TACHING THE WARNING 27

"WILL YOU GIVE ME THE MONEY NOW?" 35

"YOU ARE A COWARD!" 40

"RAISING HIS MUSKET QUICKLY, AND WITHOUT TAKING
AIM, HE FIRED" 45

PAUL REVERE AND AMOS 50

THE CROWD UNDER THE LIBERTY TREE 61

"THE SENTRY KNOCKED HIM DOWN" 71

"ONE OF THE FRAGMENTS STRUCK MRS. RICHARDSON" 74

"MEN AND BOYS RUSHED FROM THEIR HOMES" 85

ATTUCKS 89

"TO THE MAIN GUARD" 95

"POOR SAM!" 102

"BOTH REGIMENTS OR NONE!" 107

"Your Lordship must know that Liberty Tree is a large, old Elm in
the High Street, upon which the effigies were hung in the time of
the Stamp Act, and from whence the mobs at that time made their
parades. It has since been adorned with an inscription, and has
obtained the name of Liberty Tree, as the ground under it has
that of Liberty Hall. In August last, just before the
commencement of the present troubles, they erected a flagstaff,
which went through the tree, and a good deal above the top of the
tree. Upon this they hoist a flag as a signal for the Sons of
Liberty, as they are called."

_Extract from a letter written by Governor Bernard to Lord
Hillsborough under date of June 18, 1768._

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"The world should never forget the spot where once stood Liberty
Tree, so famous in your annals."

_The Marquis de Lafayette, in a speech delivered in Boston during his
last visit to America._

UNDER THE LIBERTY TREE

A Story of the "Boston Massacre"

CHAPTER I.

THE LIBERTY TREE.

It was on the evening of February 21, 1770, in the city of Boston,
that a party of boys, ranging in age from ten to eighteen years, were
assembled at what was known as "Liberty Hall," which was not a
building, but simply the open space sheltered by the wide-spreading
branches of the "Liberty Tree."

Although General Gage's troops occupied the city, and patrols of the
"bloody backs," as the red-coated soldiers had been called in
derision, paced to and fro at regular intervals along the streets,
these boys spoke openly of their desire,