ed; the lights of the town upon the right were beginning
to fade in the distance.

A sudden rift in the clouds let through a glancing beam of
moonlight, which fell full upon the figure of old Killick as he
stood upon the forecastle of his vessel, preparing to let down the
anchor as arranged when a safe place had been found. The old
sea-dog had convoyed the party as cleverly as he had navigated the
dangerous channel of the Traverse. He pulled out his battered
sou'wester and waved it in the direction of Quebec.

"Bless you, my dears! how well you do sleep! You ought to be sound
and hearty, I'm sure. Good luck to you, every man of you at the
guns! Bless my soul! if I were the Markiss of Montcalm, when I
awoke in the morning to see the English ships in the basin above
the town, I'd hang every mother's son of them each to his own gun!
But poor fellows, it would be hard to blame them. They can't help
being born Frenchmen and fools after all!"

A laugh and a cheer from those who heard greeted old Killick's
sally; and Humphrey, quickly turning round the prow of the boat,
sent her speeding back to Point Levi, to bring certain tidings of
the success to Wolfe.

Chapter 2: Days Of Waiting.

"I am sorry that you should have to be disturbed, dear ladies, but
it is no longer safe for you to remain where you were. My soldiers
require the ground. But tomorrow you shall be sent in safety to
Quebec, under a flag of truce. You will be safer there than at
Pointe-aux-Trembles, now that my ships are in the upper river."

Wolfe spoke thus at the conclusion of a supper party, which he had
hastily got up for the benefit of the prisoners brought to Point
Levi by his fleet of boats. The soldiers had landed along the upper
river, and in spite of a faint resistance from Indians and
Canadians, had effected a landing. Though they had not found much
in the way of stores or cattle, they had taken what they could, and
had brought a number of prisoners to Wolfe's camp. These were
mostly French--a great number being women and children and old men
who had left Quebec during the bombardment, and sought refuge in
the outlying village.

The idea of being sent back to town was not exactly palatable, but
it was plain that there was now no safety along the upper river;
the English troops seemed to be everywhere at once.

"You are such dreadful people, you English!" sighed one lady,
looking, not without admiration, towards the youthful General, wh