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"To what may these pleasures numerically amount in a year?" said the captain, withdrawing his gaze from the graveyard.
Well, that may do for the body," said the
captain
coolly; "but I have had a pull at a bottle of cut glass with a silver stand, and I doubt my relish for your whisky for a month to come."
The
captain
of dragoons was in no manner displeased at the prospect of terminating so pleasantly a day that had been so agreeably commenced.
"Sure, captain, and wasn't it the ould cow?" replied the sutler, with a warmth that proceeded partly from dissatisfaction at the complaints of her favorite, and partly from grief at the loss of the deceased.
"Nay, captain," said Betty, with spirit, "I sould two of her quarters to some of your troop; but divil the word did I tell the boys what an ould frind it was they had bought, for fear it might damage their appetites."
The voice of Dunwoodie never lost its authority with his inferiors; and the applause which followed his song, though by no means so riotous as that which succeeded the effort of the captain, was much more flattering.
The gang eagerly accepted the invitation, and followed the
captain
towards the quarters assigned to his troop.
The
captain
of dragoons had on all occasions manifested so much zeal for the cause in which he was engaged, was so regardless of personal danger when opposed to the enemy, and his stature and stern countenance contributed so much to render him terrific, that these qualities had, in some measure, procured him a reputation distinct from the corps in which he served.
There was a gravity in the manner of Lawton that deceived most of those who did not know him intimately; and it was a common saying in his troop, that "when the
captain
laughed, he was sure to punish."
To this prefatory observation the
captain
made no other reply than a sound which the other interpreted into assent.
Approaching the captain, the Skinner renewed the discourse, with a view of establishing further confidence, and of giving his companion a more favorable opinion of his own intellects.
"Get the better!" echoed the
captain
with impetuosity.
"Right; study your own interests, and you study the interests of your country; press the point of your own services, and rail at the Tories, and I'll bet my spurs against a rusty nail that you get to be a county clerk at least.""Don't you think Paulding's party were fools in not letting the royal adjutant general escape?" said the man, thrown off his guard by the freedom of the
captain'
s manner.
"Well," cried the impatient captain, "is it right?
"You see, my friend," said the
captain
to the leader of the Skinners, after he had prepared himself to depart, "I can cover you to some purpose, when necessary.
The action was noticed, and the snapping of the locks was heard by the soldiers, who returned their futile attempt with a laugh of derision, the
captain
crying aloud,-"Ah! rascals, I knew you, and have taken away your flints."
The soldier returned with his prizes, and offered them to the acceptance of his captain; but Lawton rejected them, telling the man to retain them himself, until the rascal appeared in person to claim his property.
The patrol departed, and the
captain
slowly returned to his quarters, with an intention of retiring to rest.
As the
captain
entered his quarters, the sentinel at the door inquired if he had met Mrs. Flanagan, and added that she had passed there, filling the air with threats against her tormentors at the "Hotel," and inquiring for the
captain
in search of redress.
Although Dunwoodie himself placed the most implicit reliance on the
captain'
s purity of intention, he was by no means assured that a board of officers would be equally credulous; and, independently of all feelings of private regard, he felt certain that with the execution of Henry would be destroyed all hopes of a union with his sister.
He had dispatched an officer, the preceding evening, to Colonel Singleton, who was in command of the advance posts, reporting the capture of the British captain, and, after giving his own opinion of his innocence, requesting orders as to the manner in which he was to dispose of his prisoner.
In vain Lawton declared himself fit for any duty that man could perform, or plainly intimated that his men would never follow Tom Mason to a charge with the alacrity and confidence with which they followed himself; his commander was firm, and the reluctant
captain
was compelled to comply with as good a grace as he could assume.
For some time after the departure of the troops, the
captain
was walking before the door of the "Hotel," inwardly cursing his fate, that condemned him to an inglorious idleness, at a moment when a meeting with the enemy might be expected, and replying to the occasional queries of Betty, who, from the interior of the building, ever and anon demanded, in a high tone of voice, an explanation of various passages in the peddler's escape, which as yet she could not comprehend.
"And I'm sure it's for a popgun that I should be taking you sooner than for a cannon ball," said Betty, winking at the captain; "and I tell ye that it's fasting you must be, unless ye'll let me cook ye a steak from the skin of Jenny.
"And a lucky escape it was for ye, my jewel of a doctor," cried Betty, as the
captain
concluded.
But the captain, rolling his dark eyes towards his companion, and observing him to be sitting with great uneasiness on his horse, continued,-"The air is still, and the road solitary - why not give the remainder?
So saying, he tore a piece of paper that had been ingeniously fastened to the small fragment of rock which had thus singularly fallen before him; and opening it, the
captain
read the following words, written in no very legible hand: "A musket bullet will go farther than a stone, and things more dangerous than yarbs for wounded men lie hid in the rocks of Westchester.
"Why did you suffer the villain to escape?" demanded the
captain.
"You will please to remember,
Captain
John Lawton, that I am not the riding master of the regiment - nor a drill sergeant - nor a crazy cornet; no, sir - and I speak it with a due respect for the commission of the Continental Congress - nor an inconsiderate captain, who regards his own life as little as that of his enemies.
No one appearing to usher them into an apartment, the
captain
proceeded to the door of the parlor, where he knew visitors were commonly received.
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