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ther orders. Among these last were Joel, the carpenter, and the blacksmith. These men now joined the chief of the settlement and his son, who had

h to hear his orders, "this great change in the times will rende

of the colony will attack us?" ask

not yet declared ourselves their enemies; but there are other fo

es to ventur' here--the road might prove easier to come than to

olonies that some of the savage tribes were not engaged in

an be much serious danger of that!

six months, if it be not busy already, should one-half of your r

ver allow themselves to be driven into a measure so perfectly horrible and unjustifiable; and were the English ministry sufficiently

f Joel's countenance, and was struck with the look of intense inter

the father; "but it will scarcely count for much with an old campaigner. God send you m

f his nat'ral friends!" remarked Joel; "and if what he says about th

s, if it may be agreeable to your views of the matter," answered t

d been so indiscreet; though he saw no remedy but by dra

e found a sufficient apology for any wrong. This has been the history of all the wars of my time, and it is likely to prove the history of this. I fear it will make little difference to us on which side we may be in feeling; there will be savages t

studying the house and the massive gates for a minute or two, ere he delivered his sentime

ody don't know; sometimes gates be a security, and sometimes they isn't. It all depends on which side the danger comes. Still

o Joel's doubting, 'sort-o'-concluding manner, to be always patient under the infliction. "Not

last ploughin'. Harvest won't come without seed-time; for no man, let him be great, or let him be small--and it does seem to me a sort o' wastin' of the Lord's blessin's, t

intend to guard against a visible danger that is out of sight,

bout the matter! Every hand in the settlement couldn'

u are 'playing on the music,'

to get up the works that's to do it. Then the hanging, itself, I should think would stand us in hand a day for each side. As for the circumvalley, what betw

certainly, and may take us a day or two; but, as for stockading--I've seen barracks stocka

as I have a strong reluctance to leave the family before it is in se

the work proceed. Joel, however, was excused, in order that he might finish the planting he had commenced, and which a very few hands could complete within t

he declivities, rendering the flanks far more secure than the front, where it crossed the lawn on a gently inclining surface. In one hour the major had traced this lines with accuracy; and he had six or eight men at work with spades

, he went to work with deliberation; but it was not long before his naked gray hairs were seen on a level with the surface of the ground. The digging was not hard, though a little stony, and the work proceeded with spirit and success. All that day, and the next, and the next, and the next, the Knoll appeared alive, earth being cast upward, teams moving, carpenters sawing, and labourers toiling. Many of the men protested that their work was useless, u

timbers were set in the trench, pointed ends uppermost. When a sufficient number were thus arranged, a few inches from each other, the cross-pieces were pinned on, bringing the whole into a single connected frame, or bent. The bent was then raised to a perpendicular, and secured, by pounding the earth around the lower ends of the timbers. The

e men, "and it's no the fuss and bustle of acteevity that is to give the captain pleasure. The thing that

my lads"--added the

n will come of it. Do you think these young chestnuts will ever

s fra' clippin' our polls before the shearin' time o' natur' has gathered us a' in for the hairvest of etairnity. They that no like t

for your timber plantation would be to turn it into sheds for cattle,

yer knapsack, and go out into the open counthry, where ye'll have all to yer own satisfaction. Is it forthify the house, will we? That we will, and not a hair of the missuss's head, nor of the young ladies' heads, nor of the masther's head, though he's mighty bald as it is, but not a hair

of Nick, who's anything but what

thin' to yer Yankee manners, and he's no spicimen, at all. L

peculiar people. Still the work proceeded, and in one week from the day it was commenced, the stockade was complete, its gate excepted. The entrance through the

s habit to indulge in former visits. The fatigues of the days sent everybody to their pillows early; and the snatches of discourse which passed, had been affectionate and pleasant, rather than communicative. Now that the principal job was so near being finished, however, and the rubbish was cleared away, the captain summoned the family to the lawn again, to enjoy a delicious evenin

it known how much American treason we have gulped down, in this way; but, a little tea, up here in the forest, can do no man's conscie

much neglected. I am an admirer of tea, for itself, however, caring little about its collateral qualities. Farrel"--turning to his man, who

as scarce been treated with civility. Not a syllable of t

rance of security which gives one a breathing-time, and my gratitude receives a sudden impulse. As for you, Maud, I regret to

ud is the last person I should suspect of neglect of this nature; I do assure you, Bob

t, Maud's own sensitive feelings attributed more to Beulah than the sincere and simple-minded girl deserved. So completely was she accustomed to regard Robert and Maud as brother and sister, that even all

"Now, my dearest mother, and you, girls, I am about to give each her due. In the first place, I confess my own unworthiness, and acknowledg

ication that his younger sister had even borne him in mind. His father looked surprised at this, not to say a little grave; and he waited,

"I hope, Bob, you have done nothing to deserve this?

act, and I can solemnly protest against any intention,

nothing, Bob--thought nothing to

hen your mother and sister have done so much i

are no gifts. I do not like to

get rid of the subject, without further comment. Owing to this precipitation, the scarf was not seen. Fortunately

has a new colonel; but you have forgotten to mention his name. I hope it is my

t--general Meredith has my old corps; he is now in t

ormer now never heard the name without thinking of his beautiful little playfellow, and nominal sister; while Maud, of late, had become curious and even anxious on the subject of her natural relatives. Still, a feeling akin to awe, a sentiment that appeared as if it would be doing violence to a most solemn duty, prevented her from making any allusion to her change of t

table with an indifference to persons and things that characterized his hab

s," observed the captain. "It is now many years since you and I

make him f

any red-skins who may happ

een dug up, atween us--bury him so dee

ick of digging it up, with great readiness, when there is any occasion fo

read--no hear--don't talk much--talk most wid Irisher--can't u

aughing, all the party joining in the merriment--"but he is a st

r hit--shoot one w

t he is a famous fellow with a shillal

time, as one time. Cap'in lend

gone to the miller for rum, before this. What am I to understand b

m cap'in lent Nick. Like as one pea.

returned to-day, but I did not expect to see it, so many previous co

man. What he say, he do. Good

ance; I'll not disdain receiving it,

m, now--cap'in, lend Nick

declining, though in a good-natured manner, to lend the larger sum. Nick was disappointed,

really wonder you tolerate him so much about the Hut. It might

nished from that stream, as an Indian, from any part of the forest he may choose to visit.

e a friend of him. Then I wanted a guide, and I was well assured he knew the way, if any man did

n among the red men, until they are satisfied he is not fit to enjoy savage rights. In garrison, we always looked upon Nick as a clever knave, and treated him accordingly. When one is on his guard against such a fellow, he can do little harm, and this Tusc

judging and gentle wife. "He has some good qualities; but you soldier

my dear Wilhelmina, think eve

look for the gold-thread that even the doctors admitted cured him. It was difficult to find, Robert; but Nick remembered a

ou call it, Wilhelmina. Every man has some good quality or other; and, I much fear, some bad ones also.--But, here is the

to the trouble of such fellows, to le

his satisfaction. He stood a moment in silence, near the table, and the

cil Fire, often as cap'in. Can't tell,

uarrel, this time. The Frenc

fight Yeng

not the Tuscaroras sometimes dig up

my. But Tuscarora warrior nebber take scalp of Tuscarora squaw and p

our English saying. Still the Yankee will fight the Yengeese, it would seem. In a wor

hich go on straight path, which

wish with all my heart the

! Mean to be cap'in, ag'in? Foll

ter sixty, one likes peace better th

Why you put fence round a

p off any, or every enemy who may take it into their heads to com

ate? Yengeese, Yankees, red man, French man, walk in just as

ghby. "I knew you were my friend, an

ppoose get well like not'ing. He a'most die, to-day; to-morrow h

cian at one time, Nick. I remember

lightning, to Mrs. Willoughby, whom he

s. cap'in! Who gib hi

wn good it was done. You were inoculated by myself, when the soldiers were dying around us, becau

he had received, but that he was deeply grateful for it. He drew near to Mrs. Willoughby, took her still white and soft hand in his own sinewy and dark fingers, then dropped the b

head--"sign we good friend--he

Indian, who suffered it, however, to lie at his feet unnoticed. Tur

said, sententiously, walking away as he

vely; "and yet it is almost absurd to apprehend anything serious i

t a night passed in a wilderness. By common consent, the discourse turned upon things noway connected with the civil war, or its expected results, until the party was about to separate

s hand, with confiding affection, "I hardly think my father young and

on can teach him nothing. I wish I could say that he is as g

Beulah--"Oh! that his son would

flection. Mamma bitterly regrets that papa sees things in the ligh

and divided against wife--son against father--brother against sist

ill or judgment. Good wives, you know, never do that. She will only pray that he may decide right, and

ughout this war. It has been some presentiment of this difference of opinion that has probably ind

ng. "I think I can say none loves you better than our dear

ance--not even a chain of hair--a purse, or a ring--nothing,

t, "in what am I worse than yourself. What

l packages, each marked with the name of its proper owner. "My

d for the night, and hurried from the room. That Maud was not less pleased, was apparent by her glowing cheeks and tearful eyes; though, for a wonder, she was far more restrained in the expression of her feelings. After examining the differ

-is that nothing? Was that m

bric in surprise. "Is not this one of my father's old sas

o corners of the sash, she opened it, in

ully. "Your father never even saw it, Bob. I

e the work of months--is so beauti

ary observation, and yet so plainly as to be distinctly legible when the attention was once drawn to them. The major took the sash into his own hands altogether, held it opened before the candles, and read the words "M

away the scene, "and will not remain to hear lame excuses. Your new regi

said, earnestly, "though Maud Willoug

ns--did you not call me Miss Meredith,

est Maud. It was not a deliberate

as murder; and many a one is murdered

her--does Beulah know

woods, and worked by myself, like some romantic damsel who had an unm

know what I think now. But, my mo

nd the love of truth were so strong in he

not have permitted 'Meredith' to appe

fectation of reverence. "The honour of the Willoughbys is thus preserve

in future--I have remarked that you sign yourself only 'Maud,' in

form legal acts. Remember, Mr. Robert Willoughby, I am twenty; when it comes to pounds, shillings, and

eful to you--you do not throw

my dear, dearest father--of my mo

minate her speech. Burstin