. Neal, the miller : a son of liberty . throng to make such a proceedingsafe or possible. On the first day of November thechurch bells were tolled, as if for a funeral, and when alarge crowd had gathered near Samuel Leavitts store, afigure called the Goddess of Liberty was brought out on abier, with Thomas Pickerin, John Jones, Jotham Lewisand Nehemiah Yartridge acting as pall-bearers. All the people on the streets, myself among thenumber, followed the procession to where a grave hadbeen dug, and when the image was about to be buried,Jotham Lewis called out that he thought he perceivedsome sig
. Neal, the miller : a son of liberty . throng to make such a proceedingsafe or possible. On the first day of November thechurch bells were tolled, as if for a funeral, and when alarge crowd had gathered near Samuel Leavitts store, afigure called the Goddess of Liberty was brought out on abier, with Thomas Pickerin, John Jones, Jotham Lewisand Nehemiah Yartridge acting as pall-bearers. All the people on the streets, myself among thenumber, followed the procession to where a grave hadbeen dug, and when the image was about to be buried,Jotham Lewis called out that he thought he perceivedsome signs of life in Liberty. With that the statue wascarried back to Master Leavitts store, and MasterMcCleary addressed the assembled throng, saying that ifthe Goddess could be restored to health her Sons were ;o NEAL, THE MILLER. the ones to do it. He was greeted with mighty cheers,such as must have been heard even at the Governorshouse; and when the tumult had died away, Master GeorgeMesserve declared that he did not intend to accept the. l—- office the king had bestowed upon him. He then deliveredhis commission and instructions to the Sons of Liberty,and next morning all who are known as belonging to thatassociation marched around the town, carrying the parch-ments like a banner, on the point of a sword. STEPHEN KIDDER. 7 I Master Messerve then took his oath before JusticeClaget that he would not attempt to issue stamps, and thecommission was given to the captain of the Saucy Mary,who is sworn to deliver it up to the Commissioners of theStamp Office in London immediately upon his arrival inEngland. You see, matters have changed considerablysince the day you started out to deliver a message toMaster Revere. If I had only been there ! Walter exclaimed, whenStephen ceased speaking from sheer lack of breath. You would not have seen much of the bravery, I Sons of Liberty could not attempt to prevent yourbeing made a prisoner on the charge of stealing, howeverwell they under
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