Romantic days in the early republic . IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC 405 of Paradise disport themselves. In one Cupidappears to be wooing the shy Venus; in theother she has dispatched him with an affirm-ative answer, and he is proceeding happily awaythrough pendent wreaths of red flowers. Itseems a pity that paper so eminently fitted tonuptial rites should not have graced the Han-cock wedding after all. But English spies werekeeping a keen lookout for Patriot Hancockabout that time, and he was obliged to go intohiding in the Lexington parsonage (now knownas the Clark House), where his father had beenbo
Romantic days in the early republic . IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC 405 of Paradise disport themselves. In one Cupidappears to be wooing the shy Venus; in theother she has dispatched him with an affirm-ative answer, and he is proceeding happily awaythrough pendent wreaths of red flowers. Itseems a pity that paper so eminently fitted tonuptial rites should not have graced the Han-cock wedding after all. But English spies werekeeping a keen lookout for Patriot Hancockabout that time, and he was obliged to go intohiding in the Lexington parsonage (now knownas the Clark House), where his father had beenborn. To visit him his aunt, Mme. LydiaHancock, and his fiancee, Dorothy, took coachApril 18, 1775; and it was the resultant happymeeting which Paul Revere interrupted when,having ridden for his life to warn Hancock thatthe British were approaching, he arrived inLexington about midnight of that memorableday. Hancock had, of course, to flee again;the ladies meanwhile withdrew to Fairfield,Connecticut, the home of Rev. Thaddeus Burr,anot
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