ALICE'S FLAG Governor Hamilton received the note sent him by Colonel Clark and replied to it with curt dignity; but his heart was quaking.

As a soldier he was true to the military tradition, and nothing could have induced him to surrender his command with dishonor.
"Lieutenant-Governor Hamilton," he wrote to Clark, "begs leave to acquaint Colonel Clark that he and his garrison are not disposed to be awed into any action unworthy of British subjects." "Very brave words," said Helm, when Hamilton read the note to him, "but you'll sing a milder tune before many minutes, or you and your whole garrison will perish in a bloody heap.

Listen to those wild yells! Clark has enough men to eat you all up for breakfast.

You'd better be reasonable and prudent.

It's not bravery to court massacre." Hamilton turned away without a word and sent the message; but Helm saw that he was excited, and could be still further wrought up.
"You are playing into the hands of your bitterest enemies, the frog-eaters," he went on.