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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1898. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX. PAUL REVERE AND ROGER SPREAD THE ALARM. Roger's heart almost stopped beating, as the conversation recorded above fell upon his ears. What was this the British officers were sa... More

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1898. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX. PAUL REVERE AND ROGER SPREAD THE ALARM. Roger's heart almost stopped beating, as the conversation recorded above fell upon his ears. What was this the British officers were saying? They were going to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock, and place them under military arrest! The two greatest men, politically, the colonies at that time knew! It must never be! Young as he was, he realised the importance of such a capture, should it be executed. In all the movements of the patriots in and about Boston, Samuel Adams was, to use the expression framed at that time, " the power behind the throne." He was a foremost member of Congress in 1774, and he helped draw up the original draft of the State Constitution, and now hardly a movement was made but what he was directly or indirectly concerned in it. Of John Hancock no less could be said. Elected to the presidency of the Provincial Congress in 1774, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Samuel Adams, in company with Doctor Warren, afterwards General Warren, the martyr-hero of Bunker Hill, Josiah Quincy, Jr., the patriots' Cicero, William Cooper, the fearless Boston town clerk, and a score of men equally feared by the Crown. In addition to being an active patriot, Hancock was one of the wealthiest landowners and business men of Boston, and his influence caused many a merchant to become a Whig, who might otherwise have turned Tory. "It must not be," thought the boy. "I must tell Captain Parker, -- everybody. Somebody must know where Mr. Adams and Mr. Hancock are stopping to-night, and warn them to seek a place of safety. And the militia and minute men must be on guard, too, against the troops General Gage is going to send from Boston. That surprise must not be all on one side!" With bated breath he was o...

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