In a short time the rebellion broke out, and affairs in New England were fast assuming a most serious aspect.

The rebels in the vicinity of Grimross were fully aware of Captain Godfrey's firm attachment to the cause of King George the Third.
At length they approached him and tried hard to persuade him to enter the service of the dissatisfied colonists.

The cross-eyed, monkey-faced character alluded to in a former chapter, was their chief spokesman on this occasion, and instead of stuttering, as on a former visit, his words flowed forth as freely and as fast as the waters of a mill-race.
It may be that similar specimens of humanity exist in every age, whose folly and wickedness seem to be perpetual.

Will such characters ever learn to live and be content under the old flag of their fathers, or will they be content to live on despised by their countrymen?
Should such seditious spirits ever receive mention from the historian, it must be anything but a flattering one, and must cause the blush to mantle upon the cheek of any worthy descendant.
Captain Godfrey was offered by the rebels the command of a party of men to march forward and attack Fort Cumberland, besides which further inducements of preferment and advancement were held out to him.

But nothing the rebels could offer was able to shake his allegiance to King George the Third.