winded stories about past loyalty, or to
submit to her vehement imprecations on present rebellion.

The young general saluted Virginia courteously as she approached,
expressing the hope that she had not suffered from her exposure to the
night air, and then turned to Hansford, and engaged in conversation with
him on matters of interest connected with the approaching contest.

But as his remarks will be more fully understood, and his views
developed in the next chapter, we forbear to record them here. Suffice
it to say, that among other things it was determined, that immediately
upon their arrival before Jamestown, Mrs. Temple and Virginia, under the
escort of Hansford, should be conducted to the gate of the town, and
convey to the Governor and his adherents the intelligence of the capture
of the wives of the loyalists. We will only so far anticipate the
regular course of our narrative as to say, that this duty was performed
without being attended with any incident worthy of special remark; and
that Hansford, bidding a sad farewell to Virginia and her mother,
committed them to the care of the sentinel at the gate, and returned
slowly and sorrowfully to the insurgent camp.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

"How yet resolves the Governor of the town?
This is the latest parle we will admit.
If I begin the battery once again,
I will not leave the half achieved Harfleur,
Till in her ashes she lie buried."
_King Henry V._

And now was heard on the clear night air the shrill blast of a solitary
trumpet breathing defiance, and announcing to the besieged loyalists,
the presence of the insurgents before the walls of Jamestown. Exhausted
by their long march, and depressed by the still gloomy prospect before
them, the thinned ranks of the rebel army required all the encouraging
eloquence of their general, to urge them forward in their perilous duty.
Nor did they need it long. Drawing his wearied, but faithful followers
around him, the young and ardent enthusiast addressed them in language
like the following:

"SOLDIERS,"

"Animated by a desire to free your country from the incursions of a
savage foe, you have crowned your arms with victory and your lives
with honor. You have annihilated the Indian power in Virginia, and
in the waters of the brook which was the witness of your victory,
you have washed away the stains of its cruelty. The purple blood