Chapter L: C. Page & Company

(Incorporated)

Third Impression, March, 1911

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

“Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color
plate_) _Frontispiece_

COPYRIGHT iv

LADY READING viii

HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix

YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x

INITIAL 1

THE INDIAN 2

“THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3

“GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5

THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6

THE BALCONY 7

“ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10

COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12

“PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15

“A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18

“THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22

“A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23

“HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color
plate_) _facing_ 24

“A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A
PENNY PAPER” 27

EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29

YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE
PICTURE 35

“SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38

ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41

“THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color
plate_) _facing_ 42

“SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45

“_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47

_Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51

YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57

“A PALE YOUNG MAN ... PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE
COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59

GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60

A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63

“I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67

“KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71

“THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73

“YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?” 77

“WHAT THING ART THOU?” 80

“THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color
plate_) _facing_ 81

OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83

“HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89

“TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92

“A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95

THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99

“RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101

FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104

IN COLONIAL DAYS