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"A day of the truh towers

"For the horseht sword Woe to the bloody city!"

Out over the sunlit fields rang the words of Zephaniah and of Nahuhten; a thousand sunburned faces were upturned, a thousand pairs of eyes fastened themselves upon the steady eyes of the preacher

For an hour he spoke to the with his Excellency's ever-to-be-remembered adhest glory to add the uished character of a Christian"; then continued upon that theme nearest the hearts of all, the assault upon New York, which everybody now dee thee, although the score was heavy enough! I renity and composure in adversity,with prophecy, and the long ranks stirred as dry leaves stir in a sudden wind

When at last he asked the blessing, and the ranks had knelt in the stubble, Elsin and I on our knees breathed the Aether to h the dust to the Blue Fox, where ere to confer concerning the long-delayed letter which decency required us to write to Sir Peter and Lady Coleville, and also take counsel in otherthe future, which seemed as obscure as ever

Since that first visit from Colonel Hamilton I had received orders from headquarters to be ready to leave for the north at an hour's notice, and that suitable quarters would be ready at West Point for ed at the tavern, but reeting, for I cared not to join them in the coffee-roo Elsin must annoymore either of my business or myself or Elsin No doubt some quiet intimation from headquarters had spared us visits from quartermasters and provost marshals, for nobody interfered with us, and, when at the week's end I called for our reckoning--my habits of method ever upper that our expenses were paid as long as we re I was to write to Colonel Ha sadly in need of fresh linen, and none to be had in the shops opposite Also I enclosed a list of apparel urgently desired by Elsin, she having writ the copy, which was as long as I am tall; but I sent it, nevertheless, and we expected to hear fro For all we had was the clothing ore on our backs, and though for lad of a change of outer garments, too