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recognized him past all doubt, as Gen. Mcleod,
the o0mmlndcr-ln-chlcf of the patriot army IN
the west, ! had never seen the General but
he had been described to me so very minutely
that | could not be mistaken in him; besides,
the moment he stopped, he passed a word
which served as the grand haiing sign
among the hunters" secret organization, of
winch nearly every vaguhond was member
so that there could be no mistake In the matter
the man was no other than the verltable Gen.
Mcleod, himself.
Good evening, Captain" he said, as soon as
had replied to the hail "What luck. Cap
tain 2"
Good All right, General. But come
aboard, sir; and gave the schooner sheer
in alongside the pier, so that he could step on
deck.
A moment later, and he stood there beside
me at the helm, real Hercules in stature, en-
vcloped in "A stout gre, ovcrcoat, with a fur
cap turned down over his ears, while | gazed
a few second in mute admiration upon the
stalwart form OF one Of the Iron Dukes" ia
voute veterans of the Peninsula and Waterloo.
The general gave ne the regular hunters
grip" and then asked i'm:
"Wcll captain what success :"
9 Beautiful, sir" answered. Got 'em all
right down there, fooled Uncle Sans officers
at Buffalo, gave two more Of 'em free pas
sage for nine miles out of Clcveland and set
then ashore IN the woods and here am, Gen
erll, all square by the hits and braces, ready
to fool Old lundys Lane General John T..
~ COL, and all the other cpauetied prercnta-
tivcs that expect will be here IN Huron be-
fore yet away"
GOOD! !" exclaimed the General, laughing
heartily, Every good, captain. There's noth~
ing like confidence IN h ping one ont OF tight
place, But you say that you have got every
thing safe"
"Ay, General so nicely slowed away that
even the Argus-cyed Scott himself might raE~
suck the schooner for whole day and fail to
discover anything wrong. Got the cannons
buried under the ballast, the powder slowed IN
oysters, bullets III red lead barrels, and the
small arms packed in furniture boxes 50 You
see we're all safe, General"
"Ies, it would seem so; but look out that
'Oll Lundys Lane 10 You cal hlm, don't get
at your secret He's in town, | believe, and
there's the steamer Constitution lying up there,
from which he has this very afternoon taken a
large quantity OF arms and ammunition so
look ont for IIu."
IL will, General; ana if the old seven foot
hero Of Chippewa gets to wlnd'ard of me, Ill
ship second maze to IL klln, and use my
Commission, as captain in the Canadian navy,
to lIght the fire with
Bravo, captain! hats the right sort of
sp,rr. But come up ana see ne as soon as
you yet fast. Come and tako supper with
me, I'm lncog, yoa know, tbs evening
stopping at JcuHln's Ono Ho,el-come up,
WI. you = and the l1omeat answered "yes, "
the General leaped ashore, and went off IN a
true military stride along up the whlh towards
the blg hotel.
As ! entered tho hotel. half an hour later,
was shown INTO the dining room, where the
company were already seated at supper and
there, at the head of tn table sat the head of
the patriot army, IN Il SUIT of plain clothes,
while ranged along down on either hand, were
several officers Of the United States army and
one Of thea, stout, hard featured man IN a
brilliant uniform, set down at once as Major
General Scott.
General Mcleod smiled, and nodded famil-
ilrly to me as | entered, and the seats near hIul
beng all filled, he pointed with his knife TO
one near the long table, mo winch introduced
myself without ceremony, and commenced
playing knife and iork with the others.
| observed during supper, that the officers
Upwards the head Of the table eyed the patriot
4rneral and myself very susplclously ; but no
word was spoken to either OF u, and had
very nearly finished my supper IN silence, when
doctor who was seated next to me, and with
whom was acquainted, asked me III low
tone what thought OF the General.
"Wh hat General y asked.
"N by, General Scott, Of course"
SWELL then, | don't know, doctor, for | have
never seen him; but one thing do know, and
that is it he Is half as noble looking an officer
as our commlndcr-in-chef up there at the
head Of the table Is, the Americans may well
be proud of him as the head Of their army.
"Why, what in the name Of nonsense do you
mean, Captaln:'
"Just this, doctor-that General Donald
M'Leod there, at the head of the table, looks
more like hero, than forty General colts.
Captain, are you drunk or crazy? Why
man, that Is Genera, UiafeId Scott himSey"
Down went my up-ralsed tea cup with q
crash that shvered to atoms on the table, al
tins startling announcement; and leapng to my
feet, dared from the room, through the hall
out into the street, and away down toward the
wharf like locomotive, determined to get the
schooner underwelgh, and be ott-some where
| didn't care where much, SO that | escaped
from g Old Lundy's Lane "
But was too late, for found the vessel il
pOSScsSlOn Ol some my UHltcu Ctdlcs eululclN
who were all workug away llne beavers, dis
charging my contraband cargo OF patriot arm
and Ammunition.
| wandered about the streets for about al
hour, feeling myself as completely sold as eve
a man was, and so thoroughly ashamed of my
self, that didn't want to 90 where any on
could see my face till was finally picked u
by lieutenant, who Informed me that Gen
Scott wished to see me at the hotel
| went like dog going to be hung and be
ING ushered into the presence of the hero o
Chippewa. General " ool. and about a dozel
other United States officers, received, il
the first place great deal of good advice from
General Scott, and then a most pressing invita-
ton to Join the party IN an oyster-supper pre-
pared from the byaveS which only an hou
prcylousl r., had served as overcoats to our pat
riot powder ! remained, and before the part
broke up, had made public and most posi-
tive declaration, that if ever engaged IN an
other plra,lca expedition, 1t should be in som
country where Major General Winfield SEQ,
5 would not be likely to interfere with my sail
ing orders.
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