world. What a pity such a fine fellow should be so
desperate and determined an enemy!"

"True; you were with Major Rogers on that expedition,"
observed the governor, in a tone now completely divested
of the haughtiness which formerly characterised his
address to his officers. "I have often heard him speak
of it. You had many difficulties to contend against, if
I recollect."

"We had indeed, sir," returned the frank-hearted Erskine,
dropping the glass from his eye. "So many, in fact, that
more than once, in the course of our progress through
the wilderness, did I wish myself at head-quarters with
my company. Never shall I forget the proud and determined
expression of Ponteac's countenance, when he told Rogers,
in his figurative language, 'he stood in the path in
which he travelled.' "

"Thank Heaven, he at least stands not in the path in
which OTHERS travel," musingly rejoined the governor.
"But what sudden movement is that within the ruin?"

"The Indians are preparing to show a white flag," shouted
an artillery-man from his station in one of the embrasures
below.

The governor and his officers received this intelligence
without surprise: the former took the glass from Captain
Erskine, and coolly raised it to his eye. The consultation