Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . hip second mate of a lime-kiln, and use mycommission, as captain in the Canadian navy, to light the fire with. Bravo, captain ! Thats the right sort of spirit. But come upand see me as soon as you get fast. Come and take supper withme. Im incog., you know, this evening—stopping at JenkinsHotel—come up, will you ? and the moment I answered yes, thegeneral leaped ashore, and went off with a true military stride alongup the wharf toward
Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . hip second mate of a lime-kiln, and use mycommission, as captain in the Canadian navy, to light the fire with. Bravo, captain ! Thats the right sort of spirit. But come upand see me as soon as you get fast. Come and take supper withme. Im incog., you know, this evening—stopping at JenkinsHotel—come up, will you ? and the moment I answered yes, thegeneral leaped ashore, and went off with a true military stride alongup the wharf toward the big hotel. As I entered the hotel, half an hour later, I was shown into thedining-room, where the company were already seated at supper;and there, at the head of the table, sat thehead of the patriot army, in a suit of plainclothes, whileranged along downon either hand wereseveral officers ofthe United Statesarmy, and one of ^|the m—a stout,,hard-featured man,in a brilliant uni- \ gg^ down my supper with the general. at once as Major-General Scott. General McLeod smiled, andnodded familiarly to me as I entered, and the seats near him being. ADVENTURES OF A NAVY OFFICER. 2tt all filled, he pointed with his knife to one near the foot of the longtable, into which I introduce myself without further ceremony, andcommenced playing knife and fork with the others. I observed during supper, that the officers toward the head ofthe table, eyed the patriotic general and myself very suspiciously;but no word was spoken to either of us, and I had very nearlyfinished my supper in silence, when a doctor who was seated next tome, and with whom I was intimately acquainted, asked me, in a lowtone, what I thought of the general ? What general ? I asked. Why, General Scott, of course. Well, then, I dont know, doctor, for I have never seen him; butone thing I do know, and that is, if he is half as noble-looking anofficer as our commander-in-chief up there at the head of the tableis,
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