"My grandmother was a Munro, and her father was taken prisoner while fighting for King Charles the First, and was sent to America." "Hear that now! My brother Donald and myself were out with Charlie in forty-five, and we had a hard time of it afterward, hunted about till they made up their minds to form some Highland regiments and give pardon to those who enlisted, and here we are fighting for King George." He led me to his brother and made me acquainted with him. We went to their quarters, and I learned more about the clan in a short time than I ever heard before or since. It seemed as if most of the great generals in almost every army were Munros, and they traced their ancestry back to the time of Noah. At last I said that I must go to headquarters to meet Captain Rogers. [Sidenote: ROGERS ASSUMES ENGLAND'S DEBT] "So you belong to the Rangers? They're a braw set of men, and there's many a gude Scotchman among them. We'll come over and see you." I returned and waited for Rogers, and when he came out, he said: "Come over to the sutler's hut; I want to buy some things we haven't got on the island." Rogers made some purchases and then listened to two English officers who were seated at a table, drinking. They had reached a maudlin state, and were bewailing the fate of England. "This is a sad day for old England, my boy." "Yes, the country will never be able to stand up under the great debt that we have incurred for these miserable Provinces." Rogers went over to them and said:-- "Don't let that trouble you, my friends. Make yourselves easy on that score, for I will pay half the national debt, and my good friend here says he will take the other half on his shoulders, and the nation will be rid of her difficulties." "By Gad! I'm blessed if you're not fine fellows. Sit down and have a drink with us." Rogers introduced me to them as the Earl of Middlesex. They took off their hats to me and ordered some grog for us. I barely tasted mine, for I had no heart to drink with the besotted fools. We bade them good-by, I took up the things which Rogers had bought, and we walked away.