had, moreover, captured one of their soldiers, who was quite ready to tell all he knew, provided his life was spared, he was not content to return to Fort William Henry wit

e'll have to burn up so that the Frenchies and their friends won't have it to depend upon, and we might kill o

of putting things, and replied that they

village, then, and see where it'

t directions, and at sight of them the terrified inhabitants fled to their ho

rew near a rude dwelling, which he judged sheltered women and children. "I don't min

ything to them!" Reuben exclaimed un

methods where it seemed necessary to be so, had no thought of following the shocking example set by

lied to the barns, and the cattle were killed in the yards, and whe

as the reason, whether they imagined the invaders to be in much greater force than they were, or whether they had no stomach to try a brush with them in the forest, certainly the French kept within

nry, whose commander warmly praised their leader for the success of hi

ere possible in mid-winter. They had snow fights, and snowshoe races, and they practised shooting at a mark,

held his own with the majority of his associates, which fact did not pass unnoticed by the all-observant Major,

ifted his eyes to look him over with a searching glance that gave Seth a n

n?" he was asked in a tone that afforde

eplied Seth,

e to go there?" wa

y loomed very large and wonderful, and the idea of seeing it for himself could not b

eed, sir. Do you wa

hat the letter in his hand was from General Shirley, Commander-in-Chief of the King's forces in North America, who was at Boston

er whose command the war would be carried on, this certainly was an opportunity such as he had not dreamed of, and his heart bea

use to me. We'll start this afternoon. Get your

ews to Reuben, who warmly congratulated him upon

too. I wonder when my chance will come," he said rue

Seth, patting him on the back. "We'll go to B

uch curiosity at the fort, and many were the conjectures as to what it meant, b

danger of being attacked by Indians in league with the French had to be considered, Major Rogers deeme

seeing the sights and getting acquainted with the people, but the Major was not the man to dally by the way. To him Albany was of slight consequence. Boston filled his mind, a

hat jolted its slow way over the New Connecticut Road, as it was ca

as the heavy coach swayed and pitched over the rough coach road.

s first long ride in a stage coach, and it gratified a desire cherished from his earliest boyhood, an

ough the post road ran, but before reaching their destination in Boston they had

spot, where the road lay along the bottom of a ravine, shut in by tree-clad hills, rising steeply on either side, the slow-going conveyance was sudden

we'll sh

ptly reined up his horses, whereupon the men, dismounting from theirs, said r

r your purses, and

Rogers, and on first awaking he did not at once gra

, sir; they w

ood, and instantly set his quick

ell you," he whispered to Seth

n his seat again, as thou

getting out their purses, one of the highwaymen holding a lantern

ts, the process of getting at them could not be a very quick one, and the highwaymen sw

ed pistols, and when their valuables had been extracted from the depths of their pocket

r of the two highwaymen, who was evidently the leader, emph

and over your money,

his seat the Major

with the lantern. Y

ted with his left hand beyond the

hey're just in tim