The word 'represent', in particular, smote hardly on his ears; something, too, in the cool, contemptuous manner of the Major, may have contributed to his vexation.

"REPRESENT!" he exclaimed in a fury--"You d----d rebel, if you dare speak in such language, I will have you hung up at the yard-arm!" Ardesoif, it must be known, was a sea captain.

The ship which he commanded lay in the neighboring river.

He used only a habitual form of speech when he threatened the "yard-arm", instead of the tree.

Major James gave him no time to make the correction.