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If ye could on'_.contrive a little
_. v:ce for me. down among the
`it=tasends Ices. for a'fortnight or so,
]
think this :natter might be settled
ea the satisfaction of all .parties. Just
- e:netnber. Lundie. the lassie is the
my marriageable white female tai
this frontier."
"There is i.,saye duly for one in
your line at a past. ]lo,verer small:
but :his beirm can he done by the.
Fvrrcant as ,cel. as 'ty the Qaarter-
r,taster-general, and better too."
"But not letter than `sty a regim-
ental "officer There ▪ �i-` great '•t'aste. .11`01ctlt, -t111,/;1p thedcrlies."
•n think o. it. \!:lir:' said the Mai-
-,. la:tehin;., ' and you .ball have my
..nsaer in the m,:.rning. Herr will he a
:nC Jccaeion. man, 'lie morrow-. to
show yourself 'u- before the lady: pm
,.re expert with the ,.,.t. and Uri«e.
.o he s::. Mit.._ " .nr mind to
eiselay your .A:.-. \a -t. sr,L.t.
c. may art. ta;,rt;'. .t t'1: Send
:Making - the , ..:r.•
'till teas. t", ..:,t,t,
..ta-.ten
orl" ,,
_.. n<. to,•. i ;e4t . ,o keee.
entt:t .,i,. a
.< , " "7' . • way."
"i ht: -need. u. rt„d_ ria
testas ..cart. \f .17.r I:luncat:. ts : at.
•:....taticalet .. many • eren odes and
tar that 1a ri ' of
,ty rut .. rei•..c1 Same re
imimr sitt-`.Sofore them.
ae it might .n a regular. atttl
e n'ae ellee 1't can
,vet ionger: others.
to . ..tarried v . ,s .,:e here
rChnesies ill.. .n a' i t „-ilt
in -s. !IA. nr, . e 1it:1 .. . •'rl
• 't '1st t
•1 11-1+,0 ..,. 7; ,.711 :.x:..,er-
f e-. 1t.! ty
,.rent t"le tt s,,-.li.a,ter.
;tires.. i'rerty
that he.
oft. ,t ' ..ammandin: -,
teren. tmr :. .. .- .. nonose
c re -eriod "fe ha, its
..neerssit-
•..d .a,. se'een 111,t
tett.: a little ie iteral, 1
and ref a :.2tog -er
e a-..^- ... 31r Mair.
71 1C
...,ie.. , -•n
to
.sill.", are. all his ..1 mol 1 :-1
.r..
7::11 .,_ ,r?':.. i
e Iorner It ie- ,a10.0.
• it reader
t. .. .. ::ail- .- tel-tn ape
s' ..7 is termed 1,t. ort.
.,.� :•arities ir 'heir rli-•-itl:,n-,
reeclea feelit,gs.sed e.
:1st.. infinite.
e-HAI'Tr:2 x/
'fir' that ia.e r is rr :Y:i','. .
•.. ..-..r set 1 ,1', ft- the -1m-
af the your :nen7i,e gar isr'17
.ere :net • ...e h: ,t,:a;her
elle seeceerling day. The ',teats
:miner were little felt at Oswego at
the period of ah'ch wet are writing;
-r the shade of the forest, added tet
:he refreshing tbreezec from the lake.
far reduced the influence of the
sen as to render the nights always
01 and the days seldom oppressive.
It was now September,' a month in
•:rhich the strong gales of the coast of-
ten appear to force themselves across
she country as far as the great lakes,
-here 'the inland tailor s'otnetimes
?eels that genial influence which char-
acterizes the :winds of the ocean in-
vigorating his frame, cheering his
spirit's. and arousing his moral Scarce.
Such a day was that on which he
garrison of 'Oswego assembled to
witness what it; 'commander had jot.
gnarly ;called a "Passage of arms."
Lundie was a scholar in military mat -
tern at least, and it was one of his
soitrees or. honest 'pride to direct the
reading and Vlsotatgh'ts sof the young
:nen trader his orders to the more in-
tellectual parts of their 'prafessioil.
For one in hie situation, itis library
was. !both good and 'extensive, and its
Books were freely lent to a!i who des-
ired to use theta. Aauon:e other wllitns
that had ,found their way into the ' ar-
rison through these means, 'was a re-
li'h for the sort of amusement in
which • it was now about to eindulge:
and around which some chronicles of
the days of chivalry had induced them
to the oe a parade and romance not
unsuited to the characters and habits
of soidie•r or ro the htsnlated and
wi dpost .ectipicd "tc-this-;'articttlar
garrison. 'Virile -,. earnestly hent on
pleasure. flowerer. they on whom that
dety e?evoked did not neglect the
-:Fa im Oil •733 Tarri:i.•t. One standing
on tin... -rampart, . i the fort, and gaz-
a :glittering water
111at - ,.,:uldei lite ..•• t at! along • the
air .lir.:: h:+matt, and ern the slum -Ito --
Met atm! seemingly ....ant:tdies, fore.:
1.11 - 11e kAller • i the pan -
"a;.,.. °i.'.,'ti have fancied the .pit'
lY lr ; e tineand
se.mrity7 .slit 'lit Ma•r of .italic tete,
n•, .nett 1...`
the ...'.zds • m7t;ilt. at
• m:mer,', mi their hanlred;,
'r•est •.:1 the 1+-'rm,•tion of :he for;
un it t, a tt t,%1: and that even the
ort':;eit..r•.-0. 'as a .•fiere'd ':m highway
L :e .,-. ahill his metre
tent sear:e'e des wily fries,
.•:'e . ^,-n_'i. ..t:,i -<cue 77in»m hies a:
an :771.;tlarde ! moment. Parties wtea-
seet
11 ter, r old alt i'i4ihttit affic-
r. men s' ,:.t',l pet:, :..t 17,,
• t.: .. the lit. to the ::
and ...se t.mire 1m ;i7r held the °1 rt,
.tileatiler arms.t1'11 orders to 711. 71'i•i'
viailanee etriet as if .an enemy'.f
• 7 ., .::town ,.. he near,
tt' re nude <,.. tine remain•
• 1 the ...fficers end Inell '1101,de„71-
t•d 1-tt..(tee' without dp:!r'1 .,•'•11.
the eosin - s- :.f tl:e morning.
"! 7 .• „ t! rt
fort.the and ! ht immediate
'taide el, lake. it lad •x-:•17 clear.•.!
traa entl -177'.P.';` . that it 0110177
re rel• ie tri se 'd a pvra,ie-
ar•... I, it posse --ed the advantaa•r
it
refs:, te.tt•d- thy..the
.7 ti'. ',ter '10111i- 1..y sh.
11.1..1i '11'1111%, ., it 1'01.114
.. -...^ked. ca•-'-rit,ertt , .t1 two sides
...lily: and as the Cleaeed .space 1t t'•'.!, 1
the direetien , f the we -t and
▪ s large. ani assailants woltlt
.. ••t?to eel.- ...e .•rete Cm::.
•' } 1 ,e: , " rn„'d n..rke an
tai...d.i
the arm,. tits rl s,-
..:.•,`. ,..re , dct-, -cute fifty ri es
+e" r 7, .••, tb. ;,resent ars-
. 'r': c 71%1, telt. :a - , I ,rt
'ear t 17 ,�r1t 2 ole
:rl ielir , 71:1 -. .. ,.rue nt more
tar less. at„ el1 her... _ about th,
'ort: aea. public proviai.e.
them for ..;e use ,. 111. se who 1c1 -
rd the 0171''.: with express .'bject of
sap;.'ie ',melile these alto
,'tarried the 'Fea;On were some five or.
six, a'lt,t had repittatr'o for knowing
sou. t.. ,r e 't part:ciliary
Nell. indeed. t.. have given than a
celebrity 111 the frentter: twice that
nunfitcr wltc, :eere believed to be
much better than t-'nnmon; and many
who would have been thought expert
in whitest any situation 'but the pre-
cise one in which they now happened
to' be placed, •
The dista,nce was a hundred yards,
and the weapon was to he used with -
(rut a rest; the target, a board, with
the customary circular lines in white
paint, having the 'bull'; -eye in the'cen-
tre. The first trials in skill comment. -
ed with challenges among the more
ignoble of the 'competitors to display
their steadiness and dexterity in idle
competition. None ;but the .common
men engaged in Phis strife, which had
little t0 interest -the spectators,
among whom no officer had yet ap-
peared.
Most of the soldiers were Scotch,
the regiment having 'been raised ,at.
Stirling and its n;icfnity -not tetany
years !before, though, as in case ttf
Sergeant Dunham, many Americans
TEE SEAFORTH NEWS
had joined it since its arrival in the
colonies. AS a platter of coarse, the
pa°atineiads were ;generally the most
expert nnarksnien7 and niter a desul-
tory 'half an hour it was necessarily
conceded that a youth who had been
born in tine colony of New York, and
who coating eaf Dutch extraction, was
Elie most expert of all who had yet
tried their skill. It was just as this
opinions prevailed that the oldest cap-
tain, accompanied by the most of the
gentlemen and ladies of the fort, ap-
peared
peared on the (parade. A train of same
twenty females of humbler condition
followed, among wham was seen the
well-turned form, intelligent,!bloom-
ing, animated countenance, and neat,
Ibecoming attire of Mabel Dunham,
Ot females who were officially re-
cognised as ;belonging to the class of
ladies, there were but three 'in the
fort, all of whom were officer'; wives;.
Mabel being strictly, as had been
stated thy the Quartermaster, the only
real candidate for matrimony .among
her sex.
Some little preparation had been
for the proper reception of the fem-
ales, who were placed on a low stag-
ing of planks near the inunediate
bank of hie lake. In this vicinity the
prizes were suspended front a post,
Great care was taken to reserve the
front sent of the stage for the ladies
and their children; while ;Mabel and
those who ,belonged to the non-ciml-
nissionecl officers of the regiment, o
010 it'd the second. The wives and
daughters of the privates were twidd-
led together in the rear, some stand-
ing and some sitting, as they could
find room. !Mabel. who had already
been admitted to the society of the
officer's wives, on the ,footing of r
hlnnhle companion, was a good deal
noticed lby the ladies in front, w•ho
had a proper appreciation of modest
selfrespect and gentle refinement,
though they were all fully aware of
the 'value of rank, more particularly
in a garrison.
As soon an this important portion
of the spectators had •got into their
;daces. I;undle gave orders ;for the
trial -d skill to proceed in the manner
that had' heels prescribed in his prev-
i.7us 'orders. Some eight or ten of the
best marksmen of the garrison now
took possession of the stand, and dte-
gan to fire in sueeessin, Among them
were officers' and inert indiscriminate-
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1041
ly placed, trot were the casual 'visit-
ors in the fort exc!11(31 'fromthe
competition. As might have 'been ex -
peeled ei.men whose amusements and
•comfutable subsistence equally dep-
ended on skill 111 the use of their
weapons, it was soon found that they
were all sulificienbly expert to hit the
(bluffs -eye, for the white 'spot in the
centre of the target. Others who suc-
ceeded them, it is true, were less sure,
their bullets striking in the different
•s i
circle,: that surrounded the centre of
the target without touching it.
According to the rules of the day.
none could :proceed to the second
trial who had failed in: the first, and
the adjutant of the place, who actecl
as master of bite ceremonies, or mare
.hal of the day called v'pon the sue-
cessfel adventurers by name to get
ready for The mex't effort, While :lie
gave notice that those who failed to
present thethselve; for the shot at the
hold's -eye would necessarily excluded
from all the 'higher trials, !lust at this
moment Lundie, the Quartermaster,
and jasper F,au-douce appeared in the
group at the stand, while the Path-
finder walked leisurely on the ground
w'ith'out his (beloved rifle, for hint a
measure so ,unusual, to he understood
by all present as a proof that he slid
not consider hitileelf a competitor for
the honours di. the slay. All mode way
for \laji,r Duncan, who, as he ap-
proached the stand in a good-hnm-
esured mea)', took his station, levelled
his rifle carelessly, and fired. The Mal-
let uli-sed the required stark thy sev-
eral 1110100-
"Major Duncan is 'excluded 'front
the other trials-" proclaimed the
Adjutant, in a voice so strong and
confident that all the elder officers
and the eer;geants well understood
that this failure was preconcerted,
while all the younger ;gentlemen and
the privates felt new encouragement
to proceed on account of the evident
inmliartia'lity with which the laws of
the ;sort: were administered.
"Now", \faster Ean-douce, conies
your turn," said Muir; "and if you 314
not beat the (Major, I shall say that
your 'hand is better skilled with the
oar than with the rifle."
jasper's handsome ,face flushed, 'he
steeped upon the stand, cast a hasty
,lance at \Ialbel, whose pretty. 'form
he ascertained was ibending eagerly
forward as if to note the result, drop -
ped the ,barrel of his rifle with Nat
little apparent car' iuto the palnm of
his left hand, raised the :muzzle dor a
single instant 'with exceeding steadi-
ness, and fired. The bullet passed dir-
ectly thr'oug'h ,b
the centre of the ulls-
eye, 'm'uch the lbest shot of the morn-
ing, since the others had .merely
touched the paint.
'Wel'l 'performed, Master Jasper,"
said Muir, as soon as th'e result w'as
declared; "and a shot that might
have t done to an older head
la n cred ll
and tt more experienced eye. I'm
rluin!king,
notwithstanding, there was
some of a youegsther's luck in it; if or
ye were no' partic'lar in the aim: ye
took. Ye assay be 'quick, Eau-douce in
the Movement, but yer not philos-
ophic nor scientific in yer manage-
ment of the w'eep:on, Now, Sergeant
IDiunha'm, 'I'll thank you to request
the ladies to give a closer attention
than common; for I'm about to 'nttuke
use of the rifle 'w•'ltich may Ibe called
killed, II allow; but then there would
not have sheen half the sa•tis•fa'ction in
receiving such a shot as in receiving
one that is disichariged scientifically."
All this time the 'Quartermaster
was preparing himself for the scien-
tific trial; but he delayed his aim un-
til he saw that the eyes oaf 'Mabel, in
common 'with those 01 her conmpan-
ions, was fastened on him in 'curiosity.
As the othefs left hint room, out of
respect to his rank, no one stood near
time competitor 'hitt his commanding
ndiic'r, to whom lie fats- said 111 Irmo
familiar imanncr,--
"Ye see, ILun•c?ie, that something. is
to be 'gained by exciting a (female's
curiosity: It's an active sentiment is
curiosity, and properly improved
may lead to ;gentler innovations in
the end."
y'Very true, Davi; :but ye 'keep as
all waiting while ye alalic your ipre-
p:rations; and here is Pathfinder
drawing near to catch a lesson .from
your greater experience."
"tVell, Pathfinder, and so you have
come to get an idea too, concerning
the philosophy of shooting? I do not
wish to hide my light minder a'bushel,
and yer welcome to all ye'll 'tarn.
Do ye no mean to try a .hot yersel'.
man?"
''lWhy should I, Quartermaster,
wily should I? I want none of the
erir.es; and as for honour. I have
had enough of that, if it's any lion•
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our to shoot 'better than yourself. I'm
not a woman to wear a calash:"
"Very true; but ye might find a
woman that is 'precious in your eyes
to wear it for ye-"
"Coyne, Davy," interrupted • the
Major, " your shot or a retreat. The
A'dj'utant is getting impatient"
"The (Quartermaster's 'department
and the 'Adjutant's department are
seldom compliable, Lundie; but I'm
ready. 'Stand a 'little aside, Pathfinder,
and ,grove the ladies an opportunity,"
'L'ieu'tenant 'Muir now took his at-
titude with a good deal of studied el-
egance, raised his. rifle slowly, low-
ered it, raised it again, repeated the
manoeuvers, and .fired.
"(Missed the target altogetherl
shouted the man whose dotty it was
to Mark the bullets. and Who had little
relish .for the Quartermaster's ted-
ious science. "(Missed the 'target!
'1t cannot :bel" cried Matir, his ,face
flushing equally with indignation and
shame; "It 'ca'nno't ibe, Adjutant; for
S never .did so awkward a' thing in my
life. I appeal to th'e ladies for a just-
er judgment."