This desire on our part is so great, that some day we may be tempted to fly, and, consequently, forfeit our honor; for, after all, there are only a few miles of sea between us and our homes.

We ought not to trust to our strength when we know we are weak.

Do us, therefore, the favor to withdraw our parole; we prefer to take up our abode in a prison, so that, if we can escape, we may do so with our honor intact." "And suppose this favor granted, we shall be securely shut up in a dungeon.

I scarcely think that would alter our position for the better, or render our escape practicable." "You will, at all events, be free to try, will you not ?" "That is a self-evident proposition, Willis, and, so far as that goes, I have no objection to adopt the alternative of prison fare.

What say you, minister ?" "As for myself," replied the missionary, "a little additional hardship may do me good, for the Scriptures say: Suffering purifieth the soul." "We shall, therefore, resign our paroles, Willis; but bear in mind that it is much easier to get into prison than to get out." "Leave the getting out to me, captain; where there's a will there's always a way." "Do you think," whispered the captain to Fritz, "that Willis is all right in his upper story ?" Fritz shook his head, which, in the ordinary acceptation of the sign, means, I really do not know..