Chapter 11 THE FORTUNES OF WAR.

"Hear and improve, he pertly cries,

I come to make a nation wise."

GAY

Very early in the morning, before indeed anyone except Patience was stirring, Steadfast set forth in search of Roger Fitter to consult him about the poor child who was fast asleep beside Jerusha; and propose to him to take her into Bristol to find her father.

Hodge,