The French will hound on the Indians to ravage more and more.

We shall hear fresh tales of horror there before the end comes." "Which we will avenge!" spoke Wolfe, between his shut teeth.

"It shall not always be said of England that she slept whilst her subjects died!" With the turn of the year active preparations began to be discussed, and Wolfe to receive letters from headquarters.

All was now excitement in that household, for there was no doubt that England's great minister was going to take active measures, and that the day of tardy blundering was to be brought to an end.
Wolfe was found one day in a state of keen excitement.
"I have heard from Mr.Pitt myself!" he cried, waving the paper over his head.

"He has taken the great resolve, not only to check the aggressions of France upon the border, but to sweep her out from the Western world, till she can find no place for herself there! That is the spirit I delight in; that is the task I long to aid in; that is the one and only thing to do.