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"Hold on, young man," ordered Griffith, as Blake started to heave himself to his feet. "I'm running this soiree." He stood up and shuffled out into the front room. Blake shifted around restlessly, and was again about to rise, when there came a sharp rapping at the outer door. "That's the man now," said Lord James. "Hold tight. It will now be only a moment." Blake restrained himself.
The circumstance of the soldier's being permitted to invade this sanctuary was owing to the necessity, on the part of Colonel Howard, of placing either Griffith, Manual, or the recruiting officer, in the vicinity of his wards, or of subjecting his prisoners to a treatment that the veteran would have thought unworthy of his name and character.
"Why, Griffith," exclaimed Cecilia, in a little surprise, "you are zealous in his cause! Who was he?" "A man who held a promise of secrecy while living, which is not at all released by his death.
I drank the toast, and then inquired what was the state of the lower country. "There have been no open hostilities as yet," the factor replied, "but there are plenty of rumors ugly rumors. And that reminds me, Mr. Carew, a half-breed brought me a message from Griffith Hawke two days ago."
They all missed her as they would have missed any one of their number who had chanced to leave them; but Griffith, coming in to make his daily visits, was naturally almost disconsolate, and for a week or so refused to be comforted.
Griffith and his men crept along cautiously in the underbrush, while some of our men would wave a blanket across the exposed places in the breastwork to draw the Federal fire, while Griffith and his detail kept a sharp lookout. It was not long before they discovered the hidden "Yank" perched in the top of a tall gum tree, his rifle resting in the fork of a limb.
The short intercourse that he had maintained with his associates enabled the mysterious leader of their party to understand the characters of his two principal officers so thoroughly, as to induce him, when he landed, with the purpose of reconnoitering to ascertain whether the objects of his pursuit still held their determination to assemble at the appointed hour, to choose Griffith and Manual as his only associates, leaving Barnstable in command of his own vessel, to await their return, and to cover their retreat.
Barnstable, which lies directly on our beam. I could see it through the haze, when I was on the cliffs, stationing the lookout and "And what, boy? speak without a fear; this is a time for free consultation." "Why, sir, the garrison might not all be hostile we should liberate Mr. Griffith and the marines; besides " "Besides what, sir?"
Sir Griffith had had a long family and so had exhausted the topic years ago, whilst Master Freake, a bachelor, knew nothing about it. There had been a great flood in the Welshman's valley in the autumn and he harangued upon it in style, and not without gleams of native poetry, but Sir James had never seen a flood and Master Freake had never been to Wales, so the flood soon dried up.
At noon we had reached the longitude of 94° 43' 15", the latitude by observation being 74° 20' 52", when we found that the land which then formed the western extreme on this side was a second island, which I called GRIFFITH ISLAND. The ice in this neighbourhood was covered with innumerable "hummocks," and the floes were from seven to ten feet in thickness.
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