backs" were openly indulged in.

Amos and Jim were together the greater portion of the time which
intervened between Chris's death and his funeral; but saw nothing of
the barber's apprentice.

They had been selected, together with four others of the dead boy's
friends, to act as pall-bearers, and on Monday forenoon performed
their part in the impressive ceremonies, which were held under the
Liberty Tree, when beneath it was placed for a brief time the coffin
bearing on its head the inscription, "_Innocentia nusquam tuta_;" on
the foot, "_Latat anguis in herba_;" and on either side, "_Haeret
lateri lethalis arundo_."

Four hundred schoolboys marched in couples behind the casket containing
all that was mortal of Chris Snyder; thirteen hundred citizens followed,
and the procession was closed by thirty chariots and chaises.

The bells of Boston and the neighbouring towns were tolled as the
procession marched from Frog Lane to the Liberty Tree, and from thence
to the burying-ground, and on every hand the little fellow was spoken
of as the "first martyr in the cause of American liberty."

During the week which followed the funeral ceremonies, Amos and Jim
were much together in the home of Chris Gore, whose wound was rapidly
healing. They had little or no intercourse with the barber's
apprentice, whom, it was rumoured, had made friends among a certain
set of men frequenting the resorts on the water-front of the city.

Neither had succeeded in convincing himself he was wholly blameless
for the tragedy on Hanover Street, and both shunned Hardy Baker as
much as possible because of the ridiculous threats he made as to what
he intended to do, and cause others to do, against the soldiers.

It was on the Friday succeeding the funeral, when Amos and Jim were
together in the yard of the latter's home, where the symbol of warning
to Master Lillie had been prepared, that the barber's apprentice burst
in upon them like a whirlwind.

Excitement was written on every feature of his face, and several
seconds elapsed before he could speak coherently. Then he exclaimed:

"It has come at last! It has come at last!"

"What has come?" Amos asked, impatiently.

"The 'bloody backs' are to be driven out of town. They have done so
much this time that the people will soon put an end to them! It seems
that Chris Snyder's murder wasn't enough--"

"But the soldiers had nothing to do with that," Jim said, quickly. "We
three are the guilty one