of an American sunset. The hour--the calm beauty of the
season--the occasion, all conspired to fill the spectators with solemn
wordnetfear. Suddenly, while musing on the remarkable position, in which he
was placed, Middleton felt the hand, which he held, grasp his own with
incredible power, and the old man, supported on either side by his
friends, rose upright to his feet. For a moment, he looked about him,
as if to invite all in presence to listen (the lingering remnant of
human frailty), and then, with a fine military elevation of the head,
and with a voice, that might be heard in every part of that numerous
assembly the word--

"Here!"

A movement so entirely unexpected, and the air of grandeur and
, which were so remarkably united in the mien of the trapper,
together with the clear and uncommon force of his utterance, produced
a short period of  in the faculties of all present. When
Middleton and Hard-, each of whom had involuntarily extended a
hand to support the form of the old man, turned to him again, they
found, that the subject of their interest was removed for ever beyond
the necessity of their . They mournfully placed the body in its
seat, and Le Balafre