THE MUSKET BOYS OF OLD BOSTON Or The First Blow for Liberty BY GEORGE A. WARREN AUTHOR OF "THE MUSKET BOYS UNDER WASHINGTON," ETC. _The_ GOLDSMITH _Publishing Co._ NEW YORK, N.Y. MADE IN USA Copyright, 1909, by CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY CONTENTS I. A PUFF OF POWDER II. A FRUITLESS CHASE III. "HURRAH FOR LIBERTY!" IV. ON DUTY V. A GREAT NAME VI. DOWN THE RIVER VII. OLD BERKS' NEWS VIII. THE ROAD TO BOSTON IX. IN THE ENEMY'S HANDS X. LOST XI. CLOSE QUARTERS XII. A NEST OF TORIES XIII. A SERIOUS DILEMMA XIV. ON BOARD THE VIXEN XV. A FRIEND IN NEED XVI. A DASH FOR LIBERTY XVII. A SAFE PORT XVIII. TROUBLED TIMES XIX. "SACHEM" XX. PAUL REVERE'S RIDE XXI. ALONG THE RIVER XXII. "ON TO LEXINGTON" XXIII. THE FIRST SKIRMISH XXIV. BROUGHT TO BOOK XXV. THE BATTLE OF CONCORD XXVI. SPOILS OF WAR XXVII. IN CAMP XXVIII. BOSTON AT LAST XXIX. THE OLD WAREHOUSE XXX. BUNKER HILL XXXI. A MESSAGE FROM CONCORD XXXII. A NOTABLE EXPLOIT XXXIII. CONCLUSION THE MUSKET BOYS OF OLD BOSTON CHAPTER I A PUFF OF POWDER "That's a queer proceeding, Phil." "I should say so. Why, Andy, what is the fellow up to?" "Let's watch and find out. Here, dodge down behind this bush out of sight." Puff! "Gunpowder!" declared Phil Warrington in a thrilling whisper. "There, the fellow has turned around. He is running away. I say, Andy, I know him!" "You know him, Phil?" "Yes, he is the same boy I told you about this morning. See, there is the long-tailed muskrat cap I described to you. See it is certainly the mysterious boy who startled me so here in Concord, and who, I am mightily certain, I met before that somewhere in Boston." "After this boy of mystery, then!" cried Andy. "I am curious to know the secret of all these peculiar proceedings."