Contents

I. Shows How Merchant Dana Boarded the “Nancy Breen” and What Came of It 9
II. Shows the Reception George Prentiss Met With in New York Town 34
III. Tells How a Bully Entered the “King’s Arms” 52
IV. Tells How the Bully Changed His Mind, and How George Was Sent for in Haste 64
V. In Which General Putnam Has His Say 75
VI. Explains How George Prentiss Becomes a Guest at the “Wheat Sheaf” 82
VII. Tells How Three People Made a Dash for Freedom 111
VIII. Tells How Peggy Gave a Warning 122
IX. In Which George Prentiss Receives an Invitation 129
X. Shows How Washington Came to New York 138
XI. In Which George Prentiss Makes a Sudden Resolution 152
XII. Tells How Two People Peered Through the Window of the Old Mill 163
XIII. In Which Peggy Camp Shows Her Courage 171
XIV. Shows How the British Ships Came Into the Bay 181
XV. Tells How George Visited the House in Crown Street 190
XVI. Peggy Speaks Her Mind 204
XVII. Shows What Happened in the Tapestried Chamber 217
XVIII. In Which is Fought the Battle of Long Island 229
XIX. Describes How George and His Friend Start Upon a Dangerous Mission 255
XX. Tells of Two Patriots in Trenton 274
XXI. How Colonel Rahl Proposed Giving a Christmas Concert 283
XXII. Tells How a Fire Was Kindled on a Hillside 301
XXIII. Shows How the Concert Was Interrupted 317