A MAN came panting down the street.

"Captain Ralph Percy!" he cried.
"My master said it was your horse coming across the neck.

The Governor commands your attendance at once, sir." "Where is the Governor?
Where are all the people ?" I demanded.
"At the fort.

They are all at the fort or on the bank below.

Oh, sirs, a woeful day for us all!" "A woeful day!" I exclaimed.