m was crowded with hangers-on. They were men who stayed behind while the others went to the war; they fought the fight with their tongues, with writs of forfeiture for high treason, became great

hy are you not with Howard, Gist, Smallwood, and the other heroes who are making the na

Chairman dominated the committee. As we enter

y of Charles Gordon w

ead;" and the High Sheriff delivered the

her, and there was a big stir in the r

und, and I have driven him from the province. He is a Tory and a traitor, and a danger to the peace of the county. He will b

self, then?" asked the High Sheriff gravely, though there w

elfare of the county of Cecil that we should remain where we are and not eng

arles Gordon's wife was of the Nicholsons of Kent, who, as you know, are the leaders of the pa

against Charles Gordon for the forfeiture of his lands for high treason, and meanwhile we will publish him throughout the province as a Tory and

I am going to resign and go to the front." He was as good as his word, for that very day he resigned the office of High Sheriff of the county of Cecil, packed his saddle-bags, gathered some volunteers about him, and rode away to the North, becoming in t

er with wide-open eyes, as i

im, what do you want Toby f

black rascal, and bring

of red roses on my table, and a

minutes later I slipped out of the house to the stables, and, mounting Toby, was soon riding out of the silent town, having hi

weird and fantastic, glinting now like polished steel upon the waters, now deepening the shadows of the forest, or flooding again with its glorious radiance some wide and sweeping stretch of water. And then, the unearthly silence of it all, the mournful howl of the wolf in the hills, and the piercing shrill cry of the wildcat, like that of a child tortured by the demons of hell; then th

cam', and th

ere stark

e word amo

ons, keep

m the bay, and then I had not thrown quoits in my youth not to be able to surmount so small a difficulty. So I fastened a black cockade amid the blood-red of the roses, and, rising in my stirrups, threw them firmly and gently, and saw them rise in the air, top the window-sill,

ossed the line into the province of Delaware, I saw nailed to a great oak the proclamation of the Committee of Public Safety, denouncing Charles Gordon as a Tory and a traitor, and calling upon all persons t

les Gordon, Tory though he was. I knew also that the proceedings of forfeiture had been instituted against him in the High Court of the Province, and that ere I set foot on t

came to the banks of the Hudson, and saw across the water the great city of New York, its clustering houses and steeples. And then it was not long before I was on the ferry that conveyed me across the river, and heard the sharp ring of the

that the Maryland Line always has the place of honour

ny of my kith and kin, old friends and neighbours who belonged to that famous corps, came forward to greet and welcome me to the camp. Thus, after many days of sickness and of travel, I took my place among the men who were about to face the great storm. True,