Next morning, the 16th, a fateful day for Canada, the same Major Brown who had failed Ethan Allen at Montreal came up with a flag of truce to propose that Carleton should send an officer to see for himself how well all chance of escape had now been cut off.

I'm justice of the peace, and I hereby appoint you all special officers of the law.

"Thought out any clue, doctor?" asked the first officer.

He instituted legislative assemblies to discuss peace and war, and elect the great officers of state.

We met the officers the same night at the Kurhaus dance.

How long ago was that, anyway?" "Yesterday," replied the navigating officer.

"Section all present, sir," reported Dan, saluting a strange officer, who, however, wore the insignia of a lieutenant-commander.

"He says they are not dead men, but new muskets" "Here, clear out!" cries an officer, and the loiterers fall back and by and by straggle off.

In the streets they saw bedizened officers, from commanders of armies down to presidential orderlies.

" "Mr. Pennington, you will place yourself on the report, sir, for disobedience of orders," commanded the officer.

But if such a thing were conceivable, you could not find in the American navy an officer who would obey the inhuman order.

"Be careful what you are about," warned Trendon, addressing his superior officer sharply, for Barnett had all but let his charge drop.

"Hurry away to find your berthings, and get acquainted with the location," ordered this officer.

I told how staff officers, entering with a scouting party at the head of a German column, mounted the only remaining spire in the town.

Captain Stephen had been slightly wounded, but charged on down the slope ahead of us, and took prisoner a young officer, who refused to surrender, but kept on fighting until his sword was knocked from his hand.

"You will take your orders from Mr. Whittam as though he were an officer," directed the officer, his words intended for all members of the section, though he looked only at Darrin.

Sukey declared that he was in the game and would kill a British officer for every stripe Captain Snipes had caused to be laid on his shoulders.

Besides choosing executive officers, the town-meeting has the power of enacting by-laws, of making appropriations of money for town-purposes, and of providing for miscellaneous emergencies by what might be termed special legislation.

The document contained two statements, one written in 1846, mentioning that Sir John Franklin and all were well; and a second, written in 1848, to say that they had been obliged to abandon the Erebus and Terror, that Sir John Franklin had died in June, 1847, and that they had already lost nine officers and fifteen men.

In the road, in front of the house, is Captain Nayloryou know that officer and his dimensions?

The wisdom of the plan that Edith had persuaded her husband to adopt was soon but too apparent; for, in a few days, a pinnace arrived at Salem, bringing an officer and attendants, who were commissioned by the General Assembly to seize on the offending pastor, and convey him on board a vessel that was lying at Nantasket, ready for sea.

The German warship was now within hailing distance and a voice called: "Who are you?" The German officer acted as spokesman and shouted back: "German officer and three British.

" "Impossible!" exclaimed the young German officer.

One commanding officer called all his officers around him and said, "The common people of Italy have betrayed our country's honour, and now we, the gentlemen of Italy, are going to save it!"

While the Congress could select a presiding officer to serve for one year, yet he had no real executive authority.