. With Wolfe in Canada : or, The winning of a continent . anging up in any of their wigwams. It was midnight before the camp was perfectly still, andthen James Walsham quietly loosened one of the pegs of thecanvas at the back of the tent, and with a warm grasp of themidshipmans hand crawled out. The lad listened attentively,but he could not hear the slightest sound. The sentinel wasstriding up and down in front of the tent, humming the airof a French song as he walked. Half an hour passed withoutthe slightest stir, and the midshipman was sure that Jameswas by this time safely beyond the enemys
. With Wolfe in Canada : or, The winning of a continent . anging up in any of their wigwams. It was midnight before the camp was perfectly still, andthen James Walsham quietly loosened one of the pegs of thecanvas at the back of the tent, and with a warm grasp of themidshipmans hand crawled out. The lad listened attentively,but he could not hear the slightest sound. The sentinel wasstriding up and down in front of the tent, humming the airof a French song as he walked. Half an hour passed withoutthe slightest stir, and the midshipman was sure that Jameswas by this time safely beyond the enemys camp. He was just about to compose himself to sleep when heheard a trampling of feet. The sentry challenged, the pass-word was given, and the party passed on towards the generalstent. It was some thirty yards distant, and the sentry postedthere challenged. I wonder whats up? the midshipmansaid to himself; and lifting the canvas he put his head outwhere James had crawled through. The men had halted before ^-5-. y -TJ^—;5^-V>tr^r tT^K. O j«f PH u S H an P^ C3 O H STARTLING NEWS. 341 the generals tent, and the boy heard the generals voice frominside the tent ask sharply, What is it1? I regret to disturb you, Monsieur le General; but we havehere one of the Canadian pilots who has swam ashore from theenemys fleet higher up the river, and who has important newsfor you. The midshipman at once determined to hear what had already taken off his shoes; and he now crawled outfrom the tent, and moving with extreme caution made his wayround to the back of the generals tent, just as the latter,having thrown on his coat and lighted a candle, unfastenedthe entrance. The midshipman, determined to see as well ashear what was going on, lifted up the flap a few inches behind,and as he lay on the ground peered in. A French officer hadjust entered, and he was followed by a Canadian, whom themidshipman recognized at once as being the one who pilotedthe Sutherland up and
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