It was John Ware himself who first saw the coming of the danger and he tried to hide it, but it could not, from its very nature, be kept a secret long.

The supply for each person was cut down one half and then one fourth, and that too would soon go, unless the welcome rains came; and the sky was without a cloud.

Men who feared no physical danger saw those whom they loved growing pale and weak before their eyes, and they knew not what to do.

It seemed that the place must fall without a blow from the enemy..