eon being
an exile in Saint Helena, he might have carried out his darling project
of invading and humbling England to the dust. Though he cares no more
for the Pope of Rome than does the Sultan of Turkey or the Shah of
Persia, he would probably have established Popery with all its horrors
and impositions, for the sake of more completely bringing our country
into subjection to his will; and, once established, it would have been a
hard matter to throw off its iron shackles. Boys, you do not
sufficiently value your privileges as Englishmen and Protestants--or
rather, I should say, as inhabitants of this free and favoured island of
Great Britain. We are free to read our Bibles; we are free to worship
God as we think fit; we are free to go and come as we list; we have a
good constitution and good laws; we may think freely, speak freely, and
act freely."

"Yes, Massa Clare; you may tell de young gemmen dey may laff freely
too," broke in Clump. "I laff freely, I know, when I first set foot on
de English land. I no longer slave, I free man, and so dey may laff as
much as dey likes at ole Clump, perwided dey laffs wid him. I know one
ting, dey would not have laff if dey had been in deir grandfather's coat
when dis hole was made right through it into his arm." Clump held up
his right arm and showed the bullet-hole in the coat, and what he
declared to be the stain of blood still on it; and he then continued in
a triumphant strain--

"Dis ole man Clump was 'is body-sarvant: but Clump was not ole den, and
he follow his massa to de war--dat was long, long before dose young
gemmen was born--afore dey was tinked of--and Massa Tregellin deir fader
was young gemmen like dose, but more politer. We was sent wid de seamen
to take de island of Martinique; and so we landed and looked bery
fierce, and de Frenchmen thought we had come to eat dem; so dey say, no
use fighting; and so, after firing a great many shot at us; but doing no
harm, dey say when we land, `We give in, we no fight more.' So we take
de island, and no one hurt except one man scratch anoder's nose wid his
bagonet, and make blood come. When de generals and de admirals see we
done so well, dey say we go and take anoder island; so we all sets sail
for to take Guadeloupe. Some of de ships got in one day, some anoder,
and anchored in Grozier Bay. Ah, de enemy thought we come to eat him
up, but dis time he stop. Dere was de frigate _Winchelsea_, of which
Lord Garlies