able house. It was no time for ceremony, so everybody met in the common living room. Captain Villiers called to bid a hasty farewell to the kind family under whose

was impending, his spiritual services might be available to the militia, of whom a considerable number were Methodists, and to such others as would accept them. Zenas had obtain

rue Canadian girl. "We'll soon learn to wield the sickle, though you seem to doubt it, Captain

dess Ceres of your Canadian harvest-fields, by the future

the present, than receive mythical h

Niagara," said Zenas. "Tom would gnaw his very fetters off to get free, if he wore any. But Sandy takes

it is too near the border. Chauncey will likely take them of

I ever came across. Under the hottest fire to-day he was as cool as I ever saw him on parade. As he stooped to raise a wounded comrade a round shot struck and carried awa

philosophy; but I can I honour its effects in others. It made heroic men of the Ironsides, the Puritans, and the

g up stragglers," and after a hasty meal he, with Neville and Zenas, rode

ately after, the trampling of feet in the hall. A peremptory summons was followed by the bursting open of the kitch

at the attitude of indignant surprise assumed by Kathar

h a queenly sweep of her arm around the room;

a slight refreshment," continued the spokesman, taking a seat at the table and beckoning to his com

k leave," spoke up the

an's house i

an's crown

refuse a bit and su

possible Kate placed upon the table a cold meat-pi

they were, and promptly assaulted the meat-pie fort,

said the dragoon subaltern at length; "I had

answered Kate. "He was here si

be bound," said the fellow, with an air of insole

go," said Kate, knowi

beyond

pringing to his feet, "why did

urely, while her black eyes flashed triumph at her fat

se as unceremoniously as they had entered, when Kate a

gry humour. "That was a scurvy trick you played

ur entertainment? Did you catch your prisoner?" he asked, with a som

d nearly got captured ourselves. But you'll have to pay for

e King's troops, stoutly refused to give "a single groat or oat," as he ex

capture the horses in the meadow. The men, after a particularly active chase, captured three out of six horses. The others defied every effort to catch them. The troopers threatened to shoot them, but the cornet forbade it

eceipt from the officer for th

and much good may it do you," and that was all the good it

had both been captured. Before him was a victorious foe. His ammunition was reduced to ninety rounds. He was extricated from his peril by a bold blow. Colonel John Harvey, having reconnoitered the enemy's position, proposed a night attack. Vincent heartily co-operated. At midnight, with seven hundred British bayonets, they burst upon the American camp. A fierce fight ensued in which the enemy were utterly routed. The British, unwilling to expose their small number to a still superior force, retired before daybreak, with four guns and a hundred prisoners, including both of the American Generals. The victory, however, was purchased with the loss of two hundred men killed or missing. A venerable old lady, recently dece

two thousand men. At daybreak on the 8th of June, the American camp was shelled by Commodore Yeo's fleet. The enemy retreated to Fort George, abandoning their tents and stores, which were cap