23/26 My father and I were amongst those to go. We were long in hearing what our destination was to be. We had landed upon these shores before we heard that the expedition to which we were attached was bound for Ticonderoga." Again there was silence, which Mrs.Schuyler broke by asking gently: "And your father thinks that there is some doom connected with that name ?" "He is convinced that be will meet his death there," replied Alexander, "and I confess I fear the same myself." Nobody spoke for a minute, and then Mrs.Schuyler said softly: "It is a strange, weird story; yet it cannot but be true. No man could guess at such a name. |