Contents

I. Shows How Merchant Dana Boarded the “Nancy Breen” and What Came of It[ 9]
II. Shows the Reception George Prentiss Met With in New York Town[ 34]
III. Tells How a Bully Entered the “King’s Arms”[ 52]
IV. Tells How the Bully Changed His Mind, and How George Was Sent for in Haste[ 64]
V. In Which General Putnam Has His Say[ 75]
VI. Explains How George Prentiss Becomes a Guest at the “Wheat Sheaf”[ 82]
VII. Tells How Three People Made a Dash for Freedom[ 111]
VIII. Tells How Peggy Gave a Warning[ 122]
IX. In Which George Prentiss Receives an Invitation[ 129]
X. Shows How Washington Came to New York[ 138]
XI. In Which George Prentiss Makes a Sudden Resolution[ 152]
XII. Tells How Two People Peered Through the Window of the Old Mill[ 163]
XIII. In Which Peggy Camp Shows Her Courage[ 171]
XIV. Shows How the British Ships Came Into the Bay[ 181]
XV. Tells How George Visited the House in Crown Street[ 190]
XVI. Peggy Speaks Her Mind[ 204]
XVII. Shows What Happened in the Tapestried Chamber[ 217]
XVIII. In Which is Fought the Battle of Long Island[ 229]
XIX. Describes How George and His Friend Start Upon a Dangerous Mission[ 255]
XX. Tells of Two Patriots in Trenton[ 274]
XXI. How Colonel Rahl Proposed Giving a Christmas Concert[ 283]
XXII. Tells How a Fire Was Kindled on a Hillside[ 301]
XXIII. Shows How the Concert Was Interrupted[ 317]