THE DARK STRANGER Robert arrived at the house of Jacobus Huysman about dark and Tayoga came with him.

Willet was detained at the camp on the flats, where he had business with Colonel Johnson, who consulted him often.

The two lads were in high good spirits, and Mynheer Jacobus, whatever he may have been under the surface, appeared to be so, too.

Robert believed that the army would march very soon now.

The New York and New England men alike were full of fire, eager to avenge Braddock's defeat and equally eager to drive back and punish the terrible clouds of savages which, under the leadership of the French, were ravaging the border, spreading devastation and terror on all sides.
"There has been trouble, Mynheer Huysman," said Robert, "between Governor Shirley of Massachusetts, who has been in camp several days, and Colonel Johnson.