a thirst for a s immortality had him was little the tailor � a remarkable for the vast between the of his person and the greatness of his aspirations and still more remarkable for an walk and an ambitious erect carriage of the head stricken with the grandeur of lieutenant s achievements and of like glory in the field of he had by degrees himself into an intimacy with the lieutenant who one day in a settled the little hero s destiny by him for a special campaign with the in the course of this tour of duty which lasted sixty days ned by ic rob of the bowl had the good fortune to capture three women whom he took for warriors belonging to the tribe of king � a chief whose name diffused a common terror through the province the to the hazard and glory of this and his commander exalted him to the honorable and responsible duties of a ever since that event the tailor looked upon himself as a approved in battle and entitled to boast of his being thus into the list of fame he became a devoted of the lieutenant and as is customary amongst the of greater men than even lieutenant george he suffered himself to be embarked in all the and committed to all the consequences of his leader s political the s time was divided between the needle and the � at one season when work was slack playing the man of war in and at another when fighting was and decayed with a tranquillity of spirit such were the principal personages who were now to deliberate upon the course of that secret rebellion which in a few years later than this period terminated in what is known in the history of as the revolution their more immediate purpose was to devise measures for the rescue or of the towards the accomplishment of this design the discontented in various parts of the province had associated under private forms of organization and held themselves in readiness to obey the signal for an outbreak whenever the leaders amongst the should determine the fit moment to have arrived when these persons were once together in arms their plan was to drive matters to an immediate issue with the by seizing the fort and even by his person their general scheme of rebellion was sup by ic rob of the bowl posed to derive its hopes of success not only from the bitterness which daily grew up between the two religious but from the inclination of the court at white hall to give an established church to the province and to the exercise of religious towards the catholic party add to this the fact that a majority of the inhabitants were of the faith and it will be seen that the had no very strong reason to apprehend any fatal of their scheme it was late before made his appearance in this assembly he had gone into the inn where he remained in solitude until after nightfall and when the retiring day had left everything in shade he forth and indulged his moody and temper in lonely musing as he through the town and along the margin of the river as he was to the ordinary of humanity it cost him a struggle to pursue his purpose to the extent of making war against that faith the devotion to which in his bosom was superstition � a superstition that clung to his mind through all the of his life amongst the brothers of the coast and which he to his self on this subject had wrought him up to a state of mind that bordered upon insanity exhibiting itself at times in bursts of apparently and driving him to the of strong drink his absence from s began to be remarked master had already let fall � when spoke of his interview with the � some expressions of distrust in the sincerity of such a as the tale implied and more than one of the company hinted at a trick contrived by the to them private of dissatisfaction and threats of were growled in whispered tones was remarkably fierce and by my sword by ic rob op the bowl i he said with a an i find it should turn out that we have been with by that it shall go hard with him bat he shall find that i wear cold iron � if he learn as much from never a man in the town beside and as we are all here together where we may speak our minds he added in a stage whisper with a significant solemnity of manner i would have you know i do not put too much faith in the honesty of these and men they are � masters he said laying his finger against his nose and looking mysterious to my seeming this richard ever had a hang dog ay that s true � a hang dog devil in his looks said himself taking the from the speaker as he strode into the room immediately behind the who stood near the door his brow was flushed his air hurried and disturbed and he had entered the outer door without knocking or ceremony of announcement and thus came into the apartment where the meeting was assembled at unawares and at the moment that his name was upon the s lips his cap was drawn over one side of his forehead and his sword detached from the belt was borne in his hand a constrained gave a disagreeable and unusual expression to his features and there was an air of affected in his carriage when he interrupted the and the company nay master you need not shrink for your brave speaking tis a license of a man of the wars to rail at such b leave their colors and as i have left mine i stand under your reproof � god 