Produced by David Edwards, Larry B. Harrison and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) UNDER THE LIBERTY TREE. STORIES OF American History, BY JAMES OTIS. =Under the Liberty Tree:= A Story of the Boston Massacre. =The Boys of 1745= at the Capture of Louisbourg. =An Island Refuge:= Casco Bay in 1676. =Neal the Miller:= A Son of Liberty. =Ezra Jordan's Escape= from the Massacre at Fort Loyall. _Each volume cloth, small 12 mo, neatly bound, 75 cents._ ESTES & LAURIAT, PUBLISHERS. [Illustration] UNDER THE LIBERTY TREE A STORY OF THE "BOSTON MASSACRE" BY JAMES OTIS AUTHOR OF "JENNY WREN'S BOARDING-HOUSE," "JERRY'S FAMILY," "THE BOYS' REVOLT," "THE BOYS OF 1745," ETC. [Illustration: Illustrated] BOSTON ESTES AND LAURIAT 1896 _Copyright, 1896,_ BY ESTES AND LAURIAT _All rights reserved_ Colonial Press: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, Mass., U.S.A. Electrotyped by Geo. C. Scott & Sons CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. THE LIBERTY TREE 11 II. FIRST FRUITS 29 III. LIBERTY HALL 49 IV. A DISCOMFITED CREDITOR 67 V. A NIGHT OF TERROR 81 VI. AFTER THE MASSACRE 101 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. THE SOLDIERS FIRE _Frontispiece_ "HOW LONG IS IT SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN HOBNOBBING IN THAT QUARTER?" 13 "THEY ARE INDULGING IN TREASONABLE PRACTICES" 19 ATTACHING 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