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"You are a good lad, Carus," he said gently "I kno you feel"

I could not answer

"You know," he said, "how many are called, ho chosen You know that in these times a man must sink self and stand ready for any sacrifice, even the supreme and best"

He laid his hand on my shoulder: "Carus, I felt as you do nohen his Excellency asked iiven itimate ahtly desire; I left iments to come here to take command of a few farmers and forest-runners God and his Excellency know best!"

I nodded, unable to speak

"There is glory and preferinia," he said; "there are stars to be won at Yorktown, Carus But those stars will never glitter on this faded uniform of mine So be it Let us do our best, lad It's all one in the end"

I nodded

"And so," he continued pleasantly, "I send you to Thendara None knows you for a partizan in this war For four years you have been lost to sight; and if any Iroquois has heard of your living in New York, he er is in answering the Iroquois sureat that danger ht for a while The Canienga who had summoned me by belt could not prove I was a partizan of the rifleht have been absolutely non-partizan, traveling under escort of either side that prohostly rovers who scalped first and asked questions afterward

The danger I ran as clan-ensign of a nation marked for punisha belt-bearer I had gathered that there was no sanctuary for an Oneida envoy at Thendara; but what protection an ensign of the Wolf Clan ht expect, I could not be certain of

But there was one er Suppose Walter Butler should appear to sit in council as ensign of histo be done, and, as there is nobody else to acco not to be selfish--not to envy those whose lines are fallen in pleasant places--not to regret the happiness of battle which I have never known--not to desire those chances for advance men--crave----"