vation of life, the sin
will be freely forgiven which has accomplished so much good."

"Ignatius Loyola could not have stated his favourite principle more
clearly, Miss Temple," said Bernard, with a satirical smile. "I see that
the Reformation has not made so wide a difference in the two Churches,
after all."

"No, Mr. Bernard," said old Temple, somewhat offended at the young man's
tone; "the stratagem of the soldier, and the intrigue of the treacherous
Jesuit, are very different. The one is the means which brave men may use
to accomplish noble ends; the other is the wily machinations of a
perfidious man to attain his own base purposes. The one is the skilful
fence and foil of the swordsman, the other the subtle and deceitful
design of the sneaking snake."

"Still they both do what is plainly a deception, in order to accomplish
an end which they each believe to be good. Once break down the barrier
to the field of truth, and it is impossible any longer to distinguish
between virtue and error."

"Well," said Mrs. Temple, "I am the last to blame the bridge which
carries me over, and I'll warrant there is not one here, man or woman,
who isn't glad that our lives have been saved by Mamalis's
falsehood--for I have not had such a fright in all my days."

FOOTNOTES:

[8] Gods.

[9] Guns.

[10] Heaven.

[11] The good spirit of the Indians.

[12] The pipe of peace.

[13] When a peace was concluded a tree was planted, and the contracting
parties declared that the peace should be as long lived as the tree.

[14] The friend or benefactor.

[15] The Werowance, or chief of a tribe, was appointed by the Governor,
and this mode of appointment gave great dissatisfaction to the Indians.

CHAPTER X.

"Religion, 'tis that doth distinguish us
From their bruit humour, well we may it know,
That can with understanding argue thus,
Our God is truth, but they cannot do so."
_Smith's History._

As may be well imagined, the Indian attack formed the chief topic of
conversation at Windsor Hall during the day. Many were the marvellous
stories which were called to memory, of Indian warfare and of Indian
massacres--of the sad fate of those who had been their victims, the
tortures to which their prisoners had been subjected, and the relentless
cruelty with which even the tender babe, while smiling in the face of
its ruthless murderer, was dashed pitilessly against a tre