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his pretty wife, and with two babieo
instead of one. and settled down at
the old homestead, and now pressed
his brother over and over again to
his heart. Our old friend Thomas,
now Major Thomas, and a splendid
fellow, in dashing regimentals, clear
ed a way for himself and lovely
young wife, whom he as well as
Frederick rarely remembered having
seen before. Frederick almost starts
from her blushing, sisterly embrace.
as he recognizes the daughter of Sir
John johnson.
But where is Lizzie, the darling sis
ter, who was Away che first to meet
him on his return, and whom he
longed to introduced to his friend
and comrade? Every one says she
was here a moment SINCE. and went
into the garden to find a friend who
was spending some weeks with her
and in whom, says Major Thomas,
with a mischievous look Frederick
will find friend also. Search was
volunteered for the fugitives, but
Frederick declared he would find
them himself, and started off with a
beating heart, half hoping. half fear
ing, on his selfimposed mission.
He entered the garden. and walked
down winding path until he came
to natural arbor formed by the in
lacing branches ofsome old trees, and
where he shrewdly suspected the
missing girls would be found. A
low murmur of voices as he neared
the spot proved that the conjecture
was right, and he stopped, urged by
an irresistible impulse to hear what
they were saying.
do not urge me, Lizzie" said a
voice. which his heart told him could
only belong to Mary Ellis, II cam
not join the merry making when it
recalls all my fears only with greater
bitterness for the fate of Frederick !;
if he were only here, how we would
rejoice in his brothers. happiness.
'In his own also," said Frederick,
darling forward and catching Mary,
who fellshalf fainting into his arms.
Poor Lizzie was quite cat out, and,
feeling herself rather de trop, thought
as she said, that it would be best to
save her "hugging" until another
time, and go and get his supper, and
find out what it all means. A good
many jokes came off at Frederick's
expense when he came back at the
end ofhalfan hour without Lizzie, but
with the happy Mary Ellis hanging
on his arm. What long explanations
had then to be gone through, with
tales OF frightful adventure and hair
breadth escapes, until the dawn of
morning made the lights grow dim
and pale. Sir John johnson, the
brutal father of the young wife, who
looked upon Major Thomas with such
proud admiration, was dead, aid the
old hall, the scene of their imprison-
ment, which the reader will remem
Der was destroyed, had been bostow-
ed upon her husband as some reward
for his services to his country.
1t is unnecessary to dwell upon the
happiness of the re. united family,
Frederick and Mary were married of
course, and the narrative of his terri
BILE experience served to while away
many long winters evening in after
years. In 1886 he was still living,
well and hearty, and was chosen one
of the electors of President and Vice.
President for his native state; the
same year Major Thomas Summons
was reelected as a member of Con-
gress, and stopped on his way to
Washington at the splendid residence
of the surveyor general the former
friend and companion of Frederick
in his hair-breadth escapes from the
Canadian fortress, and then the hus.
band of the bright-eyed Lizzie Sam.
mons, and jointly the proprietor of
brave sons and daughters. These
We're the fortunes of the Summons
family during the most exciting per-