Many of these are former troopers of Bacon, some are new men who have eyes in their heads, some are old settlers who have been soured by the folly of the Government.

" "Then he'll have a mighty poor haul, as King James said when he caught the Orange troopers in the Boyne.

If Dundee had not raised an arm to urge his troopers on at Killiekrankie the world would know a different England.

He was almost as great a moss-trooper as myself, and, with Elspeth for company, had visited near every settlement in the dominion.

' A younger officer with two troopers at his heels came clanking in to the hut, and the wretched creature, half swooning, was dragged out into the darkness.

First, I was believed to be one of the maniac company of the Sweet-Singers, whom my soul abhorred; item, I had been worsted by a trooper with shameful ease, so that my manhood cried out against me.

The Minister of War, in addition, sent several troopers for orderly service.

" Between terror and small gasps of laughter Mrs. Seymour's mounting was accomplished, and then Geoffrey (artful fellow!) summoned a tall, good-looking trooper from the patrol, and, placing the reins in Mrs. Seymour's hand, gave directions to the man.

For my own part, I had instantly brought my own troopers into the same formation, so that there we were, hussars and dragoons, with only two hundred yards of grassy sward between us.

On this relief expedition, the party was composed almost entirely of Native Police troopers under his leadership.

The swellest of the Rough Riders counted our troopers among their best friends and asked them to their places in New York when they returned, and I believe the wealthy fellows will prove their admiration had a true inspiration.

, the rest of the page being charred by the fire, and asked of the lawyer"Shall I go on, sir?" The lawyer said, "This boy is deeper than he seems: who knows that he is not laughing at us?" "Let's have in Dick the Scholar," cried Captain Westbury, laughing, and he called to a trooper out of the window, "Ho, Dick, come in here and construe.

And with these words Kohlhaas, with death staring him in the face, called a trooper to him and told him to take a nice bit of food which had been left in the dish.

James was surrounded; and, in despair of saving himself by flight, he boldly assumed the character of a French officer; rode at the head of twenty troopers toward the right of their army; and, carefully threading the different corps, arrived without exciting suspicion at the bank of the canal, by which he speedily effected his escape to Furnes.

CHAPTER XXII MISS WILLIFRED DECLARES HERSELF I glanced at the various rooms up stairs, but nothing seemed exactly suitable for our purpose, and, finally, taking a trooper along to hold a light, explored the basement with better results.

There is my commission, pointing to the troopers behind him.