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This, with a cynical smile, 'is what some would call the devil's philosophy; at all events, it is good enough for me. He was near the mine by this time, and hearing someone calling to him he looked up, and saw McIntosh walking towards him.
For minutes and for minutes that seemed like years the gray column stood and staggered before the blow; then yielded and fled. Alger and McIntosh had pierced its flanks, but Town's impetuous charge in front went through it like a wedge, splitting it in twain, and scattering the confederate horsemen in disorderly rout back to the woods from whence they came.
"Friend?" called a man in the prow; whom Dupre knew for a wintering partner by the name of McIntosh of none too savoury report. "Hudson's Bay trapper, M'sieu," he said politely, going a step nearer the water. "I wait, with Madame my wife, the coming of our brigade from York, now one day overdue." "Ah, my mistake. I had thought the H. B. C.'s this fortnight gone down.
The venerable, gray-haired old Scot, being duly called, came forward and took the stand. Mr. McIntosh, assistant Queen's Counsel, conducted his examination.
'I think I'll send it to Melbourne for exhibition, said Mrs Villiers, touching the nugget very lightly with her fingers. ''Deed, mum, and 'tis worth it, replied McIntosh, whose severe face was relaxed in a grimly pleasant manner; 'but losh! 'tis naething tae what 'ull come oot o' the Deil's Lead.
After all, the fabled Sirens have their equivalent in the male sex, and Homer's description symbolizes a cruel truth. The Wattle Tree Hotel, to which Mr McIntosh had directed Pierre, was a quiet little public-house in a quiet street.
It was evident that the passing years had not dimmed his memory of the tragic event, nor lessened his regret at the sad ending of an affair with which his own name is inseparably associated. The first duel between men of prominence in this country, was that of Gwinett and McIntosh.
Colonel Williams' regiment crossed the field at double-quick under a galling fire from the opposite side of the ravine. Unshaken by fearful odds, they held their ground and replied with spirit. The 15th Georgia Regiment, under Colonel McIntosh then entered the fight, and this gallant officer was mortally wounded. The 17th Georgia charged on the left and the 20th on the right.
Their talks or consultations among themselves were protracted and angry, and inconclusive. Every effort was made to induce Hopothlayohola to accede to the proposition of McIntosh. The whites united in their efforts to win his consent to sell: persuasions, threats, and finally large bribes were offered, but all availed nothing.
Maria J. McIntosh has written many charming tales; the "New Home" of Mrs. Kirkland, an admirable picture of frontier life, was brilliantly successful, and will be permanently valuable as representing scenes most familiar to the early settlers of the Western States. The works of the Misses Warner are equally popular in England and the United States.
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