Are any soldiers in the street John his mother asked Only the guard at General Howe’s headquarters John answered Remember John Keep away from the British soldiers his mother said And go the way I told thee But I know a faster way John said Do as thy mother asks his father said She has sent messages to General Washington before 6
John nodded his head He wished that his mother would finish sewing the new buttons on his coat He was nervous and in a hurry to be on his way to General Washington’s camp
Here John his mother said at last The new buttons look just like the old ones John took his coat He ran his fingers over the cloth-covered buttons He could not feel the small holes inside the buttons Secret messages for General Washington were hidden in those holes 9
