eest these faces, and
dost thou believe that all these men are also disloyal? Review thy
judgment, I pray thee, and believe that attachment to the Crown may
not be inconsistent with hatred of Papistical baubles."

"Capt. Endicott will find it difficult, in my judgment, to satisfy the
Privy Council of the propriety of the outrage, as easily as he has
satisfied himself and these people," replied Col. McMahon.

"Be assured," replied Endicott, "that whether here or in
England--before the Court of Assistants or the Privy Council, I will
avouch the deed, even though it should build the steps to a scaffold."

So saying, and looking deliberately around, and with an inclination of
the body, which hardly amounted to a bow, he placed upon his head the
slouched hat he had taken off on his entrance, and left the apartment.
Upon his departure, the company became broken up again into various
groups, and began once more to busy themselves with the mugs and cans;
and Arundel, tired of the confusion, left, with Waqua, for his own
chamber.

CHAPTER XII.

Alas! for them, their day is o'er,
Their fires are out from shore to shore,
No more for them the wild deer bounds--
The plough is on their hunting grounds.

SPRAGUE.

When Arundel awoke the next morning, he found that the Indian, who had
coiled himself upon the floor and there passed the night, was nowhere
to be seen. It was, indeed, no wonder, since the rays of the sun had,
for more than an hour, been striving to penetrate the oiled paper,
which served instead of window glass; and no sooner did the young man
realize the lateness of the hour than he sprang from his couch,
thinking all the while what Waqua would say to his dilatoriness. After
making a hasty toilette, he descended the stairs, and, crossing the
public room to the door, looked out upon the street. There was quite a
number of persons passing backward and forward, many of whom were
dressed in the accoutrements of soldiers, and at these he stood gazing
awhile and looking round, if perchance he might discover anything of
the Indian. But, as he did not appear, the young man turned back to
await his coming.

Hour after hour passed away, but Waqua returned not; and Arundel began
to fear that his companion had taken some offence, either at himself,
or at what had occurred the evening previous. He ransacked his memory,
for the purpose of discovering if he had said or done anything to
which exception could