several attacks of fever. One day he could not
travel. That night we were set upon by a score of wandering
Indians. They would not listen to our words, We were white men,
that was enough. All white men were their enemies, they said. They
would roast us alive first and eat us afterwards, they declared,"

"O Colin!" cried Corinne, with widely-dilated eyes.

"Yes; I can see their eyes now, rolling and gleaming. They began
collecting light brushwood around the upright stakes they drove
into the ground. They laughed and yelled, and sprang about with
frightful contortions. They were working themselves up as they do
before they set to one of their frightful pieces of work. Our uncle
called me to him, and we prayed together. At least he prayed, and I
tried to follow his words; but I could do nothing but watch those
awful preparations. Then suddenly a shout arose from the forest
hard by, and the Indians seized their weapons. We sent up a shout,
caring little whether it was answered by English or French. We knew
that what we had heard was no Indian whoop; it came from the
throats of white men.

"Next minute a body of Rangers had dashed amongst us. The Indians
fled, scattering right and left like chaff before the wind. Next
minute I distinguished the friendly face of Fritz. He was kneeling
beside our uncle, and asking him tenderly if he were hurt."

"The same Fritz as saved us in the forest! Oh, I am glad it was
he!"

"So was I; and doubly glad when I found that he knew more about the
cure of these forest fevers than even our uncle himself. The
Rangers made a hut for us, and for three days Fritz doctored our
uncle, till he was almost well again. But they would not leave us
in the forest, with the bands of treacherous Indians prowling
around. They escorted us to within a short distance of Montreal
itself, and Fritz consented to come into the city as our guest; and
since he speaks French almost as well as English, he was a welcome
guest to all. He became so much attached to my uncle that he
consented to come with us to Quebec. For he is anxious to join the
English squadron when it reaches these waters, and my uncle gave
him his word of honour that no hindrance shall be placed in the way
of his doing so. Perhaps it may be even well for one who has seen
the extreme strength of the town, and the preparations made for its
defence by land and sea, to go to warn the bold invaders that the
task they contemplate is one which is well