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"When I have eaten, I shall be ain," I said "There's no attack as yet?"

"No," he answered "They must know that we are prepared But they have kindled fires along the river bank, and we can hear theainst us remains to be seen"

"The nearest settlements have been warned?"

"Ay The Governor offered a thousand pounds of tobacco and the perpetual esteem of the Company to the man or men ould carry the news Six volunteered, and went off in boats, three up river, three down How many they reached, or if they still have their scalps, we know not And awhile ago, just before daybreak, comes with frantic haste Richard Pace, who had rowed up froht Chanco the Christian had betrayed the plot to hi at Powel's and one or two other places as he came up the river"

He broke off, but when I would have spoken interrupted me with: "And so you were on the Pahs fooled us with the simple truth, for they swore so stoutly that their absent chief one on a hunt toward the Paone in quite another direction And one and all of every tribe we questioned swore that Opechancanough was at Orapax So Master Rolfe puts off up river to find, if not you, then the Eive up yourthe bay, and West another up the Chickahoe above theour lives like one of us, is turned Indian again! And your ht but trouble in the world 'As the sparks fly upwards,' you know But a brave man draws his breath and sets his teeth"

In his lances toward the door, I found soht Rolfe was behind me," he said, "but he must have been delayed There are reat room, where the Governor and those of the Council who are safe here with us are advising together Let's descend; you've not eaten, and the good sack will give you strength Wilt coo I have been gone ten days,--faith, it seems ten years! There have no ships sailed, Master Pory? The George is still here?" I looked hiuess at a possible reason for his confusion had stabbed me like a knife