A patriot lad of old Boston

by Russell Gordon Carter

The Author.

CONTENTS

I.	Tea and Salt Water	[ 11]
II.	Don Finds a New Friend	[ 24]
III.	A Redcoat Gets Wet	[ 36]
IV.	A Trip to Concord	[ 49]
V.	The Regulars Come Out	[ 62]
VI.	Across the Flats	[ 77]
VII.	Jud Appleton	[ 92]
VIII.	The Boys Set a Trap	[ 105]
IX.	The Regulars Embark	[ 116]
X.	From a Housetop	[ 128]
XI.	The Liberty Tree	[ 142]
XII.	A Blustering Sergeant-Major	[ 152]
XIII.	A Farce is Interrupted	[ 162]
XIV.	A Broken Lock	[ 173]
XV.	March Winds Blow	[ 184]
XVI.	Crean Brush’s Men	[ 194]
XVII.	Don Meets General Washington	[ 207]

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
“You Needn’t Be Afraid of This Tea;Nobody’s Paid a Tax on It.”	[ Frontispiece]
He Lifted His Head Cautiously andBegan to Count	[ 72]
“Who Lives Here Beside Yourself, YoungSire?”	[ 154]

A Patriot Lad of Old Boston

CHAPTER I
TEA AND SALT WATER

A pink and golden sunset was flaming across Boston Common. It was one of the prettiest sunsets of the whole winter of 1773; but on that day, the sixteenth of December, few persons were in the mood to stop and admire it. For trouble had come to town.

In the Old South Meeting-House at the corner of Marlborough and Milk Streets the largest and perhaps the most important town-meeting in the history of Boston was in session. The hall was filled to overflowing, and those who had been unable to gain admittance lingered in the streets and tried to learn from their neighbors what was going on inside.