The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-08

before the days over--ah, yer Excel
lincy, wan toon more, and to be wild
the byes followin' the Gineral."
The Generals face relaxed still more
II take you at your word" said he
and he gave orders that McGilvray
should proceed at once aboard the
| flagship, from whence ne should join
Anstruther's regiment at Cap Rouge.
The General entered the boat, and
McGilVray followed with some nom
| com officers in another. 1t was now
| quite dark and their motions, or the
motions of the vessels of war, could not
! be seen from the French encampmenI
or the citadel. They neared the flag
| ship, and the General, followed by his
! officers, climbed up. Then the men in
! McGilvray's boat climbed up also, un-
| til only himself and another were left.
At that moment the General, looking
/ down from the side of the ship, said
! sharply to an officer beside him:
! Whats that sir?"
! lie pointed to a dark object floating
near the ship, from which presently
came a small light with a Kissing
sound.
It's fire organ, sir" was the re-
| ply.
A fire organ was raft, carrying
| lorg tubes like the pipes of an organ,
! and filled with explosives. They were
| used by the French to send among the
: vessels of the British fleet to disorgan-
ize and destroy them. The little light
which the general saw was the burn
ing fuse, The raft had been brought
! out into the current by French sailors.
the fuse had been lighted, and it was
headed to drift towards the British
ships. The fleet was now in notion
and apart from the havoc which the
bursting fire-Organ might make, the
light from the explosion would reveal
the fact that the English men O. war
We're now moving towards Cap Rouge.
This Knowledge would enable Mont
calm, the French general, to detect
Wolfe's purpose, and he would at once
move his army in that direction. The
west side Of the town had meager mill
tary defenses, the great cliffs being
thought impregnable. And so they
were safe at one point, and at this
point Wolfe had discovered a narrow
path up a steep cliff.
McGilvray had seen the fire-organ at
the same moment as the general. "Get
up the side" he said to the remaining
soldiers in his boat, The soldier be-
gan climbing, and McGilvray caught
the oars and was instantly away
towards the raft. The general, looking
over the ships side, understood his dar-
ing purpose. In the shadow, they saw
him near it, they saw him throw q
hoat-hook and catch it, and then at
taoh a rope; they saw him sit down
and, taking the oars, laborously row
up stream toward the opposite shore
the fuse burning softly, somewhere
among theg reat pipes of explosives
McGilvray knew that it might be i'm
possible to reach the fuse-there was nc
time to spare, and he set about to row
the devilish machine out OF range Of
the vessels which We're carrying
Wolfe's army to a last forlorn hope,
Fer minutes those on deck watched
and listened. Presently nothing coulG
be seen, not even the small glimmel
from the burning fuse.
Then, all at once, there was a terrible
report, and the organ pipes belchet
2 their helish music upon the sea. With
[ In the circle of light that the explosion
made there was no sign of any ship
) but strangely tall in the red glare
1 stood McGilvray in his boat. An in
( slant he stood so, then he fell, ant
= presently darkness covered the scene
!. the furious music Of death and wal
D was over.
e There was a silence on the ship for q
e time as all watched and waited. Pres
D entity an officer said to the general:
= I'm afraid he's gone. sir"
. Send a boat to search" was the re