To one who was naturally so sensitive and timid, the task was exquisitely painful; yet she dared not murmur, or a volley of abuse would have been the result.

We wondered at it, but could not conjecture its cause; and although we spoke of the trial of Marshal Ney, we had so little reason to suppose that his life was in jeopardy, that neither of us imagined that volley was his death-knell.

" Then the steady volleys grew swifter, if that were possible, the enemy moving steadily after the slowly retiring group.

The volley is a short "jab," with the racquet head traveling forward no more than, say, 24 inches.

A volley of rifles and muskets was the first intimation of the presence of Indians.