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Excited
by
the
scene
he
had
just
witnessed
,
and
perhaps
influenced
by
his
own
secret
emotions
,
the
master
of
song
exceeded
his
usual
efforts
.
His
full
,
rich
voice
was
not
found
to
suffer
by
a
comparison
with
the
soft
tones
of
the
girls
;
and
his
more
modulated
strains
possessed
,
at
least
for
the
ears
of
those
to
whom
they
were
peculiarly
addressed
,
the
additional
power
of
intelligence
.
He
ended
the
anthem
,
as
he
had
commenced
it
,
in
the
midst
of
a
grave
and
solemn
stillness
.
When
,
however
,
the
closing
cadence
had
fallen
on
the
ears
of
his
auditors
,
the
secret
,
timorous
glances
of
the
eyes
,
and
the
general
,
and
yet
subdued
movement
of
the
assemblage
,
betrayed
that
something
was
expected
from
the
father
of
the
deceased
.
Munro
seemed
sensible
that
the
time
was
come
for
him
to
exert
what
is
,
perhaps
,
the
greatest
effort
of
which
human
nature
is
capable
.
He
bared
his
gray
locks
,
and
looked
around
the
timid
and
quiet
throng
by
which
he
was
encircled
with
a
firm
and
collected
countenance
.
Then
motioning
with
his
hand
for
the
scout
to
listen
,
he
said
--
"
Say
to
these
kind
and
gentle
females
,
that
a
heartbroken
and
failing
man
returns
them
his
thanks
.
Tell
them
,
that
the
Being
we
all
worship
,
under
different
names
,
will
be
mindful
of
their
charity
;
and
that
the
time
shall
not
be
distant
when
we
may
assemble
around
his
throne
without
distinction
of
sex
,
or
rank
,
or
color
.
"
The
scout
listened
to
the
tremulous
voice
in
which
the
veteran
delivered
these
words
,
and
shook
his
head
slowly
when
they
were
ended
,
as
one
who
doubted
their
efficacy
.
"
To
tell
them
this
,
"
he
said
,
"
would
be
to
tell
them
that
the
snows
come
not
in
the
winter
,
or
that
the
sun
shines
fiercest
when
the
trees
are
stripped
of
their
leaves
.
"
Then
turning
to
the
women
,
he
made
such
a
communication
of
the
other
's
gratitude
as
he
deemed
most
suited
to
the
capacities
of
his
listeners
.
The
head
of
Munro
had
already
sunk
upon
his
chest
,
and
he
was
again
fast
relapsing
into
melancholy
,
when
the
young
Frenchman
before
named
ventured
to
touch
him
lightly
on
the
elbow
.
As
soon
as
he
had
gained
the
attention
of
the
mourning
old
man
,
he
pointed
towards
a
group
of
young
Indians
,
who
approached
with
a
light
but
closely
covered
litter
,
and
then
pointed
upward
towards
the
sun
.
"
I
understand
you
,
sir
,
"
returned
Munro
,
with
a
voice
of
forced
firmness
;
"
I
understand
you
.
It
is
the
will
of
Heaven
,
and
I
submit
.
Cora
,
my
child
!
if
the
prayers
of
a
heartbroken
father
could
avail
thee
now
,
how
blessed
shouldst
thou
be
!
Come
,
gentlemen
,
"
he
added
,
looking
about
him
with
an
air
of
lofty
composure
,
though
the
anguish
that
quivered
in
his
faded
countenance
was
far
too
powerful
to
be
concealed
,
"
our
duty
here
is
ended
;
let
us
depart
.
"
Heyward
gladly
obeyed
a
summons
that
took
them
from
a
spot
where
,
each
instant
,
he
felt
his
self-control
was
about
to
desert
him
.
While
his
companions
were
mounting
,
however
,
he
found
time
to
press
the
hand
of
the
scout
,
and
to
repeat
the
terms
of
an
engagement
they
had
made
,
to
meet
again
within
the
posts
of
the
British
army
.
Then
gladly
throwing
himself
into
the
saddle
,
he
spurred
his
charger
to
the
side
of
the
litter
,
whence
low
and
stifled
sobs
alone
announced
the
presence
of
Alice
.
In
this
manner
,
the
head
of
Munro
again
dropping
on
his
bosom
,
with
Heyward
and
David
following
in
sorrowing
silence
,
and
attended
by
the
aide
of
Montcalm
with
his
guard
,
all
the
white
men
,
with
the
exception
of
Hawkeye
,
passed
from
before
the
eyes
of
the
Delawares
,
and
were
soon
buried
in
the
vast
forests
of
that
region
.
But
the
tie
which
,
through
their
common
calamity
,
had
united
the
feelings
of
these
simple
dwellers
in
the
woods
with
the
strangers
who
had
thus
transiently
visited
them
,
was
not
so
easily
broken
.
Years
passed
away
before
the
traditionary
tale
of
the
white
maiden
,
and
of
the
young
warrior
of
the
Mohicans
,
ceased
to
beguile
the
long
nights
and
tedious
marches
,
or
to
animate
their
youthful
and
brave
with
a
desire
for
vengeance
.
Neither
were
the
secondary
actors
in
these
momentous
incidents
forgotten
.
Through
the
medium
of
the
scout
,
who
served
for
years
afterwards
as
a
link
between
them
and
civilized
life
,
they
learned
,
in
answer
to
their
inquiries
,
that
the
"
Gray
Head
"
was
speedily
gathered
to
his
fathers
--
borne
down
,
as
was
erroneously
believed
,
by
his
military
misfortunes
;
and
that
the
"
Open
Hand
"
had
conveyed
his
surviving
daughter
far
into
the
settlements
of
the
"
pale-faces
,
"
where
her
tears
had
at
last
ceased
to
flow
,
and
had
been
succeeded
by
the
bright
smiles
which
were
better
suited
to
her
joyous
nature
.
