Beadle's Dime Novels No. 115: The Sons of Liberty — page 69: what you’re looking at

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AFTER THE SHERIFF. } a | “TI thank you all, good friends, and will not ‘forget what you have done. Am I wrong, sir, ordo I see before me Sampson Sammons ?” “ Sammons is my name,” said the Whig. | “Let me take your hand again. I am not unknown to you by reputation, and let me assure you that the Sons of Liberty in the cities have heard your name and are witness to your good deeds.” “As I stand here, to hear you say so more than repays any little service I have done. Sir, I am a farmer, and my hands are hard with labor} and such as they are, they are for the service of the Congress; God bless its members, and teach them how to do right. But, this is not the time for idle words. We have another purpose’ to-night, -besides set- ting you at liberty, if there is time. We will rouse old Black from his nest, and ride him on a rail, the old scoun- drel. Will you come with us ?” . “Tf you will take my advice you will use no ‘yletbitbe which might react to the prejudice of our cause,” said Edgar. “It would be far better for them if they had not been so harsh with our men.” “You may be right. Nevertheless, we must rout him out of the tower’ for he is a pestilence here. We must remove him.” , ‘Do as you please about that. I will go with you, not, however, as your leader, but to see that no violence is done to the man, though he has used me ill.” “The time will come, captain; when the worst we could do to him would be child’s play compared with the suffering ~ -which would fall upon the Whigs of the three valleys, Mohawk, Cherry and Schoharies I am a prophet in this! They ‘will let loose the full power of the Mohawks upon us, and the warriors of the other nations will follow readily such a eo as Brandt.” They passed out of the jail and hurried together to the house of Black. Hearing them coming, the obnoxious sheriff barred the door and presented himself at an upper window, where Sampson Sammons demanded his surrender, | “Ts that you, Sammons ?” cried Black, leaning out of the window. Comiclookks.conn