Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-17
Wolfe f~ asKeo Grafton.

| and ! am at home. I fear nothing there-unless 1t be a lee-shore--but on land I prefer your views
 Shall we fail? God knows!'' mur- i mured Wolfe softly, half soliloquizing ''I tried to turn their flank on the l Montmorenci and failed there. tried direct attack on the Beauport lines and failed again. This time know not. The paths poor one at best A hundred men at the top might hold an army" suddenly, as if awakened l from a dream. "Of course not! We shall not fail! We can't fail! Philip, ! must have Quebec! And now, at l that! Iris our last chance. and mine! ! Iris sure hard fate, but this body of mine isl done for. may last for 3 few days longer, but my race is about rum"
 :! Don't say that. James," exclaimed his boyhood friend, protesting even i against the bitter assurance in his heart of the truth of the dying soldiers words.
 ''Tt isn't the saying, old friend, but the fact, that makes it hard to bear and 'tis true. This poor frail body Is not equal to the demands I have I made upon it. If 1t carry me through ] tonight and tomorrow shall say naught. Death may have it's way. Peace. Philip. know what you would say, but I know myself 'tis useless. I want to strike one good 1 blow for old England before go. I should like to sec the Cross of St. George floating above Cape Diamond before-but we shall see Stobo says the path is practicable. He's canny Scot and should know what he's talk ing about have examined it care- fully as we fioated past it, and be- l lieve that we can get up. Once let me get on those plains and interpose between Montcalm and his base of supplies. He must fight, retreat or surrender"
 Iris easy to tell" answered Graf ton, what he will do then.
 Quite He is splendid soldier, as many of our poor fellows have cause to know-and fighter always. honor him"
 But suppose you get caught be- tween Montcalm and fBougainville's men from Cap-Rouge, Wolfe ?'' 'eThe chances for their arriving on the field together are very remote, and we must crush the one who first makes his appearance Then we can easily deal with the other"
 i "FIave you issued all the necessary orders?"
 D '.AIl."
 ''Have you thought of everything P
 Everything but defeat. The men are to enter the boats about Ii o'clock" he continued. '"They are to row up the river as if to make land- ing at Cap-Rouge and then return to the ships When the tide turns and the ebb begins they gre to drop si- lently down the river. The ships will follow after an hours interval The boats will land the men at the desig- mated point, and then go across to the other side and ferry over Burton's troops. who will have marched there before this, presume. Those are your. orders, Grafton
 What then 2"
 ''Then we will bide the issue. Iris desperate hazard"
 sAy, desperate, indeed,
 'sWe play for great stake, Grafton, and fortune has been so hard to us perhaps the tide may turn and luck } may serve" faS @
 ssYou are too wise man to be lucky, sWolfes'' responded the navaIaofilcer. t!s swell, perhaps the luck will be with England, then. In fact, it is. Two deserters from Cap Rouge have ap- prised us that a fotilla of provision boats is to be sent down to Quebec tonight We will be that fiotilla."
 ''Yes," laughed Grafton. land give the French such breakfast as they will find 1t difficult to digest, I'll war rant.
 s'Quite so,' said Wolfe, smiling. But now that you have your official instructions. Philip. there is another thing want you to do for me-
 Anything on earth, old friend"
 l'tI know that. know that" an- swered the soldier. "You have always been a friend to me since we were boys together in old England No one could be truer or better than you have been"
 "Oh, that's all right" answered Grafton, hastily. with the Anglo-Saxon inclination to the avoidance Of a scene. t'We have, been friends since my father sent me to the English school. where we met. was little colonial lad from Massachusetts, and mighty lone- ' -ly' was. Jimmie, until you took me up and championed me-"
 But you fought your own battles, Phil"
 s'You saw that had fair play, any, way. I'll tell you what it is, Wolfe, if your body only eQualled your spirit, what knight you would have been!"
 ''Well, it's about that body that I want to speak As I told you, am doomed. I shall never get back to England alive; the sickness upon me is mortal. The physicians have said so, and feel that it is true. Look at me, you can see for yourselfl If it were not for the fight I should be on my back now, and if I have to die I'd rather do 1t on the field yondera after we have won, of course-but that's as God pleases. This is what want you to do.''
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