We love not England and there is a party among us--a party at present in power--which wishes to help the Americans in order that we may damage England, but I, if I could choose the way would have no part in it.

As surely as we help the rebels we will also create rebels against ourselves." "You are far from New Orleans," said Braxton Wyatt.

"It would take long for a messenger to go and come, and meanwhile you could act as you think best." "It is so," said the Spaniard.

"Our presence here is unknown to all save the chiefs and yourself.

In this wilderness, a thousand miles from his superior, one must act according to his judgment, and I should like to see these rebel settlements crushed." He spoke to himself rather than to Wyatt, and again his eyes narrowed.
Blue eyes are generally warm and sympathetic, but his were of the cold, metallic shade that can express cruelty so well.