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I held outit at a glance

"It shall be done, Colonel Hamilton When am I to leave?"

"Now The schooner starts when you set foot aboard, Mr Renault"

And, after a oes with you?"

"To West Point"

"I trust that she finds some few comforts aboard the Wind-Flower I could not fill all the list, Mr Renault; but a needle will do much, and the French fabrics are pretty----"

He looked at s and a forest dress of deerskin"

"A rifle, too?"

"The best to be had, and approved by Jack Mount Murphy hiri the door of the kitchen, bade the landlord have our horses saddled and brought around, and asked him to send a servant to warn Elsin that we must leave within the quarter

Presently I heard our horses at the block, staer, radiant, sweetly receiving Colonel Hamilton when I named him He saluted her hand profoundly; then, as it still rested lightly on his fingers, he turned to ive you for denying us this privilege I have heard, sir, that Mrs Renault was beautiful and amiable; I never dreamed that such loveliness could be within our lines One day you shall make amends for this selfishness to every lady and every officer on the Hudson"

At the hich named her as my wife her face crimsoned, but in her eyes the heavenly sweetness dawned like a star, dazzling me

"Colonel Hamilton," she said, "in quieter days--when this storm passes--we hope to welcome you and those who care to wait upon a hose life is but a quiet study for her husband's happiness Those wholad to receive those he counts as friends"

"May I be one, Renault?" he said i his clasp

We stood silent aon my sleeve; then we moved to the door, and I lifted Elsin to the saddle andme in a low voice how I must follow the road to the river, how find the wharf, ord to give to theAnd he cautioned me to breathe no word of my errand; but when I asked him where my reports to his Excellency were to be sent, he drew a sealed paper fro: "Open that on the first day of September, and on your honor, not one hour before Then you shall hear of things undreamed of, and understand all that I may not tell you now Be cautious, be wise and deadly We know you; our four years' trust in you has proved your devotion But his Excellency warns you against rashness, for it was rashness that made you useless in New York And I now say to you ood a soldier, too honorable a gentleht of a personal nature come between you and duty And your duty is to hold the Iroquois, warn the Oneidas, and so conduct that Butler and his demons make no movement till you and Colonel Willett hold the checkmate in your proper hands Am I clear, Mr Renault?"