"Uncle," he cried, "O Uncle John, such glorious news! The Alamo is taken.

Colin Campbell and his Highlanders were first at the ramparts, and Roy and Hector Callendar were with them.

Listen ?" and he threw the passion and fervor of all his military instincts into the glowing words which told, how in a storm of fire and shot, Sir Colin and his Highland regiment had pushed up the hill; and how when the Life Guards were struggling to reach their side, the brave old commander turned round and shouted, "We'll hae nane but Hieland bonnets here!" "O Uncle John, what would I not have given to have marched with Roy and Hector behind him?
With such a leader I would not turn my back on any foe." "David, you have a far harder fight before you, and a far grander Captain." "Uncle, uncle, if I could see my foe; if I could meet him face to face in a real fight; but he steals into my heart, even by my nostrils, and unmans me, before I am aware." John rang the bell sharply, and when Jenny came, he amazed her by saying, "Bring me here from the cellar three bottles of whiskey." He spoke so curt and determined that for once Jenny only wondered, and obeyed.
"That will do, my woman." Then he turned to David, and putting one bottle on the table said, "There is your foe! Face your enemy, sir! Sit down before him morning, noon, and night.

Dare him to master you! Put this bottle on the table in your ain room; carry this in your hand to your office, and stand it before your eyes upon your desk.

If you want a foe to face and to conquer, a foe that you can see and touch, here is one mighty enough to stir the bravest soul.