Colden shook Robert's hand with great energy.
"I'm tremendously glad to see you," he exclaimed, "and I'm equally glad to see Mr.Willet, the great Onondaga, and Black Rifle.

You're the first messengers from the outside world in more than a month.

What news of victory do you bring?
We heard that a great army of ours was marching against Duquesne." Robert did not answer.

He could not, because the words choked in his throat, and a silence fell over the crowd gathered in the court, over soldiers and men and women and children alike.

A sudden apprehension seized the young commander and his lips trembled.
"What is it, Lennox, man ?" he exclaimed.