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Chapter 15

           Thetransportationofasingleheavygunwasoftenconsideredequaltoavictorygained;if,happily,thedifficultiesofthepassagehadnotsofarseparateditfromitsnecessaryconcomitant,theammunition,astorenderitnomorethananuselesstubeofunwieldyiron.

           TheevilsofthisstateofthingspressedheavilyonthefortunesoftheresoluteScotsmanwhonowdefendedWilliamHenry.Thoughhisadversaryneglectedthehills,hehadplantedhisbatterieswithjudgmentontheplain,andcausedthemtobeservedwithvigorandskill.Againstthisassault,thebesiegedcouldonlyopposetheimperfectandhastypreparationsofafortressinthewilderness.

           Itwasintheafternoonofthefifthdayofthesiege,andthefourthofhisownserviceinit,thatMajorHeywardprofitedbyaparleythathadjustbeenbeaten,byrepairingtotherampartsofoneofthewaterbastions,tobreathethecoolairfromthelake,andtotakeasurveyoftheprogressofthesiege.Hewasalone,ifthesolitarysentinelwhopacedthemoundbeexcepted;fortheartilleristshadhastenedalsotoprofitbythetemporarysuspensionoftheirarduousduties.Theeveningwasdelightfullycalm,andthelightairfromthelimpidwaterfreshandsoothing.Itseemedasif,withtheterminationtotheroarofartilleryandtheplungingofshot,naturehadalsoseizedthemomenttoassumehermildestandmostcaptivatingform.Thesunpoureddownhispartinggloryonthescene,withouttheoppressionofthosefierceraysthatbelongtotheclimateandtheseason.

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