is worthy of your regard. Her name was bestowed on her by her Indian
relations. My children I have named after some of my kindred in the old
country. The tribe to which my wife belongs are called Bethucks. They
are well-disposed and kindly in disposition, and do not quarrel among
themselves more than other human beings--indeed not so much as men in
our own land; probably because they have not so much to quarrel about
and have more elbow-room. They are good kinsmen, as I know; good
hunters also, and inclined for peace, but the natives of Labrador render
peace impossible, for they make frequent raids on our island, and of
course we have to drive them away. If white men now come to
Newfoundland, I fear that the poor Bethucks will be exterminated." [The
Bethucks are now extinct.]

"I trust not," said Paul.

"So do I," returned Hendrick, "and if the Gospel you have brought here
only takes good root in our own land all will be well, for if men acted
on the command `let us love one another,' war and robbery, murder and
strife, would be at an end."

"Can we expect all men to act upon that precept?" asked Paul.

"Apparently not; but we might at least expect Christians to do so; those
who accept the Gospel as their book of law. I had expected to escape
from war and bloodshed when I left civilised lands and settled here, but
I have been disappointed. The necessity for fighting still exists!"

"And will exist until the reign of Jesus extends to every human heart,"
returned Paul. "It seems to me that what we have some right and ground
to expect is, not the stoppage of _all_ war, but the abolition of war
between nations calling themselves Christian."

It is a curious circumstance that, only a few days after the above
conversation, an incident occurred which induced both Paul and Hendrick
to buckle on their armour, and sally forth with a clear perception that
it was their bounden duty to engage in war!

That incident was the arrival of an Indian hunter who was slightly known
to Hendrick's wife.

He came in a canoe just as the family on the Island were about to sit
down to supper.

It was dark when his tall figure was seen to stalk out of the
surrounding gloom into the circle of firelight. Trueheart recognised
him at once, and a word from her sufficed to inform her husband that the
stranger was a friend. He was welcomed of course cordially, and made to
sit down in the place of honour.

Every attention he accep