Clark he will meet him at the Church with Captn.

Helms." The spelling was not very good, and there was a redundancy of capital letters; yet Hamilton understood it all; and it was very difficult for him to conceal his haste to attend the proposed conference.

But he was afraid to go to the church--the thought chilled him.

He could not face Father Beret, who would probably be there.

And what if there should be evidences of the funeral ?--what if ?--he shuddered and tried to break away from the vision in his tortured brain.
He sent a proposition to Clark to meet him on the esplanade before the main gate of the fort; but Clark declined, insisting upon the church.
And thither he at last consented to go.