Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27

which hung a huge iron pot-the bea-
con upon that hill called Beacon
.'Molly's destination was with q
irlend OF Abrams, who lived on whas
IS now Joy street, in the immediate
nelghborhood Of Thomas Hancock's
mouse, which he afterwards left to his
nephew, Joha Hancock. Molly soon
became Familiarity acquainted with
Dorothy, or Dolly Quincy, afterward
the wife of John Hancock, for Abram
Hunt was a partner in the firm of,
which Dolly's father, Edmund Quincy
was se1ior member.
I'm a few weeks Molly and Abram
were married, and went to keeping
house near Springate, though Molly
always had a special liking for Beacon
Hill, with its sloping huckleberry pas
lures and sparkling springs, as being!
Ghe hrst place of her residence in New
England"
Muckleberry pastures on Beacon
Hlll!' CALCULATED Sue.
"sue thinks" said Trix scornfully.
"that Beacon street and the Back Bay,
as they exist to-day, were a part of the
original creation;" and Sue. who lives
on Commonwealth avenue was Sc
fenced.
(Aunt Pen, it seems, did not deem it
necessary to explain to these girls, who,
as native Bostonians, were, of course,
familiar with the topography of old
Boston, where Springate was. But
others may like to know. In or near
What is now Spring Lane was one of
those springs with which the peninsula
| HhnI1nnnd and a %o~oo loros lao-
built round about it, with a gate for
entrance, the immediate neighborhood
was known as Springate.)
"Molly had come toNew England in
q time of ferment. Echoes of the
storm gathering in the Western
World had reached the ancestral
home. but her father only 'poon,
pooh'd, at the bare supposition Of
a successful rebellion against the au-
thority of his Most Christian Majesty,
George the Third. So Molly was
greatly surprised and disappointed, I
fear, to find that Abram was as arrant
a rebel as could be found in the Colon
les; bitter against taxation, and ready
to follow Hancock and Adams to any
length.
Gas | have said, her friendship with
Mrs. Hancock was warm and intimate,
and she assisted at many of her famous
Goldfish dinners, and was present at
that historical breakfast when Madam
Hancock entertained Admiral D'Esta-
ing and three hundred of his officers,
and not having sufticientmilk to sup
ply the wants of her guests, sent out
her servants to milk the COWS pastured
on the Common, with orders that all
owners who complained should be sent
to her.
"Abram Hunt was one of the famous
Boston Tea Party, and there is a charm-
ing story of Molly connected with it.
Although partially disguised as an In.
dian, Abram wore his white top boots,
and after the tea party was over, as he
stood by the parlor fire giving Molly,
who now sympathized with him in his
rebellious feelings, some details of the
affair, he shook out from the tops his o.
boots a quantity of tea which had
lodged therein upon the hearth, anc
then swept it carefully into the fire.
But Molly noticed that a small
quantity of tea still remained in the
top boots, and this she removed with.
out Abrams knowledge. The next day
Phoebe, whom Molly still employed il
confidential matters, took a note tc
Dolly Quincy, inviting her to take {
cup OF tea with Molly that evening.
"a cup of tea! The temptation was
irresistible even to so determined 6
rebel as Dorothy Quincy. She came
the tea was made-one cup had beer
drank and Molly wa on the point q
pouring out a second when footsteps
were heard coming rapidly through the
hall. Abrams footsteps, unmistakably
and Molly guiltily hustled the tea.
pot out of sight under the edge of hel
ample train. But alas! the delicious
fragrance could not be $ promptly OF
etfectually hidden. Abram shifted the
aroma suspiciously.
"'Molly,' he said with unusal stern.
ness, lis it possible you are making
tea?'
elbow can T. answered Molly, col
oring under his eye, but smiling 70.
guishly, when you yourself tipped the
last pound into Boston Harbor!p'
"But Abram was not to be cajoled.
Molly, he said. i am not deceived;
know you are making tea. Give it tc
me- and Molly reluctantly drew out
the tiny teapot from its silken hiding.
place.
"Without a moments hesitation
Abram walked to the fireplace and
poured out every drop of the precious
beverage into the fire, shaking out Wig.
orously the cfinging tea leaves. It was
with feelings Of intense satisfaction,
doubtless, that both Molly and Dolly
Quincy reflected that they had at least
drank one cup of the forbidden tea,
though it was many a day before. they
had another.
'Molly afterwara had her full share
of the cares and anxieties of the Revo.
lutionary War, for Abram became a
Captain in the Continental army and
served valiantly and faithfully.
"She was a friend of L%afayette's, and
when he made his last visit to America,
she was an old woman and Abram had
been dead many years. She was living
with her son in Roxbury, and she had
a strong desire once more to see and
take the hand of her old friend. So
she came to Boston on 4 short visit to
await his coming. But a few days be-
fore his arrival She suddenly died, and
az, %Lo, +,1-;~u bo,. homo imam