Beadle's Dime Novels No. 115: The Sons of Liberty — page 56: what you’re looking at

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58 ~HE &0NS OF LIBERTY. took up its line of march for Johnson Hall. They marched steadily, camped at night, and it was some time on the after- noon of the next day when they reached the Hall. Here he was Closely confined, to wait the orders of Sir John. CHAPTER VII. TOMMY ON THE WAR-PATH. THREE days after the capture of Edgar, the young man known as Tommy Perkins arrived at Schenectady, He had received orders from Edgar to follow him to this place, for he was in reality one of his followers. When he heard of the capture of the young soldier, his ‘indignation knew no bounds. He sought out Richard Connor and obtained from him a full report of the capture, the persons engaged in it, and where he had been taken. Richard was working earnestly trying to raise men enough'in the vicinity of the Hall to force Sir John to give up the prisoner. In the mean time, it was ne- cessary to communicate with him, and Tommy volunteered for the enterprise at cnce. As he had taken leave of Johnson Hall upon a former oc- casion in rather a summary manner, it would be necessary for him to use all the art of which he was possessed in ex- plaining it. But having great confidence in the power of his own tongue, he set gut toward the Hall with the greatest sang- froid imaginable. Johnson Hall was reached some time on the next day, by the aid of the remarkable pony which had carried him upon a previous occasion... He found the aspect of affairs changed considerably by this time, for all the Mohawks who had fol- lowed Joseph Brandt were at the Hall, as well as the Highlanders, the tenants of Sir John. Years before, Sir William had sur. rounded himself with these men from his own country, and they had settled in and about the village of Johnstown, Many of the tenants knew Tommy, and a murmur of surprise ran round the court that he should return after taking such comiclooks. com .