his father had said it was on the Old Brick
Meetinghouse; that the building nearly opposite was the Town House.[8]
He saw two cannon in the street and a soldier keeping guard before
the door. Negro servants were filling their pails at the pump, and
kindly pumped water for the mare. Looking down King Street toward the
water, he saw the stocks and pillory, the Custom House, and in the
distance the masts and yard-arms of ships. Up Queen Street he could
see the jail.

[Footnote 7: The building known as the Old Corner Bookstore, at the
junction of School and Washington streets. The Cromwell's Head Tavern
was No. 19 School Street.]

[Footnote 8: The old brick meetinghouse of the First Church occupied
the site of the present Rogers Building, nearly opposite the Old State
House.]

[Illustration: Latin School.]

The mare, having finished drinking, jogged on. He saw on the left-hand
side of the street the shop of Paul Revere, goldsmith.[9] The thought
came that possibly he might find something there that would be nice
and pretty for Rachel.

[Footnote 9: The shop of Paul Revere stood on Cornhill, now No. 169
Washington Street.]

Jenny, knowing she was nearing the end of her journey, trotted through
Union Street, stopping at last in front of a building where an iron
rod projected from the wall, supporting a green dragon with wings,
open jaws, teeth, and a tongue shaped like a dart.[10] The red-faced
landlord was standing in the doorway.

[Footnote 10: The Green Dragon Tavern stood in Green Dragon Lane, now
Union street. The lane in 1769 terminated at the mill-pond, a few rods
from the tavern. In front it showed two stories, but had three stories
and a basement in the rear. The hall was in the second story. The sign
was of sheet copper, hanging from an iron rod projecting from the
building. The rooms were named Devonshire, Somerset, Norfolk,
respectively, for the shires of Old England. The building was about
one hundred years old, and was occupied, 1695, by Alexander Smith as a
tavern. The estate at one time was owned by Lieut.-Governor William
Stoughton, who was acting governor and took a prominent part in
persecuting those accused of witchcraft. He was a man of large wealth,
and devised a portion of his property to Harvard College, Stoughton
Hall being named for him.]

[Illustration: Green Dragon Tavern.]

"Well Jenny, old girl, how do you do?" he said, addressing the mare.
"So it is the son and not the father? I ho