Oh, the way things are managed there--it is a disgrace!" "Is Canada weak then ?" asked Stark, burning with curiosity for information on the subject.
The girl slowly shook her head.
"Perhaps I ought not to talk with you, since you are the enemies of my countrymen.

And, in sooth, I know little enough to tell.

I hear one say this and one the other, and I cannot know where the truth lies.

But of one thing they are very certain and confident--that they will drive out the English from all these western outposts, and will keep them shut in between the mountains and the sea; and that France alone shall rule this mighty continent of giant forests and rivers, undisturbed by any foreign foe.

Of that all men are confident." The Rangers exchanged glances, and the girl saw it.
"You do not believe me," she said quickly; "but, indeed, I have heard so many strange things that I know not what to believe myself.