Instead, out of very lightness of heart and fantastic humor, they must needs have the Burgundy again unpacked, that they might pledge at once all valorous discoverers, his Excellency the Governor of Virginia, and their new-named order.

And when the wine was drunk, the rangers were drawn up, the muskets were loaded, and a volley was fired that brought the echoes crashing about their heads.

The Governor mounted, the trumpet sounded once more, and the joyous company swept down the narrow valley toward the long, blue, distant ranges.
The pioneer, his wife and children, watched them go.

One of the gentlemen turned in his saddle and waved his hand.

Alce curtsied, but Molly, at whom he had looked, saw him not, because her eyes were full of tears.