t to set out for New York at once. Will you accompany me?"

"I will."

They found his mother and Cora and told them all. He implored Cora to
remain with his mother, until he returned, which she consented to do.

CHAPTER XII.

LEISLER'S FATE.

The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, and all that wealth e'er gave,
Await alike the inevitable hour:----
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
--Gray.

In order to explain the sudden danger which menaced the father of
Adelpha Leisler, and which she, like a true, heroic daughter, hastened
to brave, we will be compelled to narrate some events in our story of a
historical nature. Jacob Leisler was an influential colonist of an old
Dutch family, as has been stated, and a Presbyterian.

Under the reign of James II. the Presbyterians had suffered, and no one
rejoiced more at the accession of William and Mary than did the Dutch of
New York.

Sir Edmond Andros, the weak tool of the Duke of York, had rendered
himself decidedly unpopular as governor of New York, Connecticut and
Massachusetts. Every one rejoiced when he was finally arrested at
Boston and sent to England, and no one rejoiced more than the New
Yorkers themselves.

The accession of William and Mary to the throne of England was hailed
with joy throughout the American Colonies. In New York, a general
disaffection to the government prevailed among the people. Under the
smiles of Governor Andros, papists began to settle in the colony. The
collector of the revenues and several principal officers of King James
threw off the mask and openly avowed their attachment to the doctrines
of Rome. A Latin school was set up, and the teacher was strongly
suspected of being a Jesuit. The people of Long Island were disappointed
in their expectations of the favors promised by the governor on his
arrival, and became his personal enemies, and in a word the whole body
of the people had begun to tremble for the Protestant cause.

Here the leaven of opposition first began to work. Intelligence from
England of the designs there in favor of Orange elevated the hopes of
the disaffected; but until after the rupture in Boston, no man dared to
act. Sir Edmond Andros, who was perfectly devoted to the arbitrary
measures of King James, by his tyranny in New England had drawn upon
himself the universal odium of a people animated with a love of li