, however, to take
his men away from an infuriated populace; there were then
thousands of sturdy New Englanders in the towns about, ready to
crowd into Boston at the proper signal; and what were two single
regiments to do if they had come? It was foolhardy in Hutchinson
to resist the demand of the determined gathering at the Old
South. He had been wise the evening before, but on that day his
sagacity deserted him. When Lord North, the unwise minister of
King George, heard of the circumstances, he was interested in
every detail, and the picture of Adams before Hutchinson
impressed him so deeply that he afterwards called the Fourteenth
and the Twenty-ninth 'the Sam Adams regiments.'"

* * * * *

"In August, 1775, the name of Liberty having become offensive to
the tories and their British allies, the tree was cut down by a
party led by one Job Williams. 'Armed with axes they made a
furious attack upon it. After a long spell of laughing and
grinning, sweating, swearing, and foaming, with malice
diabolical, they cut down the tree, because it bore the name of
Liberty.' (Essex Gazette, 1775.) Some idea of the size of the
tree may be formed from the fact that it made fourteen cords of
wood. The jesting at the expense of the Sons of Liberty had a
sorry conclusion; one of the soldiers, in attempting to remove a
limb, fell to the pavement and was killed."

--_Drake's "Old Landmarks of Boston."_

THE END.

[Transcriber's Note:

* The footnotes have been moved to the end of the relevant chapter.

* Pg 3 Added comma after "Family" located in "Jerry's Family".

* Otherwise, archaic and inconsistent spelling, hyphenation, and
mismatched quotes retained.]

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