Novels . e by the river bank, while the others, by a detour of somemiles, should endeavor to learn the force of the Yankees,and as far as they could, their mode of attack. From thatinstant the corporal knew no more; for after two hoursweary exertion he reached the Fort, which, had it been butanother mile distant, his strength had not held out for himto attain. However gladly poor OFlaherty might have hailed suchinformation under other circumstances, now it came like athunderbolt upon him. Six of his small force were away, AN ADVENTURE IN CANADA. 199 — perhaps ere this made prisoners by the ene
Novels . e by the river bank, while the others, by a detour of somemiles, should endeavor to learn the force of the Yankees,and as far as they could, their mode of attack. From thatinstant the corporal knew no more; for after two hoursweary exertion he reached the Fort, which, had it been butanother mile distant, his strength had not held out for himto attain. However gladly poor OFlaherty might have hailed suchinformation under other circumstances, now it came like athunderbolt upon him. Six of his small force were away, AN ADVENTURE IN CANADA. 199 — perhaps ere this made prisoners by the enemy,—theYankees, as well as he could judge, were a numerous party,and he himself totally without a single adviser; for Malouehad dined, and was, therefore, by this time in that pleasingstate of indifference in which he could only recognize anenemy in the man that did not send round the decanter. In the half-indulged hope that his state might permitsome faint exercise of the reasoning faculty, OFlaherty. walked towards the small den they had designated as themess-room, in search of his brother-officer. As he entered the apartment, little disposed as he felt tomirth at such moment, the tableau before him was tooridiculous not to laugh at. At one side of the fireplace satMalone, his face florid with drinking, and his eyeballs pro-jecting. Upon his head was a small Indian skull-cap withtwo peacocks feathers, and a piece of scarlet cloth whichhung down behind. In one hand he held a smoking goblet 200 HARRY LORREQUER. of rum-puncli, and in the other a long Indian Chibook to him, but squatted upon the floor, reposed a KedIndian that lived in the Fort as a guide, equally drunk, butpreserving, even in his liquor, an impassive, grave aspect,strangely contrasting with the high excitement of Malonesface. The red man wore Malones uniform coat, which hehad put on back foremost, — his head-dress having, in allprobability, been exchanged for it, as an amicable courtesybetwee
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