SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS CHAPTERSAt At Boston , , tn In July , , 1775 , , Colin Colm Cabot , , ard ardent younc young lover of o ( liberty , , bids good liy by to hIs hIssweetheart hissweetheart hissweetheart sweetheart , , Patience ' ' Pat ' ' Faytrweathcr Faycrweather Fayerweather , , daughter ofII ofa of II a . loyalist but herselfa herself a "rebelII "rebel rebel " IIHe II " He JOIns corns JOInsthe cornsthe joinsthe the Revolutionary Revoluhonnry army at Cambridge and Is musteredmto musteredinto mustered mto into > nto the th company of Capt Amos Farns- Farns Ferns Farnsworth Farns-worth Farns worth - . worth Colin Cohn unpressesV.ubmgton impresses unpresses Washington \V.ubmgton V.ubmgton \ . ; , and he malccs maltes makes him his Informalsecretary informal secretary , with the th rankof rank of ofcI1ptam ofcaptain ofcaptain cI1ptam captain : A letter from Pat tells Colin Cohn she is fa I * to visit VlSlt friendsoutside friends outside tho the American lines , and andasks andasks andasks asks him to meet her ber He sets out Lcarnini Learning ofa of a British Brltlsb Bntish plot ptot to capture Colin Cohn Colic , Farnsworth Famsworthwith , W1th with W1tha witha a troop , , ndcs ndes rides to the rescue A British patrol , , led by Hairy Harry Gae Cage Gage ( , , Cohn's Cohns Corm's Corms Colm ' nval rival tor for the thehand thehand th thband handof band hand of Pat , threatens the youne young patriot Farnsworthand Famsworth Farnsworth and bis his troop come up Cage Gage Gaff * challengeCorm challenge challencelColin ; Colm Corm to a duel They ficht fight and Gate Cage Gage is wounded Cohn Coltn returns to Cambridge Washinetor Washmgtoe Washington Washinetorhaving , , having bavmg forbidden ducLng dueling ducLn , reduce rcduc reduces * bun hUD him to the ranks , but Mrs Wasluntton Waslungton Washington , affcctionatoly affccbonntoty affectionately known knownto knownto to the army as ' Lady Washinfton Washmgton Washington , remains remams his stanch friend fnend Restored to his rank for merl merl- merltorious mcrt-tonous mcrt tonous - . tonous torious service , Colin Cohn Coln is sent , with Col 'Sun Sun * ' Sim ' Bott Botta a D civilian 'dV1han dV1han " ' soldtn soldor sold er tn or , " on a rccrullint recrultmg recruiting mIs- mIs mIsIllon mission mis mission - - sion Illon in tn tho the th West He meets a typical pioneer woman womln : , Mrs Bowlby , who outwits a . bandof band of ofdrunken ofdrunken ofdrunken drunken Indians Ind1.ans Ind1ans . by her bravery andsbrewdness andshrewdness and shrewdness sbrewdness Rcturnine Returnmg Returning to Cambndse Cmbrlde Cambridge " , : , Cohn is 15 sent to aid In Inthe inthe inthe the transportation of the th funs guns of Ticonderoga Tlconderoga to the heights hClghts of Dorchester , , to bombard BostOl Boston Boston.Fearini BostonFearini ! . . . Fearing the bombardment bomb:1rdment bomb1rdment : , , the Bntlshnrmy Britisharmy British Bntlsh army nrmy and many loyalists evacuate the tho city , , the th Fayer- Fayer Fayerweather Fayerweather Faycr-weatbcr Faycr weatbcr - - weather family fanuly gOlDg going ( ome with them , , to Canada Canacb Cohn Colm Coln ColmIS is promoted to a II . colonelcy coleneky eolonelcy , , and u IS sent on onduty onduly onduty duty duly to New York York- . - .