the detachment of cavalry which they expected to see, nothing but a man, a boy, and a horse. Their first emotions were expressed in curses, which were even succeeded by laughter from one or two of the number. There seemed to be a disposition, on the part of some, to resist the authority that now controlled them, and sundry glances were exchanged which indicated a purpose to turn upon their captors. The sergeant no sooner perceived this than he halted, raised his rifle to his breast, and at the same instant gave Andrew Ramsay 10 an order to retire a few paces and to fire one of the captured pieces at the first man who opened his lips.

"By my hand," he said, "if I find any trouble in taking you, all five, safe away from this house, I will thin your numbers with your own muskets! And that's as 15 good as if I had sworn to it."

"You have my word, sir," said the ensign. "Lead on."

"By your leave, my pretty gentleman, you will lead, and I'll follow," replied Horseshoe. "It may be a new 20 piece of drill to you, but the custom is to give the prisoners the post of honor."

Finding the conqueror determined to execute summary martial law upon the first who should mutiny, the prisoners submitted, and marched in double file from the hut back towards Ramsay's-followed by Horseshoe and his gallant young auxiliary, Andrew.

"Well, I have brought you your ducks and chickens back, mistress," said the sergeant, as he halted the prisoners at the door, "and, what's more, I have brought 30 home a young soldier that's worth his weight in gold."

"Heaven bless my child! my boy, my brave boy!" cried the mother, seizing the lad in her arms, and unheeding anything else in the present perturbation of her

feelings. "I feared ill would come of it; but Heaven has preserved him. Did he behave handsomely, Mr. Robinson? But I am sure he did."

"A little more venturesome, ma'am than I wanted him to be," replied Horseshoe. "But he did excellent 5 service. These are his prisoners, Mrs. Ramsay; I should never have taken them if it hadn't been for Andy. Show me another boy in America that's made more prisoners than there were men to fight them withthat's all!"

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That glow with the flowers of May;
And as the lights and the shadows
With the passing moments change,
Comes many a scene of beauty

Within my vision's range.
But there is not one among them

That is half so dear to me

As an old log cabin I think of,
On the banks of the Tennessee.

Now up from the rolling meadows,
And down from the hilltops now,
Fresh breezes steal in at my window,
And sweetly fan my brow;

And the sounds that they gather and bring me,

From rivulet, meadow, and hill,

Come in with a touching cadence,

And my throbbing bosom fill;
But the dearest thoughts thus wakened,
And in tears brought back to me,
Cluster 'round that old log cabin
On the banks of the Tennessee.

To many a fond remembrance
My thoughts are backward cast,
As I sit by the open window
And recall the faded past;
For all along the windings

Of the ever-moving years
Lie wrecks of hope and of purpose,
That I now behold through tears;
And, of all of them, the saddest

That is thus brought back to me
Makes holy that old log cabin

On the banks of the Tennessee.

Glad voices now greet me daily,
Sweet faces I oft behold,
Yet I sit by the open window,

And dream of the times of old-
Of a voice that on earth is silent,
Of a face that is seen no more,
Of a spirit that faltered not ever

In the struggles of days now o'er;
And a beautiful grave comes pictured
For ever and ever to me,

From a knoll near that old log cabin
On the banks of the Tennessee.

XXXII.

AMONG THE ICEBERGS.

BY ISAAC I. HAYES.'

DURING the absence of the captain and myself from the vessel the artists had not been idle. They had landed near the glacier, and with brush and camera2 had begun their work. The day was warm, the mercury rising to 68° in the shade, and the sun, coming around 。 to the south, blazed upon the cold, icy wall. This must have produced some difference of temperature between the ice touched by the solar rays and that of the interior, which was in all probability several degrees below the freezing point, for towards noon there was an inces-10 sant crackling along the entire front of ice. Small pieces were split off with explosive violence, and, falling to the sea, produced a fine effect as the spray and water spurted from the spot where they struck. Scarcely an instant passed without a disturbance occurring of this 18 kind. It was like a fusillade of artillery. Now and then a mass of considerable size would break loose, producing an impression upon both eye and ear that was very startling.

By one o'clock everybody had come on board to din-20 ner, and for a while we all stood on deck watching the spectacle and noting the changes that took place with interest. It was observed, among other curious phenomena, that when the ice broke off the fractured surface was deep blue, and that if any ice, as sometimes 25 happened, came up from beneath the water, it bore the

same color; but after a short exposure to the sun the surface changed, and became almost pure white, with the satin glitter before described. Our situation for a view could not have been better chosen, and it is not likely that such an opportunity was ever enjoyed before by explorers, since it is not probable that a vessel ever rode before at her anchor so near a glacier.

After dinner the work was to be resumed. The photographers hastened ashore, hoping to catch an instantaneous view of some tumbling fragment, which if they could have done would certainly have exceeded in interest any other view they had secured. The question of moving our anchorage was deferred to the captain, who decided to go over to the other side when the artists had been put ashore with their tools. Steam was in-15 deed already up.

The boat had reached the shore for this purpose, and had shoved off for the ship, leaving the artists on the beach; and the order had been given by the captain to

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up anchor," when loud reports were heard one after 20 another in quick succession. A number of large pieces had broken off, and their fall disturbed the sea to such an extent that the vessel began to roll quite perceptibly, and waves broke with considerable force upon the shore. Then, without a moment's warning, there was a report, 25 louder than any we had yet heard. It was evident that some unusual event was about to happen, and a feeling of alarm was generally experienced.

Casting my eyes in the direction from which the sound proceeded, the cause of it was at once explained. The very center or extreme point of the glacier was in a state of apparent disintegration. Here the ice was peculiarly picturesque, and we had never ceased to admire it and sketch and photograph it. A perfect forest of

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