rt exclaimed, as he beheld the harbor, the town,
and the surrounding country from the top of the house the following
morning. Berinthia pointed out the localities. At their feet was
Copp's Hill burial ground with its rows of headstones and grass-grown
mounds. Across the river, northward, was Charlestown village nestling
at the foot of Bunker Hill. Ferryboats were crossing the stream.
Farther away beyond fields, pastures, and marsh lands were the rocky
bluffs of Malden, the wood-crowned heights russet and crimson with the
first tinges of autumn. Eastward was the harbor with its wave-washed
islands, and the blue ocean sparkling in the sunlight. White sails
were fading and vanishing on the far distant horizon. Ships were
riding at anchor between the town and castle. Southward were
dwellings, stores, shops, and the spires of meetinghouses. Beyond the
town were the Roxbury, Dorchester, and Milton hills--fields, pastures,
orchards, and farmhouses. Westward rose Beacon Hill, its sunny slopes
dotted with houses and gardens; farther away, across Charles River, he
could see the steeple of Cambridge meetinghouse and the roof of the
college.

[Illustration: Copp's Hill Burial Ground.]

"This is Christ Church," said Berinthia, pointing to the nearest
steeple. "That beyond is the Old North Meetinghouse where Cotton
Mather preached.[18] Of course you have heard of him."

[Footnote 18: Historical writers have made a mistake in speaking of
Christ Church as the Old North Meetinghouse. They were distinct
edifices--Christ Church standing in Salem Street, the Old North
fronting North Square. Christ Church is the historic edifice from
whose steeple Robert Newman hung the lantern to give notice of the
movement of the king's troops, April, 1775. The Old North was torn
down during the siege of Boston.]

Robert replied that the name seemed familiar.

"He was one of the ministers first settled," said Berinthia, "and
wrote a curious book, the 'Magnalia.' When he was a boy he picked up
Latin so quickly that when twelve years old he was able to enter
college, graduating four years later. That stately mansion near the
meetinghouse was the home of Lieutenant-Governor Hutchinson. A mob
smashed the windows in connection with the attempt to enforce the
Stamp Act; and it was that which induced the king to send the two
regiments of soldiers to Boston. The house adjoining is the home of
Lady Agnes Frankland."

She told the romantic story of Lady Fra