w England province, he at once set to work to make himself and the King's cause popular

yal to the British crown. Amongst such, none were more prominent or made

rridew,-Sibyl's father,-was a rebel at heart, though in far-away Barbadoes, where he was at that time engaged in business, he could not serve the rebel cause in person, as he wou

as Mr. Jeffrey Merridew was disposed to be, his nephew's close proximity could not, under the peculiar circumstances, but be embarrassing and disturbing on occasions; for the young man, besides being his nephew, was Sibyl's brother, and Sibyl, as a member

against it. "What harm do the King's soldiers think poor Eph can do them b

in the rebel forces, and so has made himself one of our acknowledged enemies; and I never heard of declared enemi

! What harm could he do now, more than he has ever done, by coming to h

tally with the royal government. I should be suspected of disloyalty, and do you think that he, your brother, could be in a

an as to tell tales?" exclaim

ghter at Sibyl's ignorance. Why, my dear, the reporting of important facts, howeve

f you were in Ephraim's cam

telling,-anything that I thought would save the cause I believed to be a righ

"it is odious, odious,

bringing this odious business upon us? Who but

her," broke in Sibyl, hotly

r brother, I am sorry to say,"

and wise. They only want justice and fair play. It is the King's folk who are to blame,-the King

unexpected outburst. Then, in a severer tone than

are the teachings that he has been instilling into you? Ah, it is none

teachings into my brother. They are his pr

ps, burst into a great laugh. Yet then and there he said to himself, "That Jackanapes of a boy, to fill her head with this treasonable stuff! But we'll see, we'll see if we can't cr