Isaac looked significantly at Nathan, as if to say that this man should be guarded more closely than the others, and after the prisoners had been marched into the thicket, where they were completely hidden from view, Corporal 'Lige's recruit set out, Nathan calling after him: "Do not loiter by the way, either in going or coming, for I am not quite at my ease while alone." "Have no fear I shall delay. It should not be a long task to find Captain Baker, and most likely you'll see me again in less than an hour. Keep your wits about you, and remember how much mischief may be done if you hesitate to shoot when it becomes necessary to do so." CHAPTER X. CROWN POINT. Never since the moment when Corporal 'Lige had promised to make a soldier of him, had Isaac Rice been as happy as now. He had atoned for the mistake made when they first set out on the journey, although it was really none of his, and, in addition to having prevented the news of what had been done at Ticonderoga from being carried to Crown Point, had as prisoners three who could have made no slight amount of trouble for the colonists. Surely the old corporal would praise Nathan and himself, and he glowed with pride as he thought of the report he could make on his return to the fort. "Of course Nathan Beman has as big a share in this work as I, and it is his right; but I know it was not me who grew faint-hearted when we were in the power of the enemy, an' there's a deal of satisfaction in that thought." On arriving at Sudbury, half an hour after having left his comrade, Isaac made inquiries for Captain Baker's dwelling, and learned that had Nathan's proposition been carried out, they would have been forced to parade the prisoners through the entire settlement before coming upon the house. The captain was within sound of his wife's voice when Isaac finally stood before the good woman asking to see her husband, and came up quickly; but with a look of disappointment on his face when he saw his visitor was only a boy. "Is this Captain Remember Baker?" Corporal 'Lige's recruit asked, for he was not minded any mistake should be made now that his work was so nearly accomplished. "Yes; what do you want?" "I am come from Colonel Allen----" "Where is he?" the captain asked eagerly. "That I may not tell you until we are alone." "Come into the house! Come in and refresh yourself, and you shall tell me that with which you are charged while partaking of such food as my wife can prepare quickly." "It is not well for me to spend time in eating until after Nathan Beman is relieved from his charge." "What have you to do with that young Tory, if it is true that you come from Ethan Allen?" and now the captain began to show signs of being suspicious. "I will tell the whole story, beginning with the capture of Ticonderoga----"